Georgia O’Keeffe

A WebQuest for 3th Grade (Visual Arts)

Designed by

Erin Oakes
eoakes@wheatland.k12.ca.us

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

Introduction

Who is Georgia O’Keeffe? What are the characteristics of her artwork?

How do we define art?

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The Task

You will locate historical information and artwork for the Artist Georgia O’Keeffe. You will create your own image modeled from Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork. You will use the following resources:

Internet sites

Excel spreadsheet

Word Document

KidPix

Microsoft PowerPoint

You will create your own PowerPoint slide to display your art and knowledge.

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The Process

Learn about Georgia O’Keeffe’s life!

Read about and view the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe from the following websites. Just clip on the picture!

Record your knowledge in your journal. How do I do this?

Art Journal

Create your own KidPix image in similar to Georgia O’Keeffe

Post your KidPix image and record (cut & paste) your knowledge in a PowerPoint slide! How do I do this? Be sure to save your work!

Finished early? Research additional artists using the site

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Evaluation

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Characteristics	Student identifies multiple significant characteristics that distinguish this artist's work or school/period from others and uses these to recognize other works by this artist.	Student identifies multiple significant characteristics that distinguish this artist's work or this school/period from others.	Student identifies 1 or 2 significant characteristics that distinguish this artist's work or this school/period from others.	Student cannot identify characteristics that distinguish this artist's work or period/school.
Recognition of Work	Student can accurately name 4 works by this artist and describe them in some detail.	Student can accurately name 2 works by this artist.	Student can either accurately name or describe at least 2 works by this artist.	Student is not able to name or describe this artist's works.
Influence of culture	Student is able to give several detailed examples of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.	Student is able to give a couple of examples of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.	Student is able to give one example of how the time period(s) in which an artist lived influenced his/her work.	Student has difficulty describing how the time periods in which artists lived influenced their work.

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Conclusion

In this WebQuest you have used internet sites to learn historical information about Georgia O’Keeffe. You have used Microsoft Word to record your information in a journal. You have used KidPix to create an artwork influences by Georgia O’Keeffe. You have created a PowerPoint presentation slide to present your knowledge and artwork influenced by Georgia O’Keeffe.

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Credits & References

Images from georgia-okeeffe.com.

Video courtesy of Discovery Education.

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Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page