Welcome to the Beginning Language through Art curriculum! We hope that you and your students find these lessons and materials rewarding as you explore together the ways in which looking at and expressing ideas about art help improve language skills.

The lessons explore three themes:
   Looking at Still Life
   Looking at Decorative Arts
   Looking at Photography

• We provide suggested artworks. You choose which are best for your class.

• The lessons are easily adapted to the structure of your class. Teach the themes in a week, or over the course of a month. Times required for lessons are suggested.

• Teach the lessons in your classroom, or at the Getty Center. A pre-visit activity prepares your class for a visit to the Museum.

• We provide information about the artists and images here. If students ask questions you cannot answer, they can research the artists and their work at the library or on the Internet. It is important to let students know that our understanding of art and artists is an ongoing discovery in which we rarely have all the answers.

Credits
Staff from the Getty Museum's Education department wrote Beginning Language Through Art: An ESL Enrichment Curriculum in collaboration with Los Angeles-area ESL teachers from Pacoima Skills Center, Van Nuys Community Adult School, and Korean American Education Center.