Student Curators of PHS's Virtual Museum of American Art: Project Home

• To access databases or print materials for credible sources on American Art 
• To read and understand an array of informational texts 
• To identify the connections between American Literature and American Art 
• To condense new information and present it with the aid of technology 
• To give underclassmen the opportunity to visit a museum
• To give the juniors an opportunity to present knowledge to underclassmen

Preliminary Product:
Each student will hand in a précis of the research article he/she chose with notes and original article attached.

Final Presentation:
Once the Virtual Museum is arranged in a timeline fashion throughout the library, sophomores in my Voices in Literature classes will attend and learn what it is like to walk through a museum and see the many famous pieces of American Art and hear what the upper classmen have to say about Art, Literature, and History. The upper classmen will act as museum docents* - educating the museum-goers about the exhibits.

* Docent: a person who is a knowledgeable guide, especially one who conducts visitors through a museum and delivers a commentary on the exhibitions. (Dictionary.com) 

Rationalism (Neoclassicism)
Romanticism (Hudson River School)
Realism
Impressionism
Naturalism (Social Realism)
Modernism