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Resources for post-primary schools A guide for teachers
Overview
At the National Gallery of Ireland we have many Contents
brilliant resources that you can use in the On our website …………………………………………….... 3
classroom. You can find them in lots of different Schools resource packs ………………………………….. 4
places on our website, and we’ve listed them here Virtual exhibitions …………………………………..……. 11
so you can find them easily. For some resources, Other resources and activities ……………………... 14
we have provided additional notes and guidance Apollo Project …………………………………………….… 18
to help you structure a lesson or activity. Contact us ………………………………………………….... 19
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On our website
● Our Explore and Learn section has loads of ● You can search our online collection or
interesting articles including bite-sized browse our collection highlights
guides, in-depth looks at the collection, and ● Watch videos of inspirational speakers
peeks behind the scenes. from our Creative Careers Day
● Listen to Audio Guides of key works on ● We have a vast array of resources from
display. our Library & Archives
● Through a Lens: self-guided tours of the ● Listen in depth to our fascinating Podcasts
collection. ● Find out more about some of our
● Mindfulness & Art: a series of paintings Conservation projects
from the collection with prompt questions ● Watch curator talks and more on our
to help you to slow down and reflect. Why YouTube channel
not use with your class at the beginning of ● Follow the Gallery on Twitter, Instagram
the day to help them connect and focus? and Facebook
● In Focus: a series linking works from our ● Sign up to the Teachers & Schools email
collection with key art historical, theoretical newsletter to be regularly updated
or philosophical texts. Aimed at third level with new ideas and resources
students, but could be shared with LC
groups or used for your own CPD.
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Schools resource packs
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Visual Resources
What’s in the resource? How do I use it?
● Graphic resources exploring the life and Use for introducing or revising the work of Piet
work of key artists Mondrian and Jack B. Yeats.
● Designed for visual learners
● Embedded in each resource is the link
Curriculum links
memory technique. Each panel is connected
Junior Cycle: Visual Art
to the next using a variety of methods: visual
Leaving Certificate: Art
similarity, colour, shape and idea association
Leaving Certificate Applied: Arts Education
for easier recall
Link to resource: Who is it for?
English version Aimed primarily at Leaving Cert art students
who are visual learners, can also be used and
enjoyed by other ages and levels
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Medium, Materiality & Magic:
Photography at the Gallery
What’s in the resource? How do I use it?
● A brief history of photography, with lots of This is a very rich resource with lots of ideas for
links to interesting videos activities that you can pick and mix, or use to set
● Research activities a larger project
● Hi-res images of five key works from the
Gallery’s collection, with key information
Curriculum links
and activity ideas
Primary: Visual Arts; Cross-curricular links with
● A glossary of key terms
History, Geography, Science, Language &
● Hints and tips for creating your own
Literacy, SESE, SPHE.
photographs (you can use a camera or
Junior Cycle: Visual Art
Link to resource: your phone!)
Leaving Certificate: Art; Cross-curricular
English version links with History, Geography, Physics and
Irish version Who is it for? Chemistry
Primary & Post-Primary Leaving Certificate Applied: English
and Communication, Arts Education
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Understanding an Exhibition
What’s in the resource? How do I use it?
Prompt questions and activities to guide you Whilst this has been designed to accompany a
through a visit to an exhibition. Information on self-guided visit to a Gallery, there are some
key aspects of exhibitions, including the hang, activities you can still do at school (see pages 7,
interpretation and education programmes. 12, 14 & 15). You could think back to a previous
gallery or exhibition you have visited and use
Who is it for? these questions as a revision tool. Or you could
go on a virtual museum tour.
Students preparing for the gallery question of
the Leaving Certificate Art History and
Appreciation Exam. Curriculum links
Leaving Certificate: Art
Link to resource:
English version
Irish version
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What is a Portrait?
What’s in the resource? How do I use it?
