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The 4/5 classes will have a more academic approach.  The prints presented will be tied-in with the classroom Social Studies / American History curriculum. Presenters, please consult with your teacher for their topic schedules.

Please consult the
County's Notebook (click here) in the same manner as the other grades.

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4-5:  Overall Theme:  Exploring American History in Art

OCTOBER 2010
Suggested Discussion & Project:
  Exploring Class Status - Rich vs Poor
Discuss the Rich versus the Poor, advantages and disadvantages.

Gainesborough          Blue Boy (4B)
Gauguin  (go-gan)      The Poor  (4B)


NOVEMBER 2010
Suggested Discussion & Project:  Exploring Roles & Jobs: Men, Women, & Children at Work
Discuss men's, women's, and children's roles in society and how they have changed; typical occupations and stereotyping.

Renoir                         Washerwomen (4G)
Sargent                       Oyster Gatherers at Cancale (4G)


DECEMBER 2010
Suggested Discussion & Project:  Exploring Western U.S. Expansion
Discuss modes of transportation used during the American westward movement in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Remington                The Scout: Friends
or Enemies (5A)
Bingham                    Fur Traders Descending
the Missouri (5A)


JANUARY 2011
Suggested Discussion & Project:
  Exploring Life in the East vs the West
Discuss 19th Century American life in the eastern and western U.S. How did it differ?

O’Keefe                    Rancho de Taos Church (5B)
Anonymous                Mississippi Home (5B)


FEBRUARY 2011
Suggested Discussion & Project:
  The Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Discuss current events of that time which helped shape the Nation.

Woodville                  Waiting for the Stage (5C)
Hassam                      Allies Day, May 1917 (5C)


MARCH 2011
Suggested Discussion & Project:
  Explore Industry & Agriculture
Discuss agricultural society and the Industrial revolution.  What were some different occupations in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Woodruff  Poor Man’s Cotton (5D)
Currier & Ives  The Whale Fisheries (5D)


APRIL 2011
Suggested Discussion & Project:  Explore The Oppressed People of America 
Discuss the treatment of African American slaves and Native Americans during the 18th & 19th centuries.

Tanner                            Banjo Lesson (5E)
Hansen                           Questionable Companions (5E)


MAY 2011
Suggested Discussion & Project:  Explore Architecture - East & West
Discuss how architecture is art.

O'Keeffe                     Ranchos Church (5B)
Stella                          The Brooklyn Bridge (5F)


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