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Van Gogh at School

Van Gogh at Primary Schools

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    • Art and design (35)
    • Design and technology (3)
    • English (4)
    • Geography (2)
    • Handwriting (1)
    • History (7)
    • Language Arts (1)
    • Mathematics (1)
    • Science (3)
    • Drag question (1)
    • Link (10)
    • Map (2)
    • Mind map (2)
    • Open question (2)
    • Quiz question (10)
    • Video (12)

37 lessons found

30 min
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UV - Van Gogh's friend (1)

Masterminds & Masterpieces – In this lesson, you’ll see how a conservator-restorer uses UV light to study Vincent van Gogh’s paintings closely. Then you’ll construct your own UV research light. (Age 10 - 12)

Course:
Art and design, Science, Design and technology, History
60 min
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UV - Van Gogh's friend (2)

Masterminds & Masterpieces – Using your own drawings and paintings, you’ll discover what a conservator-restorer sees when studying a painting with UV light. (Age 10 - 12)

Course:
Design and technology, Art and design, Science, History
75 min
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UV - Van Gogh's enemy

Masterminds & Masterpieces – Using two of your own drawings, you’ll carry out an experiment to show the influence of UV light on works of art. Note: You’ll need at least a couple of weeks to complete this experiment. The lesson involves two parts – and a lot of patience. (Age 10 - 12)

Course:
Design and technology, Art and design, Science
30 min
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The rediscovered church

By studying the painting of a church in Nuenen, the class will find out how Vincent van Gogh created the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface. They will learn about proportions and do arithmetic and measurement exercises based on the painting.

Course:
Art and design, Mathematics
0 min
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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E1: 'The artist: Vincent van Gogh'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. They learn all about the famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

Age:
4, 5
Course:
Art and design
60 min
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The yellow, green, pink, blue house?

The pupils paint their own versions of Vincent's yellow house – but they can use any colours they like.

Age:
5, 6
Course:
Art and design
20 min
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Bedroom poem

Group activity, in a circle: making up eleven-word poems about a painting by Vincent.

Age:
4 to 6
Course:
5 min
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Vincent becomes an artist

A short film about the start of Vincent van Gogh's career as an artist, for use as an introduction to other lessons about the artist and his work.

Age:
10 to 12
Course:
Art and design, History
5 min
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Who was Vincent van Gogh?

A short film about Vincent van Gogh, for use as an introduction to other lessons about the artist and his work.

Age:
7 to 10
Course:
Art and design, History
5 min
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Who was Van Gogh?

A short film about Vincent van Gogh, for use as an introduction to other lessons about the artist and his work.

Age:
10 to 12
Course:
Art and design, History
10 min
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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E2: 'Autumn'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they discover that Vincent van Gogh loved painting outdoors, even in autumn.

Age:
4 to 6
Course:
Art and design
10 min
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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E3: 'Colours'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they take a good look at Vincent van Gogh’s use of colours.

Age:
4 to 6
Course:
Art and design
10 min
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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E4: 'Painting indoors and outdoors'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they investigate paintings that Vincent made indoors and paintings that he made outdoors.

Age:
4 to 6
Course:
Art and design
10 min
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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E5: 'Self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they take a good look at different kinds of paintings: self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

Age:
4 to 6
Course:
Art and design
15 min
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Two rediscovered paintings: colouring pictures

Two colouring pictures of the Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002, which were rediscovered 14 years later. No specific assignment.

Age:
4 to 12
Course:
Art and design
15 min
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Before Vincent became an artist

A brief description of Vincent's life before he decided to become an artist, with a short quiz at the end.

Age:
9 to 12
Course:
Art and design, Geography, History
10 min
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Do you know Vincent?

A short presentation about Vincent van Gogh, for use as an introduction to other lessons about the artist or his work.

Age:
7 to 12
Course:
Art and design, Geography, History
75 min
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Vincent’s Japanese examples

The pupils use Japanese prints as inspiration for new work of their own, just as Vincent Van Gogh did. They can do this lesson (with video) on their own.

Age:
10 to 12
Course:
Art and design
20 min
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A painting in eleven words

The students write eleven-word poems based on paintings by Vincent van Gogh.

Age:
7 to 12
Course:
Art and design, English
60 min
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Vincent XL

Using a grid drawing made by Vincent van Gogh, the class will enlarge an image of a Japanese figure.

Age:
10 to 12
Course:
30 min
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Zoom in

Students discover a painting, starting with the details. During the class discussion, more and more of the painting is revealed. This is based on the Zoom In routine developed by Project Zero, Harvard.

Age:
7 to 12
Course:
Art and design
90 min
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Painting like Vincent

The students will mix their own paints and make paintings of objects from their everyday lives.

Age:
9 to 12
Course:
Art and design, English
10 min
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Mealtime! The Potato Eaters (1)

The students will each make a sketch at home of the evening meal. At school, they will make paintings based on these sketches in the lesson 'Mealtime! The Potato Eaters (2)'. Suggestion: before assigning the homework, give the introductory lesson 'Do you know Vincent?'.

Age:
7 to 12
Course:
Art and design
90 min
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Vincent paints himself

Using Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits, the class will learn about the basic proportions of the face. Then they will paint their own self-portraits.

Age:
10 to 12
Course:
Art and design
50 min
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Vincent's letters

After a brief introduction to the letters between Vincent and his brother Theo, the students write letters about their own art works.

Age:
8 to 11
Course:
Art and design, Handwriting
45 min
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A haiku for Van Gogh

The students will write their own haikus, short poems of 17 syllables at most, inspired by Vincent van Gogh paintings.

Age:
10, 11
Course:
Art and design, English, Language Arts
15 min
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Find the five differences: The Yellow House (2)

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Yellow House' and then find the differences in five modified versions. Set 2.

Age:
9 to 11
Course:
Art and design
15 min
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Find the five differences: The Yellow House (1)

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting The Yellow House and then find the differences in five modified versions. Set 1.

Age:
9 to 11
Course:
Art and design
45 min
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A portrait without a face

This lesson is about a stolen art work that was rediscovered. It focuses on the question: can a painting of a building also be a kind of portrait?

Age:
8 to 12
Course:
Art and design
75 min
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The rediscovered sea view

After learning about Van Gogh's View of the Sea at Scheveningen, the students will draw or paint 'sea views' of their own.

Age:
8 to 12
Course:
Art and design
75 min
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Painting the outdoors indoors

Working indoors, the class will paint a subject from the outdoors – just as Vincent van Gogh often did.

Age:
8 to 11
Course:
Art and design
5 min
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How many sunflowers?

This brief lesson about the number of sunflowers in Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting is easy to combine with other lessons or activities.

Age:
6 to 10
Course:
Art and design
45 min
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Vincent's collection

After a brief introduction to Vincent's collection of prints, the class will write museum-style labels for objects they have collected.

Age:
7 to 11
Course:
Art and design, English
15 min
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Find the five differences: The Bedroom

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Bedroom' and then find the differences in five modified versions.

Age:
5 to 8
Course:
Art and design
60 min
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Potato eaters in colour

Each student will make a 'colour version' of one of Vincent's most famous paintings, 'The Potato Eaters'.

Age:
7 to 10
Course:
Art and design
15 min
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True or false? The Yellow House

The students will first look at the painting 'The Yellow House' and then decide whether some statements about it are true or false.

Age:
5
Course:
Art and design
15 min
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True or false? The Bedroom

The class will first look at the painting 'The Bedroom' and then decide whether some statements about it are true or false.

Age:
5
Course:
Art and design
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