These tours are designed to connect students with age-appropriate content and skill development. They link Michigan educational standards with the University of Michigan Museum of Art's permanent collection and offer a variety of subjects including: science, language arts, social studies, math, and writing.
Description: Students will discuss the characteristics and definition of a region by exploring artistic portrayals of various parts of the United States. Other social studies concepts include: the effects of human/environmental interaction, migration, and geographical features.
Concepts: Social Studies (Use geographic representations to acquire, process, and report information; understand how human activities shape the Earth’s surface) and Art (Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines).
Images: The following images are possibilities that you may encounter in this tour. Because of variables such as availability and time, you may not see these exact art works.