Students & Educators
Resources
Education Website
Folk Art Revealed: Exploring American History and Culture through Folk Art: www.folkartrevealed.org
This is the museum’s website for educators, featuring curator talks, images from the collection, a variety of lesson plans, a blog, and other resources. It also includes a space for educators to contribute lesson plans to this growing online resource.
This is the museum’s website for educators, featuring curator talks, images from the collection, a variety of lesson plans, a blog, and other resources. It also includes a space for educators to contribute lesson plans to this growing online resource.
Curriculum Guides for Educators
Developed with educators and students, the museum’s free curriculum guides provide images, background information on artists, and a variety of lesson plans and activities to help teachers bring folk art into the classroom. For more information or to obtain a curriculum guide, call 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381, or lessons@folkartmuseum.org.
Folk Art Revealed
Pre-K–grade 5 & grades 6–12
A guide to teaching American history and culture through folk art. Includes color plates of works from the permanent collection, lesson plans, a glossary, and bibliographic resources. Individual lesson plans are available at www.folkartrevealed.org.
In the Realms of Henry Darger
Grades 9–12
Explores important themes in the work of 20th-century self-taught artist Henry Darger. Includes selections from Darger’s writings, reproductions of his paintings, lesson plans, and a bibliography.
Folk Art Revealed
Pre-K–grade 5 & grades 6–12
A guide to teaching American history and culture through folk art. Includes color plates of works from the permanent collection, lesson plans, a glossary, and bibliographic resources. Individual lesson plans are available at www.folkartrevealed.org.
In the Realms of Henry Darger
Grades 9–12
Explores important themes in the work of 20th-century self-taught artist Henry Darger. Includes selections from Darger’s writings, reproductions of his paintings, lesson plans, and a bibliography.