Middle School

In these lessons, students will observe a range of objects from the Museum’s Korean collections to gain a sense of the amazing history and diversity of Korean art.

Students compare and contrast two cityscape paintings and discuss the impact of the industrial growth during the turn of the century.  

In this lesson, students compare and contrast Tiffany Studios’ Autumn Landscape—The River of Life window with an Art Nouveau and an Aesthetic movement window from the Ballantine House, in Newark.

Study the immigration of people to the cities of the United States at the turn of the century.  Compare thier experience with you own family history!

Students study The Migration Series, they analyze Lawrence’s The Bo-Lo Game, 1937, a Harlem street scene of children playing with paddleballs, and consider how this scene relates to The Migration Series.

Students compare Mary Cassatt’s traditional Madonnalike woman with Sargent’s and Gibson’s images of the 1890s New Woman.

Students compare Minetta Good’s painting of a family selling household items and handmade goods in At the Country Auction with Dorothea Lange’s iconic photograph Migrant Mother.

In this lesson, students learn about 1920s and 1930s design and how architects and artists expressed the Machine Age ideals in their works.

Students compare artworks while learning about life for young boys at the turn of the century. 

This Lesson uses pieces from the Newark Museum to enhance students understanding of the Great Depression and Great Recession.