Words & Pictures brings artwork from the Nasher Museum’s collection into your classroom to teach English Language Arts and visual literacy to K, 1st and 2nd grades. Lessons use the Common Core Standards and go beyond to encourage better reading, writing, looking, and thinking with art.
Featured Lesson Plans
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K
Kindergarten - Life Cycle of Butterflies
English Language Arts Lesson
Summary: In this science-infused lesson, students learn about how butterflies grow and explain their life cycle in words and pictures. Read More
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Grade 1 - Fictional Narratives
English Language Arts Lesson
Summary: Artwork sometimes shows us a specific moment from a story. In this lesson, we imagine what happened before that moment and afterward. We work through the writing process with the stories we come up with, from planning to publishing and sharing. Read More
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2
Grade 2 - Jonkonnu Inspired Textile Designs
Visual Arts Lesson
Summary: In this lesson, we read a story of a famous artist and his study of people in the 1800’s. Then, we use that as an inspiration to design our own costumes for a Jonkonnu parade. Read More