Ideas for Teachers was designed by Lehman College Art Gallery education staff for major public art sites. These sites were chosen for their educational potential and appropriateness for children in grades K-8. Ideas for Teachers is focused for classroom teachers to visit the art with their classes, develop questions and discuss what they see with students, and help students create artwork back in the classroom. Sample art activities, that come naturally from the core ideas expressed in the work, are described and use readily available materials. Suggestions for extending the learning and integrating it into content areas, writing and math skills and critical thinking are natural outcomes, making it easy for teachers to try new ideas that are based on tried and true methods. Care was taken to fulfill the National Standards for Visual Arts Education and the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and are noted with each set of ideas.   Artist & Art Work   Grades Art Activity Lesson Plan Related Children’s Literature Cross-Curriculum Themes Neighbor -hood Alice Adams Glider Park steel pavilions with site landscaping   K-3 and Special Needs Design part of a theme park A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams     Community, Phys. Ed., Ergonomics, public service Bathgate Vito Acconci/ Helene Brandt Yankee Stadium Station architectural installation   3-5 Create a collage with drawings and photos, showing an inviting space which would appear if you were to peel away your wall. The Secret Garden by F.H Burnett; Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Crutcher; The Kid from Tomkinsville by Tunis     surrealism   Grand Concourse Charles Alston (Courthouses) Family of Man and Equal Justice Under the Law murals 4-6 Design a picture that symbolizes how people get along with each other Monster by Walter Dean Myers U.S. Law, criminal justice system; American history; symbolizing overarching themes Grand Concourse Candida Alvarez What Do You See? stained glass windows   6-8 Create a translucent paper mobile showing what you would like to do as a result of your education Vanishing by Bruce Brooks Symbolizing music, knowledge, history, math, chemistry Tremont Andrea Arroyo Harmony I and II sculptures   6-8 Create a clay plaque that shows abstract ideas visually In the Beginning: Creation Stories From Around the World by Virginia Hamilton Human anatomy & systems Tremont Ronald Baron My Time is Now outdoor sculpture   4-6 Design a trophy for something special that you do Whirligig by Paul Fleischman; A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich by Alice Childress; Ironman by Chris Cutcher Story writing, symbolizing mental and physical health; self-esteem; recycled materials (Lehman College) Bedford Park Romare Bearden Untitled glass windows   3-5 Create your own version of a city scene using two different points of view The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill History of New York City; community; systems; the real world of work; Cubism in art Westchester Square Bronx County Building Statues and friezes   4-6 Create a plasticine tile to represent ideas based on a social studies theme chosen in a group of your classmates Cathedral by David Macauley; Bull Run by Paul Fleischman; Ben & Me by Robert Lawson; A History of US by Joy Hakin Local and state history; architecture; mythology; The Civil War and the Revolutionary War Grand Concourse Bill & Mary Buchen Sound Playground installation   K-3 and Special Needs Create a sound-making sculpture or musical instrument   The Other Way to Listen by Baylor & Parnall Story writing, science of sound and hearing, world music, environments Tremont Jackie Ferrara Covered Walkway concrete block pergola 5-6 Design a walkway for your school The Doorbell Rang; Grandfather Tang’s Story; The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Jester Science of perception, geometry; proportion; multiplication, division (Lehman College) Bedford Park Rafael Ferrer Puerto Rican Sun painted archway   5-6 Design an archway that leads people into the world of your classroom I Hear America Singing; Yo! Yes?; Zin Zin Violin;The House on Mango Street by Sandy Cisneros History of the Americas, multicultural issues, how to research; light & color; immigration Longwood/ Foxhurst Walton Ford Inside-Out at Jane Addams High School murals   4-6 Design a head covering for a wise woman or man A Girl Named Disaster by Farmer, N.; Through My Eyes by R. Bridges; Herstories: African-American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by V. Hamilton   Civil rights, women's rights, biography, other civilizations and cultures such as African, Maya, South American, Ancient Egypt   Melrose Wopo Holup Intersections at Lehman College installation   4-6 (Crayon rubbings on