Curriculum Materials: Amazing Animals in Art



Untitled Photograph by Jane Tuckerman


Image 7

Jane Tuckerman
American, born 1947
Untitled

Theme

Essays:
Background
About this Object
Style
Technique
About the Artist

Questions:
Suggested Questions: K-3
Suggested Questions: 4-6


Suggested Questions: Grades K-3
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  1. What do you see in this photograph?

  2. How many seagulls are in the photograph? Have you ever seen seagulls flying? Did they look like the seagulls in this photograph? Why or why not?

  3. Which seagull is closest to us? Which is farthest away? How can you tell?

  4. Do you see any people? Are there clues that people have been here?

  5. What is the season? What kind of day is it?

  6. If you could be in this scene, where would you want to play? Could you climb the trees? Is there any place for you to play baseball? Would you want to play at the beach? Would you want to swim in the ocean?

  7. Is it noisy or quiet in the photograph? If you could enter into the photograph, what sounds would you hear?

  8. Where do you think the artist was standing when she took this photograph? Encourage children to use their imaginations.

  9. This photograph shows us a BIRD'S-EYE VIEW of this LANDSCAPE. What is a bird's-eye view? Have you traveled in an airplane and experienced a bird's-eye view looking at the ground from the air? What did you notice? Did you see patterns of color, shape, and line?



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