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Grade 6  
Unit 3: With Flying Colors
Painters of the Caves
by Patricia Lauber
Internet Connection Activity
Cave Paintings    Cross Curricular
The Cave of Lascaux
Connect to this link:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/


  1. Click Discover.

  2. Click time and space. Click the right arrow at the bottom of each page to continue.

  3. Read the pages and study the photos and diagrams.

  4. Then click 1940, the discovery in the left frame.

  5. Click the right arrow at the bottom of each page to continue.

The Discovery of the Cave
Connect to this link:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/decouvte.htm


  1. Read the page. Then click The Painted Gallery.

  2. Click each photo to see a larger image and read a description.

  3. Click the right hand at the bottom of the page to continue.

Internet Connection Activity
Cave Painting    Find Out More
Rock Art
Connect to this link:
http://net.indra.com/~dheyser/rockart.html


  1. Select a link on the main page to look at examples of rock art.

  2. Click on the smaller pictures to see larger versions of them. Click on the Back button to return to the list of pictures.

  3. Choose your favorite rock art picture. Create a sketch of it.

  4. What do you think the picture means? Why?

Rock Paintings and Engravings
Connect to this link:
http://www.museums.org.za/sam/resource/arch/painting.htm


  1. Study the photographs.

  2. Can you identify any images?

Internet Connection Activity
Famous Paintings    Leveled Books
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Connect to this link:
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/gw/el_gw.htm


  1. Read the opening paragraphs.

  2. Click Perspective. Read about how this element is used in the painting.

  3. Click Light. Enlarge the thumbnails to learn more.

  4. Continue to explore the elements of the painting.

Van Gogh's Van Goghs
Connect to this link:
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgwel.htm


  1. Click Start Van Gogh Tour(browser plug-in not required).

  2. Click Arles and read about it.

  3. Click List of all objects in this room.

  4. Click Field with Flowers near Arles. Read about the painting.

  5. Click full screen image. Then click detail images. Click any area on the painting.