● An introduction to portraiture This is a very rich resource with lots of ideas for
● Hi-res images of 11 key works from the activities that you can pick and mix, or use to set
Gallery’s collection, with key information a larger project.
and activity ideas
● DIscussion questions
Curriculum links
Primary: Visual Arts \ Drawing \ Paint & Colour \
Who is it for? Looking & Responding \ Potential to work across
Primary & Post-Primary all six strands of the Visual Arts Curriculum
Cross-curricular links with history, language &
literacy
Junior Cycle: Visual Art \ Critical and visual
Link to resource: language \ 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Visual culture and
English version appreciation \ 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 Art elements and
Irish version design principles \ 1.10 Media \ 1.13
Leaving Certificate: Art History and
Appreciation of Art \ Irish Art
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Exploring the Renaissance
What’s in the resource? Curriculum links
Animated introduction to the Italian Renaissance Primary: History \ 5th-6th Class \ Strand: Eras of
Change and Conflict \ Strand Unit: The
Who is it for? Renaissance; Art \ Looking and Responding
Junior Cycle: Visual Art \ Visual culture and
AImed at Primary level, but is a useful
appreciation
introduction/revision tool for all ages and stages.
Leaving Certificate: Art History and
Appreciation of Art \ European Art
How do I use it?
Watch, learn & enjoy! You could use this to
introduce the topic, and then use some of the
Gallery’s other activity ideas to continue your
lesson.
Link to resource:
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/e
xplore-and-learn/explore-
renaissance-cozimo
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Resources for past exhibitions
What’s in the resource? Who is it for?
Teachers’ notes and resources for past Varies - Primary & Post-Primary
exhibitions, including:
● Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios How do I use it?
● Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light
Some of this information won’t be relevant,
● Curious Creatures: Frans Post and Brazil
however if you go to the ‘before your visit’ and
● Perspectives: World War I stories from
‘after your visit’ sections you will find lots of
the National Gallery of Ireland
activity ideas. Leaving Certificate resource packs
● Leaving Certificate Resource Packs:
can be used as revision tools for Irish &
Canaletto and the Art of Venice
European art history
(resources section from p.9 onwards will
be most useful)
● Emil Nolde: Colour is Life (resources
Link to resources: section from p.10 onwards will be most
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ useful)
what-we-do/education- ● Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns
department/schools/resources- (resources section from p.10 onwards
schools-acmhainni-do- will be most useful)
scoileanna/secondary-0
10Virtual exhibitions
What’s in the resource? ● Make it interactive - use look and respond
Digital exhibitions allow us to visit museums and questions & pair with other resources such
galleries across the world from the comfort of as audio guides to aid your students in
our own homes or the classroom. Some, like the exploring the gallery.
Gallery’s virtual tours, attempt to replicate the ● Set a treasure hunt - have students
experience of physically visiting the Gallery. We explore in pairs or small groups. Give them
can navigate through the rooms, see where three things to find. These could be general
paintings are placed on walls, and experience items like ‘a hat’ or ‘something blue’, or
the architecture of the building. Others, like more specific ‘a painting by Joshua
Drawn from Nature, present a selection of Reynolds’. They could then use the Gallery
digital images alongside text written by a website to research their artworks and
curator. present to the class.
● Discuss the architecture of the galleries -
how does visiting a virtual exhibition
How do I use it?
compare with going to a gallery in real life?
If you are unable to take your class on a visit to a
Gallery, then you could set up a virtual tour in
your classroom.
11Create Your Own Lightbox
Exhibition
What’s in the resource? ● It can also be used to help students explore
A step-by-step guide to creating a simple digital the Visual Studies curriculum, by allowing
exhibition using the lightbox tool on the National them to juxtapose artworks, create
Gallery of Ireland Images website. connections and examine similarities and
differences.
● This process can be done in a low-tech way
Who is it for?
in the classroom. Give students a selection
Post-Primary
of postcards or printed images and have
them create an exhibition in groups.
How do I use it? ● For younger children, or for a homework
● This activity can be used to help students activity, you can set students a challenge of
Link to resource: prepare for the exhibition question of the selecting and displaying household objects
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ Leaving Certificate art history and and taking a photo of their finished
what-we-do/education- appreciation exam. You might want to set exhibition
department/schools/resources- students a theme to work from and ask
schools-acmhainni-do- them to give a presentation explaining their
scoileanna/activity-schools curatorial decisions.
12Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored
Virtual Exhibition
What’s in the resource? How do I use it?
Prompt questions and activities to guide Could be used as a group activity in class, or
students through a visit to the virtual exhibition, assigned as homework.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored. Information on
The Departure of the Prodigal Son, key aspects of exhibitions, including the hang,
1660s. Photo © National Gallery of Curriculum links
Ireland interpretation and the advantages and
Leaving Certificate: Art
disadvantages of virtual exhibitions.
Who is it for?
Students preparing for the gallery question of
Link to resource: the Leaving Certificate Art History and
English version Appreciation Exam.
Irish version
13Other resources and activities
14Colouring the Collection
What is the resource?
Colouring sheets of key works from the
collection.
Who is it for and how do I use it?
● A colouring activity for younger children -
begin with looking and responding
questions and then explore colour.
Replicate the colours in the paintings, or
encourage students to use their
imaginations!
● A mindfulness activity for all ages.
● A sketching demonstration for LC students -
Link to resource: some teachers have used these resources
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/e to show students how to use sketches in
xplore-and-learn/colouring- their LC exams.
collection
15The Wonder of Weeds
What’s in the resource? Environmental awareness and care: Caring for
Discover the mysterious and surprising qualities my locality; Environmental awareness; Caring for
of plants that emerge from crumbling buildings, the environment
walls, cracks in pavements and the edges of Science: Working scientifically: Observing;
gardens. Field investigation activity with notes Recording & Communicating;
and pictures for identifiying common weeds. Living Things: Plants & Animals
Curriculum links Junior Cycle
Visual art: Drawing
Primary
Science: Biological world
Visual art: Drawing
Systems and interactions: Conduct a habitat
Geography: A sense of place and space;
study; research and investigate the adaptation,
Geographical investigation skills: Observing;
Link to resource: Recording & Communicating;
competition and interdependence of organisms
within specific habitats and communities.
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/a Human environments: Living in the local
Sustainability: Evaluate how humans can
rt-and- community;
successfully conserve ecological
artists/exhibitions/drawn- Natural environments: The local natural
nature-irish-botanical- biodiversity and contribute to global food
environment;
art/wonder-weedss production; appreciate the benefits
that people obtain from ecosystems.
16Shapes & Spatial Relations
What is the resource?
Step by step drawing activity. Students will be
enabled to use their observational skills and
explore spatial relations, forms and negative
spaces.
Who is it for?
Post-Primary
How do I use it?
As a drawing activity at school, or for homework.
Link to resource:
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/d
Curriculum links
rawing-activity-shapes-and- Junior Cycle Visual Art: Drawing; Art Elements
spatial-relations and Design Principles
Leaving Certificate Art
17Apollo Project
Apollo Project is a new way to experience the Masterclass with Nick Roche
Gallery, designed by young people for young Comic-book artist Nick Roche shares tips on
people! storyboarding by examining six paintings by
Murillo which feature in our exhibition Murillo:
Connect with artists, designers, makers and The Prodigal Son Restored.
creatives at our monthly events. Hear about
their journeys and careers, and learn new skills. Artistic License Activity
Network, ask questions, and be inspired to make
Even when artists are inspired by real-life events,
art and creativity part of your life.
they will often use artistic licence to make their
depictions of the events more interesting or
Creativity, education and wellbeing are at the beautiful, or relevant to a contemporary
heart of Apollo Project, with an emphasis on audience. They might relocate the story to a
collaborating and partnering with young people different geographic location, or even to a
Link to resource: to co-create vibrant and fun experiences in the different time.
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/wh Gallery.
at-we-do/education-
department/apollo-project Follow us on Instagram @apolloprojectirl
18Contact us Sign up to the Teachers & Schools email newsletter to be regularly updated with new ideas and resources. Catherine O’Donnell Education Officer With responsibility for Teachers, Schools & Youth T: +353 (0) 1 663 3579 E: codonnell@ngi.ie
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