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| Art Tales |
| Natural Museum of Wildlife Art |
| Telling Stories with Wildlife Art |
This is really an amazing site, that is as much about learning to write a story, as it is about art. This is an activity-based site, so you must allow at least
30 minutes (probably more ) to fully engage in the project. The results are worth it. :-)
When you get to the site, read the short introduction and then choose to be either
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-a frontier explorer,
-a field guide writer,
-or a museum curator.
Click on your choice, and a new page opens that presents you with a selection of wildlife art from the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Choose the pictures that you like or that inspire you. Each of your choices will be featured, one-by-one on your screen, and you are prompted with questions that cause you to think about what is being depicted by the artist. Then, type into a journal on the screen your thoughts about that picture keeping in mind that you are creating a story based on the character you originally chose. You also get to select music to set the mood for your story! When finished you can submit your story to be featured on the site.
If you prefer, you can read the story entries that were created by other visitor's to the site -- before you try your hand at the activity.
This is a great way to blend art and literature, really integrating language arts with art history and appreciation. |
Diane Flynn Keith for ClickSchooling®
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| General |
| Animals, Art, Literature |
| Online Interactive |
| 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 |
| Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
| http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales/ |
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