{"id":20466,"date":"2012-09-18T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=20466"},"modified":"2019-09-23T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:21:45","slug":"review-drawing-on-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/review-drawing-on-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Drawing on History"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a post by contributing writer Tabitha.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Drawing on History cover<\/p><\/div>\n

These past few weeks my 15 year old son and I were able to review a book that combined art with history.<\/p>\n

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Sample lesson and my son’s results.<\/p><\/div>\n

My son is very visually oriented and has done a lot of experimenting with art, so I wasn’t sure how he’d feel about anything that guided his exploration or gave him something specific to work on.\u00a0 He’s also very focused on drawing and very few other forms of art.\u00a0 I should not have worried.<\/p>\n

This isn’t a step by step art project book that gives you a chance to make a carbon copy art piece like everyone else in the class.\u00a0 This is a well researched, thought provoking book that gives you the historical significance, several examples, and ideas for a project of your own.<\/p>\n

This method suits the timid artist that just wants to try something new but not go too far out on a limb, or the super creative type that jumps in with both feet and enjoys making the mess as well as the art, or anyone in between!<\/p>\n

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Getting messy with “Action Painting”<\/p><\/div>\n

Included in this book is a timeline with both world events and art events PLUS the art projects for that time period.\u00a0 This is a handy reference for planning ahead and coordinating with your history lessons.\u00a0 If you are using the Beautiful Feet high school history curriculum, it also has the book list to go along with the projects.<\/p>\n

Each lesson includes many online resources and suggested books to help expand your learning.\u00a0 Also included with the book is the “KnoodleU online resource center” with even more related lesson support for both the art projects and for more information.\u00a0 Each lesson has links and at least one video about the topic.<\/p>\n

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Surrealism and a collage<\/p><\/div>\n

What this book is NOT:<\/p>\n