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Picture Books In The Art Curriculum

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While picture books have been primarily used in elementary grade classrooms, many picture books target an older audience and could be used across the middle school curriculum to provide an introduction and foundation to a new unit of study, to stimulate and engage new learning and to create a foundation for further study in art, social studies, science, math and health.

Picture Books in the Art Curriculum
Picture books should be an essential part of the middle school art curriculum. The illustrations in picture books show a wide range of artistic styles like impressionism, expressionism, realism, and surrealism that teachers can utilize in lessons to reinforce instructional concepts that students can use to evaluate, compare and emulate in

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