Teacher Resource Center
Grades K through 6
Art holds endless possibilities for engaging students in meaningful learning. We hope you will use the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as a resource for enhancing your lesson plans and your students' lives.

Pair of Monkeys, Japanese, Muromachi Period (1336-1573). Wood with traces of pigment and crystal eyes. SBMA.
|
new additions:
|

Rico Lebrun, Seated Clown, 1941. Ink and wash. SBMA.
|
|
 |
Alfredo Ramos Martinez Power Point Biography: Teacher Lesson Plan
Alfredo Ramos Martinez Illustrated Step by Step Art Activity Instruction
Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Born and died Mexico, 1871-1946, Uruapan Painter (La Pintora de Uruapan), n.d. (ca. 1930). Oil on board. SBMA, Gift of the P.D. McMillan Land Company.
|
| |
|
 |
Albert Bierstadt Illustrated Step by Step Art Activity Instruction
Unpacking Culture Power Point: Teacher Lesson Plan
Albert Bierstadt (Germany, 1830- New York, 1902), Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1864. Oil on canvas.
Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection.
|
| |
|
 |
John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815, Lieutenant Joshua Winslow, 1755. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton.
|
| |
|
 |
Making Shapes Dance Lesson Plan -- Grades K through 2
Wassily Kandinsky, Line-Dot, High Resolution Image
Wassily Kandinsky (Russia, 1886-died in France, 1944), Line-Dot, 1927, Oil on pressed pulp board, SBMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gershwin
|
|
|
 |
Rufino Tamayo’s Noche y Dia/Night and Day Lesson Plan -- Grades K through 5
Rufino Tamayo’s Noche y Dia/Night and Day, High Resolution Image
Rufino Tamayo (Mexico 1899-1991), Noche y día (Night and Day), 1953, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Glen Larson
|
| |
|
|

|
Art That Tells Stories Lesson Plan -- Grades 3 through 5
Henri Rousseau, The Castle at Night, High Resolution Image
Henri Rousseau (France, 1844-1910), The Castle at Night (detail), 1889, Oil painting on linen, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
|
| |
|
 |
Objects Can Tell Stories: Be a Detail Detective Lesson Plan -- Grades K through 6
William Michael Harnett, The Secretary’s Table, High Resolution Image
John Frederick Peto, My Studio Door, High Resolution Image
William Michael Harnett, Born Ireland, 1848; died United States, 1892 (active United States),The Secretary’s Table, 1870, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection, 1960.60
John Frederick Peto (United States, 1854-1907), My Studio Door, 1895, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection
|
| |
|
 |
Art and Nature Lesson Plan-- Grades K through 6
Art and Nature Activity
Art and Nature Leaf Chart
Art and Nature Leaf Reference
Severin Roesen, Still Life, High Resolution Image
George Rickey, Diptych: The Seasons I, High Resolution Image
Severin Roesen, Still Life, 1848. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection.
George Rickey, (America, 1907-2002), Diptych: The Seasons I, 1956, Oil on metal, SBMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Tremaine
|
| |
|
 |
The Buffalo Hunter Lesson Plan -- Grades 3 through 5
Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, High Resolution Image
Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1844. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Harriet Cowles Hammett Graham in memory of Buell Hammett.
|
| |
|
 |
City Life in America -- Grades 3 through 5
George Wesley Bellows, Steaming Streets, High Resolution Image
George Wesley Bellows (America, 1882-1925), Steaming Streets (detail), 1908, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection
|
| |
|
 |
Images of the West Lesson Plan -- Grades 3 through 5
William Henry Jackson, Untitled (Mountains and Stream), High Resolution Image
Thomas Hill, North Dome from Bridge, High Resolution Image
Thomas Hill (England, 1829-1908), North Dome from Bridge (detail), Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. William T. Swain
William Henry Jackson (United States, 1843-1942), Untitled (Mountains and Stream), ca. 1872, Albumen print, SBMA, Gift of Arthur and Yolanda Steinman
|
| |
|
|
.jpg)
|
Ancient World Lesson Plan-- Grade 6
Ancient World Further Activities
Head of Gudea, High Resolution Image
Horus as a Falcon, High Resolution Image
Kha'emwestet, High Resolution Image
Ibis, High Resolution Image
Athena, High Resolution Image
Black-Figure Hydria, High Resolution Image
Head of Aphrodite, High Resolution Image
Bearded Man, High Resolution Image
Kha’ emwestet, Crown Prince, Son of Ramses II (detail), Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1350-1250 BC). Limestone. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.
Head of Gudea, Ruler of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian, ca. 2120 BCE, Diorite, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Horus Falcon, Egyptian, probably Late Period (715-332 BCE), Basalt, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Athena (Ince Hall Type), Roman, 1st Century CE, Marble, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Black-Figured Hydria, Greek, ca 530 BCE, Ceramic, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Bearded Head, Roman, Gallienic, mid-third century CE, Bronze, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
|
Return to School and Teacher Programs main menu
|