Some of our curriculum this year will cover:

Review Famous Portraits of George Washington and the President's portraits on US Dollar Bills, Grant Woods' "American Gothic," and the Great  Seal of the USA, John J. Audubon's Birds, and Thomas Hart Benton's Landscapes.

More specifically:

5-Animation film-making / Marionette Puppets
4-Animation film-making / Hand Puppets
3-Animation film-making / Hand Puppets
2-Animation in Kid Pix / Shadow Puppets
1-Line Design Basic Drawing / Bag Puppets
K-Line Design Basic Drawing/ Rodeo Horse Puppets

Online Resources

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Benjamin_Franklin/

Berger Collection Magazine Article http://www.denvermagazine.com/culture/2009/07/labor-love

Thomas Hart Benton http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/benton_thomas_hart.html

"America The Beautiful" sung by Ray Charles '91http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghz4_kikLkE

Elecricity School House Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUjieMLFSo

Art Video about art! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpunQZ4cUyI