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• National Gallery of Art
• The J. Paul Getty Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The Wall Street Journal
• The New York Times
• Khan Academy

• Widewalls

• Opera Philadelphia
• Liveaboutdotcom
• NPR
• Google Arts & Culture
• ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ ePublications @ Marquette
• Google Arts & Culture

• The Art Story
• Google Books
• Water Across the Curriculum Educator Resource Guide
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• The Art Story

• Ronin Gallery
• Khan Academy
• Lonely Planet

• John Resig's Japanese Woodblock Print Search
• Dallas Museum of Art
• Explore Shizuoka
• Faena Aleph
• Old Tokyo
• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Hyperallergic
• The Smithsonian American Art Museum
• MMSD

• National Gallery of Australia
• Kiddle
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (contains adult content)
• Biography
• Melbourne High School Library
• Toulouse-Lautrec Foundation (contains adult content)
• Khan Academy (contains adult content)
• Google Arts & Culture (contains adult content)

• Daily Art Magazine (contains adult content)
• The Courtauld Institute of Art (contains adult content)

• Ancient History Encyclopedia

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Start by requesting free postcards of the artwork for your students by emailing Art Across Curriculum Educator Kay Antonelli: kay.antonelli@marquette.edu.

0:00 – 0:50

• It is especially meaningful for students to develop context for the painting Kapok Tree, and the podcast begins with sensory descriptions of oppressive heat, lurking jaguars, red howler monkeys, and rhythmic howling!
• This is a perfect opportunity for the students to stop and illustrate the images that have risen from this rich description. Colored pencils, crayons, or oil pastels are perfect materials to bring these images to life!

 0:51 – 2:55

• Students can develop an even greater understanding for Rockman’s art through the use of the Art in Context Timeline in the Water Across the Curriculum Educator Resource Guide on page 22. How many continents did Rockman explore to observe, study, and draw? 
• This site  allows students to see some of the sketches that Rockman completed during his travels.

3:00 – 4:00

• Frogs, Frogs, and more frogs! Compare and contrast the painted image from the website or the available post cards to the contour line drawing from The Haggerty Museum of Art Activity Bookon page 10.
• Have students look for patterns in the two images. Once students have located patterns on their own post card, have them share their findings with the class on the larger digital image.

4:00 – 14:30

• It is especially meaningful for students to be exposed to primary sources. In this podcast, the students will hear the actual words of the artist and context for the artwork that he creates. As a result, there are several, diverse topics that can be focused on relative to Rockman’s first person narrative.

For example:

• Have students begin by partnering up for a “Pair and Share
• What do you think about when you look at Kapok Tree?
• What does Rockman say about how humans have impacted the earth?
• What are some things in Milwaukee that we can do to lessen human impact on Lake Michigan?

14:40 – 17:54

• Review parts of the water cycle such as: precipitation, evaporation, condensation, run off or ground water.
• How do we see evidence of the water cycle in the rain forest? 
• How does the water cycle affect the plants and animals that live in the rain forest?
• Compare the annual rainfall in the rain forest to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

After listening to the episode visit the links below. There are many ways you can continue the learning with your students once the podcast is done!

This podcast aligns to the Wisconsin Department of Instruction Standards for Art and Design.

• Water Across the Curriculum Educator Resource Guide
• Alexis Rockman’s 
• artnet 
•  by Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman

• Multinational Monitor 
• Advances in Civil Engineering 
• Stabroek News 
• Science Magazine
• Perceptive Travel 

• Science History Institute 

Start by requesting free postcards of the artwork for your students by emailing Art Across Curriculum Educator Kay Antonelli: kay.antonelli@marquette.edu.

Pause at 5:25 to show students the painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder made in 1560 called . Discuss what you see with your students. How are games from the 15th century similar or different to today?

Discuss the question asked at 7:04 with your students. "What about clothing and things for your home, such as furniture or pots and pans? Where did people get these things?"

Pause after the fun fact at 15:08 to watch the 2:54 minute video tour of Durer's home created by DW News: . Pause at 19:10 to discuss your student's favorite books and help your students make a personal connect to the printing press!

There are many ways you can continue the learning with your students once the podcast is done!

This podcast aligns to the Wisconsin Department of Instruction Standards for Art and Design. 

• Irish Archaeology 
• The New Yorker 
• BBC News 
• British Library: 
• JSTOR Daily 

• Academia 
• Kiddle 
• Khan Academy 
• The Collector 
• DW News 

• The Guardian 
• Goodbye-Art Academy 
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