Combining Voices for Grades 4–12

Language arts and visual arts are combined for this tour. Designed to prepare students for the Combining Voices literary competition, this tour includes activities to encourage students to use both visual and verbal languages. Students will begin several writing exercises to be completed at school.

Program length: tour 45 minutes; activity 45 minutes
Grades: 4–12
Curriculum connections: visual art, language arts

Tour preparation and directions (PDF)
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Pre- and Post-Visit Mini-Lessons:
Before the visit
After the visit
Artwork used in the lesson:
Man with a Necktie, by Philip Morsberger
Portrait of Levi Fletcher, by Thomas Sully
Artworks in current Combining Voices competition
Printable PDF file of entire lesson

Bessie Nickens, Hide and Seek, 1990. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia; gift of Barbara Cohens.