Four lessons—Greek and Roman Origin Myths, Heroes and Heroines, Art and Ecology, and Nineteenth-Century America in Art and Literature—are tied to national curriculum standards. The packet includes pre-lesson activities, worksheets, student handouts about works of art and maps, and assessment and follow-up activities. Lessons were written for teachers who may not teach art but would like to integrate art into their instruction. Image CD with 20 digital images, 20 color reproductions, and 116-page printed curriculum guide (Slideset version with 20 slides also available)

The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African American artist explore the places where he lived and worked: the rural South, Pittsburgh, Harlem, and the Caribbean. Bearden's central themes—religion, jazz and blues, history, literature, and the authenticities of black life—endured throughout his remarkable career in watercolors, oils, and especially collages and photomontages from the 1940s through the 1980s. This comprehensive packet contains an eighty-page text with related teaching activities. A music CD, Romare Bearden Revealed, features performances by the Branford Marsalis Quartet. 20 slides, 6 color study prints, 5 overhead transparencies, CD, and booklet

This packet discusses artistic movements of the late twentieth century, including abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, process art, neoexpressionism, and postmodernism, with attention to their critical reception and theoretical bases. The packet considers works by twenty-seven painters and sculptors, including Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, David Smith, Martin Puryear, Anselm Kiefer, Susan Rothenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein. Artists' biographies, a glossary, and teaching activities are also provided.
40 slides, 6 color study prints, timeline, and booklet

Objects from the exhibition Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China illustrate developments in Chinese art and cultural history from the Neolithic period through the Yüan dynasty (5000 BCE to 1368 CE). Traditional music and poetry enhance the discussion, which also explores Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. A color map of China illustrates major archaeological sites and the sequence of dynasties. 48 slides, 2 audiocassettes (c. 15 mins. each side), text, and poster

Twenty objects illustrate artistic traditions and achievements from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas around (circa) the year 1492, when European explorers created new links among continents.
20 slides, 15 color study prints, and booklet