Additional Resources
Throughout this course, we explore many different thinking routines and thinking dispositions. Below, you will find additional resources for each thinking disposition and routine as well as some more general resources about Artful Thinking and the National Gallery of Art. These additional resources include templates and instructions for the different thinking routines we've studied in this course as well as readings for you to further your exploration into Critical Thinking.
Click on the topics in the menu below to be taken to the additional resources for that topic.
National Gallery of Art
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Critical Thinking Readings |
Best Practices Overviews |
Student-Friendly Art Stories |
Artful Thinking
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See/Think/Wonder
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Observing and Describing
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Reasoning with Evidence
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Questioning and Investigating
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National Gallery of Art Images and Website
Download Teaching Critical Thinking through Art Image Set. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Visit the NGA Image Collection for access to high-resolution files of the museum's artworks.
Visit Uncovering America, an NGA resource for K–12 educators featuring works of art that reflect the richness and diversity of the people, places, and cultures of the United States.
Visit the National Gallery of Art's Website for more learning resources, including lessons and activities for teachers as well as interactive activities for kids.
Critical Thinking Readings
Classroom Confidential: The 12 Secrets to Great Teachers by Lauren Schmidt. Click here to download the course reading from this text.
Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking edited by Arthur Costa. Click here to download the course reading from this text.
Making Learning Visible: Children as Individual and Group Learners by Mara Krechevsky and Ben Mardell. Click here to download the course reading from this text.
Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners by Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison. Click here to download the course reading from this text.
Slow Looking: The Art of Learning Through Observation, 1st Edition by Shari Tishman. Click here to download pages 4-7 and pages 26-27 from this text.
Visible Learners: Promoting Reggio-Inspired Approaches in All Schools by Mara Krechevsky, Ben Markell, Melissa Rivard, and Daniel Wilson. Click here to download the course reading from this text.
Visual Thinking Strategies by Phillip Yenawine.
Best Practices Overviews
Download Best Practices for Teaching with Works of Art. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Best Practices for Engaging All Learners. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Ten Lessons the Arts Teach by Elliot Eisner. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Tips for Museum Trips. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Tips for Writing Poetry with Art. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Student-Friendly Art Stories
Unit 1
Download the Art Story Transcripts for Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle) by Wassily Kandinsky:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for the Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens:
Unit 2
Download the Art Story Transcripts for New York by George Bellows:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for The Farm by Joan Miro:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for The Japanese Footbridge by Claude Monet:
Unit 3
Download the Art Story Transcripts for Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for The Judgment Day by Aaron Douglas:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for Family of Saltimbanques by Pablo Picasso:
Unit 4
Download the Art Story Transcripts for Synecdoche by Byron Kim:
Download the Art Story Transcripts for Relative by Sam Gilliam:
Artful Thinking Research
Visit Project Zero's Artful Thinking Website
Watch the Artful Thinking Overview Video
Read the Artful Thinking Final Report
Read Works of Art are Good Things to Think About by Shari Tishman and Patricia Palmer. (Tishman, Shari and Patricia Palmer. “Works of Art are Good Things to Think About.” Conference proceedings: Evaluating the Value of Arts and Cultural Education. 89-101. Paris, Centre Pompidou., 2007.)
See/Think/Wonder Routines and Lesson Plans (Unit 1)
See/Think/Wonder
Download the See/Think/Wonder Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the See/Think/Wonder Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Jenelle's Lesson Plan on See/Think/Wonder with Kandinsky's Improvisation No. 31 (Sea Battle). English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Julie's Lesson Plan on See/Think/Wonder with Saint-Gaudens's Shaw Memorial. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Observing and Describing Routines and Lesson Plans (Unit 2)
Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs
Download the Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs Template for Lists of 5. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs Instructions for Lists of 5. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs Template for Lists of 10. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs Instructions for Lists of 10. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Liz's Lesson Plan on Looking: Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs with Bellows's New York. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
The Elaboration Game
Download The Elaboration Game Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download The Elaboration Game Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Greg's Lesson Plan on The Elaboration Game with Miro's The Farm. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Looking: 5 x 2 and Looking: 10 x 2
Download the Looking: 5 x 2 Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Looking: 10 x 2 Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Looking: 10 x 2 Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Grace's Lesson Plan on Looking: 5 x 2 with Monet's The Japanese Footbridge and Math Problems. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Reasoning with Evidence Routines and Lesson Plans (Unit 3)
What Makes You Say That?
Download the What Makes You Say That? Template. English | Español| Français | 简体中文
Download the What Makes You Say That? Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Julie's Lesson Plan on What Makes You Say That? with Tiepolo's Queen Zenobia. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Avis's Lesson Plan on What's Going on with Math? with Douglas's Judgment Day. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Beginning/Middle/End
Download the Beginning/Middle/End Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Beginning/Middle/End Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Kristen's Lesson Plan on Beginning/Middle/End with Picasso's Family of Saltimbanques. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Questioning and Investigating Routines and Lesson Plans (Unit 4)
Creative Questions
Download the Creative Questions Template. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download the Creative Questions Instructions. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Tondra and Julie's Lesson Plan on Creative Questions with Kim's Synecdoche. English | Español | Français | 简体中文
Download Meghan's Lesson Plan on the Creative Questions Game with Gilliam's Relative. English | Español | Français | 简体中文