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Homeschool Days: 2024-2025

Artists in Focus

Join us for a monthly exploration of art and time from the 1600s through the 1800s! Students (ages 5-14) will closely study the lives of artists and the significant events influencing them and their choice of art medium. Each 75-minute lesson is interactive and includes a related art activity. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to view the world through various artistic styles.

Parent attendance is optional. Review our FAQs, which cover arrival and even co-op questions.

Registration: will open August 2

Location: Mack Building (on the campus of Bob Jones University)

Fees per Lesson: Children–$9; adults–$3

Event fees are non-refundable. Adults may choose either to attend with their child(ren) or leave after student check-in for the 75-minute lesson.

 

Elementary School Lessons (K5-5th grade)

Thursday at 9:30AM and 2PM

Friday at 9:30AM, Noon, and 2PM

Middle School Lessons (6th-8th grade)

Friday at 9:30AM, Noon, and 2PM

 

Topics:

September 12-13

Rembrandt van Rijn, Master Etcher

October 3-4

Thomas Gainsborough, Prominent Draughtsman

November 7-8

Edgar Degas, Non-Traditional Sculptor

February 6-7

Claude Monet, Chief Impressionist

March 6-7

Berthe Morisot, Admired Artist

April 3-4

Vincent Van Gogh, Impasto Pioneer

Homeschool Days Activity Sheets: 2023-2024

Below are the Activity Sheets for M&G’s American Masters series for Homeschool Days 2023-2024 academic year.

 

September: Benjamin West: The Father of American Painting

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

October: Dave the Potter: Poetry in Clay

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

November: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Innovator of the Decorative Arts

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

February: Grandma Moses: America’s Folk Artist

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

March: Norman Rockwell: Illustrator of Small Town America

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

April: Georgia O’Keeffe: The Mother of American Modernism 

Click HERE to access the elementary pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf

 

Digital Homeschool Days

M&G Digital Homeschool Days: The Age of Antiquity

For Students ages 5-14

Join us for an exploration of ancient tombs, palaces, caves, and libraries in search of some of the secrets of the ancient world of art. Through engaging digital lessons and at-home art projects and activities, you’ll discover what contributions were made to art and culture by seven influential civilizations of the distant past.

Register HERE for the following digital lessons and resources:

  • Sumer: Ingenious Innovators (FREE Lesson & Resources to sample)
  • Assyria: The First Empire
  • Babylon: The Jewel of Mesopotamia
  • Egypt: From Tombs to Treasures
  • Hebrew: A Chosen People
  • Greece: Paving the Way for the World of Art
  • Rome: Expansion & Influence

Sumer: Ingenious Innovators

Take a journey to meet and understand the creative people of ancient Sumeria, including the city of Ur, which was once home to Abraham and Sarah as recorded in the Genesis account. We hope you enjoy sampling these M&G resources. If you’re interested in purchasing the additional 6 digital lessons in the series to use with your young students, visit here.

 

M&G Digital Homeschool Days Lessons include the following:

  • Parent-Teacher Guide
  • Lesson Video (length: 9-15 minutes)
  • Downloadable Activity Sheet (elementary and middle school) with art activities and resources to explore at home or in classroom. Lesson standards are included at the end.

 

Parent-Teacher Guide for Sumer: Ingenious Innovators

Lesson Video (12:44 minutes)

  • Downloadable Activity Sheet (elementary and middle school) with art activities and resources to explore at home

Activity Sheets

Click HERE to access the Elementary  pdf.  Click HERE to access the Middle School pdf.