Teaching Resources

Includes a poster of a work of art from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, informative text, classroom applications, and a bibliography. This poster depicts a monumental rock looming in the center of the composition. Despite its fractured appearance, it is a powerful symbol of humanity’s tenacity and capacity to survive. Its enduring presence is mirrored in the men and women who struggle to go on living and rebuilding in this postwar scene of destruction.

A brightly dressed man and woman play guitar and tambourine.

Five African American men racing towards the finish line on a running track.

Includes a poster of a work of art from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, informative text, classroom applications, and a bibliography. This poster celebrates the joys of family ties and shows a bustling group of women and children preparing an annual feast in a traditional rural kitchen.

A bright, colorful, and exciting view of circus performances in an arena. Includes a wide variety of animals, dancers, acrobats, and the audience.

Includes a poster of a work of art from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, informative text, classroom applications, and a bibliography. This poster depicts a flower garden with a sign above it announcing Chicago’s Stateway Gardens project. Kerry Marshall (1955- ) combined the real and the ideal to portray the residents’ efforts to preserve their community.

An abstract piece made from a colorful array of pastels. Hills and trees of the American West are simplified into shapes and lines of color.

Color photograph. A bright blue bird is standing on branches in the water. Its wings are perched up as if preparing to fly.

Made up of black, white, red, yellow, green. Use of words as shapes is the subject matter of the abstract piece.

Bright pattern of American symbols including sunglasses, sneakers, popcorn, a Coca Cola bottle, oranges, and American wildlife.