Projet d’Arts Visuels : l’Impressionnisme (Programme d’Immersion)

Fun, ready to teach project with no prep required. Download and photocopy or assign to students. Everything you need to teach impressionist art.

In this project/comprehension package is an excellent cross-curricular way to integrate French reading comprehension and writing into Visual Art. After completing this package and working on the project your students will definitely have a deeper understanding and appreciation for Impressionist art.

This package covers:

• a reading comprehension with questions on Impressionism.

• a reading comprehension with questions on Vincent Van Gogh- also lightly touches on aspects of Van Gogh’s fragile mental health (please note: it is said that Van Gogh attempted suicide at the end of his life- this is briefly mentioned in the package- might be a more sensitive topic in some classrooms).

• Students will research several impressionist artists.

• Students will do a brief biography on Berthe Morisot (female impressionist artist).

• Students will analyse the impressionist painting of their choice.

• Students will create their own impressionist painting.

• Rubric is included in French.