K-12 Resources
Downloadable Resources
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Artist Biographical Backgrounds
Dive into nine artists’ biographies and backgrounds. These resources feature a variety of media–from drawing to design. Each one uses a work from UMMA’s collection as a launching pad to explore artistic methods, vocabulary, and themes. They’re ready to share with students or friends!
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Scavenger Hunts
Expand your horizons as you zero in on these images. Hunt through the galleries to find these specific works and celebrate when you have found all of them!
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UMMA Coloring Pages
Print off a few pages to have around for a rainy day. Lots of fun options to choose from like Orion, Behind the Walls, and scenes of people in the galleries.
Virtual Resources
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Narrated Field Trips
Take a tour of UMMA’s galleries and objects, narrated by UMMA staff and volunteer educators. Find the full list on UMMA’s YouTube channel.
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Lesson Plans and Enrichment Activities
A lesson plan menu offers options for art instructors or classroom teachers. Feel free to adapt to fit your grade level or virtual platform.
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Personalized Image Portfolios
Do your students need a starting point for an imaginative narrative writing assignment? Wish you had a selection of photographs or posters to accompany a Social Studies unit? Peruse some examples that teachers have used by clicking the button below; or create a myUMMA account to develop your own!
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Interactive Visual Analysis Activity
Especially when learning is online, students benefit from making their own choices. Explore an example of a visual analysis exercise that allows students a sense of agency while looking deeply and thinking critically. This exercise is easily run by a teacher via video call using screen sharing.