Teens

Korea, Land of the Diamond Mountains

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.

Chichang Bosal (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva) and the Ten Kings of Hell Korea, late 19th or early 20th century Colors on cloth Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lyden, 2001  2001.75.1

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A Shorter Workweek: Labor Reforms and the Haymarket Riot

Students analyze Thomas Eakins’s 1873 painting of John Biglin in a Single Scull and William Glackens’s 1918 At the Beach, understand the article about the history of the eight-hour workday, and research and write abo

William James Glackens At the Beach, 1918

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Voice of the City: Joseph Stella and the Jazz Age

Students will create an artwork interpreting the voice of their community and write a comparison of their community’s voice to that of early twentieth-century New York City.

Joseph Stella, The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920–1922

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19th Century American Landscapes/The Hudson River School

Students will look at three Hudson River Valley paintings, read and write about pertinent essays from the time and view part of the documentary National Parks:  America’s Best Idea.

Frederic Edwin Church, 
Twilight, “Short Arbiter ‘Twixt Day and Night,” 1850, 
Newark Museum Collection 56.43

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Life in the Fast Lane: the Rapid Change and Growth of America in the Early 20th Century

Students will be examining a series of paintings that highlight America’s change into an industrial society, full of machines, factories, and pollution.

Edward Hopper
House by the Railroad, 1925
, Oil on Canvas
, The Museum of Modern Art

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