Group18

__**Group Members**__: Lauren Molitor, Jeff Stern, Amy Edwards Patterson, and Julie Stockinger __**Advisor**__: Tammy Lind

**TOUR TOPIC:**
**__Contemporary Art (Grades 4-12)__** Look at art created after World War II, considering how artists were influenced by the work that came before them. **Goals /** Students will:
 * //Develop and understand art vocabulary (line, shape, color, texture, etc.)//
 * //Develop critical thinking, visual literacy, and evidence-based thinking//
 * Understand the main concepts of contemporary art
 * Compare and contrast works of art from different time periods
 * Investigate why works of art might be created (historical events, etc.)
 * Investigate the concept of art

**PRE-ACTIVITIES**
__//**Pre-Activity #1:**//__ Created By: Jeff Stern Tool Used: Tagxedo Pre-Activity Plan [|(link)]

__//**Pre-Activity #2: Contemporary Artist Sol LeWitt**//__ Created By: Lauren Molitor Tool Used: Museum Box Pre- Activity Plan

Project has been submited to Museum Box

__//**Pre-Activity #3: Analyzing Artwork with Tagxedo**//__ Created By: Amy Edwards Patterson Tool Used: Tagxedo
 * [|Pre-Activity Plan: Analyzing Arguments in Artwork]**

The following sample is a possible response to Haim Steinbach's //pink accent2//, a mixed media construction created in 1997.

__Steinbach's //pink accent2//__ //Credit: []//

__Sample Analysis__ To complete an analysis, you must consider:
 * What is Steinbach's artwork (or the work of another artist) possibly //telling// us?
 * What __//**argument**//__ do you believe the artist might be making through his work?



__//**Pre-Activity #4:**//__ Created By: Julie Stockinger Tool Used:Tagxedo /smartboard screen

[|Pre activity plan]





**POST-ACTIVITIES**
__//**Post-Activity #1:**//__ Created By: Jeff Stern Tool Used: Animoto Post-Activity Plan ([|link]) Post-Activity Animoto media type="custom" key="10085201"

__//**Post-Activity #2: Contemporary Art Remix**//__ Created By: Amy Edwards Patterson Tool Used: Animoto
 * [|Post-Activity Plan: Illustrating Arguments]**

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__//**Post- Activity #3:Contemporary Art Tour Assessment**//__ Created By: Lauren Molitor Tool Used: Animoto [|Post- Activity Plan] media type="custom" key="10087767"

__//**Post-Activity #4 German Expressionist Portrait Study**//__ Created by : Julie Stockinger As an additional resource and learning opportunity for this post-activity, I have included three "community comments". I would encourage my students to create their own similar comments for a piece they found particularly memorable after visiting an art museum. This approach encourages the student to respond to artworks at their level, but with the new information shared in the pre-activity, create a deeper understanding of the source of art. Tool Used: Animoto [|Post Activity Plan] media type="custom" key="10091823"

** Wow! What a great week at the Milwaukee Art Museum! **
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//**Amy Edwards Patterson, Jeff Stern, Julie Stockinger, Lauren Molitor**//