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1. What is Impressionism? Write a reflective essay. Tell me who your favorite artist of this movement is and why. Site three paintings from great Impressionist master in your essay. Use the websites on the home page and http://www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/browse/aboutimpress.htm for your search.

2. Create an impressionist drawing or painting. Send this assignment as a scanned JPEG or take a digital picture of it to send me. Comment on your thought process for this assignment. You may choose your own subject or re-create your rendition of a master-work. Site the painting if you choose the latter. Here are some lesson plans you can choose to follow: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/Pam-monet.htm, and http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/jill-monet.htm

3. Edgar Degas was famous for his figurative paintings of ballet dancers. Go to http://www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/browse/lesson9.htm , choose an activity to submit and comment on your experience. Do you have any variations on integrating this movement into the curriculum?

4. Go to http://www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/default.htm . Scroll down to Browse Teacher Packet. Follow the directions to assignment 3 with a different lesson.

5. Claude Monet created a garden around his home in Giverny, France. He became famous for his footbridge landscapes and lily pads. This was his life's work and passion. What would be your life's work. How can you relate your own life to that of Monet's? Write a reflective essay.

6. Mary Cassatt and Frida Kahlo were famous women in Art. Go to http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/women.htm and write a lesson plan that integrates her work into your curriculum.

7. Go to http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp and click on Cezanne's Apples. Explore and learn from this site. Write a reflective essay or lesson plan for integration into your curriculum.

8. Vincent Van Gogh wrote many letters to his brother Theo. Go to http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp and click on How Van Gogh made his mark. Let's role play! Write me a letter from the point of view as Van Gogh to his brother. The content of the document is your choice.

9. Go to http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp and click on Romare Bearden. Take the guided tour and click on things to do. Send me a inspired collage, story or write a reflective essay about the Artist.

10. What is Post-Impressionism? Write a reflective essay. Tell me who your favorite artist of this movement is and why. Site three paintings from great Post-Impressionist master in your essay. Use the websites on the home page for your research.

11. Create a PowerPoint presentation on a movement of Art, or a Great master Artist. Your presentation must be a minimum of five slides. This project may be repeated three times. You are not limited to an Artist listed on the homepage. This project will be shared the group.

12. Paul Cézanne is considered to be the "father of modern painting." Why is this said true? Write a reflective essay.

13. Paul Gauguin traveled to Tahiti to paint primitive Pacific landscapes and culture. He says "Life is merely a fraction of a second. An infinitely small amount of time to fulfill our desires, our dreams, our passions." Write a reflective essay on Paul Gauguin.

14. George Seurat developed the technique the technique of pointillism. What is this technique? What work of art is he most famous for. Write a reflective essay or create a lesson plan on pointillism or this famous work of Art.

15. Create a drawing or painting using the technique of pointillism. Here are some lesson you could choose to follow: http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/dottodot.shtml , http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtPointillismAndGeorgesSeurat3.htm, http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/middle29.html