site.) Design a poster using a quote from a historical figure you admire and drawing of an animal that you connect to the quote. Through My Eyes by R. Bridges; They Saw the Future by Krull; Nothing But the Truth by Avi; starry Messenger: Galileo Gallilei by P. Sis   Biography, scientific discoveries and inventions; mathematics history; civil rights; ancient Greek philosophy public art itself. (Lehman College) Bedford Park   Christopher Janney Sonic Pass Blue installation   3-6, and Special Needs Create a work of interactive art that demonstrates how viewers make art happen The Other Way to Listen by Baylor and Parnall; The Way Things Work by David Macaulay Optics, multimedia, sequencing, popular culture, environment, habitats (Lehman College) Bedford Park Ernst Herter Lorelei Fountain sculpture 4-6 Create a collage to represent a poem Ezra Jack Keats, children’s book illustrator Poetry; mythology; immigration Grand Concourse Paul Manship Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gateway Bronx Zoo   4-6 Design a new gateway to the Zoo to show where endangered species come from The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Julie of the Wolves by Jean George Craighead; Inside the Whale by Steve Parker Animal physiology, persuasive writing, community, endangered species and animal rights Bronx Park Tom Otterness Doublefoot at Roberto Clemente State Park sculpture   K-4 Special needs Draw what the rest of the giant might look like The Iron Giant by T. Hughes; The BFG by R. Dahl; Thumbelina by H.C. Anderson fairy tales, fables, fantasy; scale, proportion; Pop Art; creative problem-solving and visualization University Heights Howardena Pindell Lehman College Environs mosaic 2-4 Make a tile to show your family history, places and events in your life. Combine individual tiles so that "Me and My World" becomes "Our World." This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie; Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea; I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman Community, geography, multicultural similarities and differences; patterns; family history (Lehman College) Bedford Park Faith Ringgold Eugenio Maria de Hostos quilt   3-6 Make a quilt block of someone for whom a Bronx public building is named; display quilt blocks in a class accordion book Anthony Burns by Virginia Hamilton; I, Juan de Pareja by Eliz. Borton De Trevino Local history; history of the Americas, freedom, multiculturalism, heroes (Hostos Community College) Grand Concourse Tim Rollins + KOS Amerika—For the People of Bathgate mural   3-6 Create a model of an apartment complex to show how it could be transformed based on ideas from literature Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams; Whirligigs by Paul Fleischman; Oxford Book of Poetry for Children by Edward Blishen Self-direction in literature and art, urban renewal, patterns Bathgate Christy Rupp Time Flies sculpture   K-3, SN Design a giant watch representing a phrase about time Hildilid’s Night by Cheli Duran Ryan; Smoky Night by Eve Bunting Time, clocks, measurement of time, time zones on the globe Crotona Park East Vicki Scuri Butterfly Garden installation   K-3, SN Make a butterfly or insect puppet Carle, Eric, The Hungry Caterpillar; Jeffers, Diane, Brother Earth, Sister Sky; An Extraordinary Life by Laurence Pringle Metamorphosis, pollination, spring, Earth Day, seasons, symmetry, patterns Bronx Park South Ben Shahn with Bernarda Bryson Resources of America painted panels 4-6 Design and create a mural for your school Thomas Nast, Political Cartoonist by Lynda Pflueger American and local history; citizenship; labor unions; collaborative groups; immigration Grand Concourse Carl Tefft Fountain of Life sculpture   4-6 Design a fountain based on the myth of Pandora’s Box One Minute Myths; Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble; The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes Mythology, folk art, ancient civilizations, cycles, group work Botanical Garden, Bronx Park Stanford White, architect Hall of Fame 99 busts by various artists   4-6 Design a coin for one of the people in the Hall of Fame who inspires you The Hatmaker’s Sign: A Story of Ben. Franklin by Candace Fleming; The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Coins, economics, American history, community, how to research, discoveries, inventions, lasting achievements of public service, Roman numerals Bronx Community College, University Heights Woodlawn Cemetery William Ordway Partridge Joseph Pulitzer Memorial 4-6 Create medallions and chalk rubbings My Brother Sam is Dead by John & Christopher Collier; The Gathering Room by Lois Lowry Rituals and ceremonies; the cycle of life; local and state history; journalism (Nellie Bly); Thomas Nast cartoons Woodlawn