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Outside In: Finding A Character’s Heart Through Art
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 50-minute sessions |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
Paintings by Edward Hopper and Fiction by Raymond Carver
PRINTOUTS
WEBSITES
- Edward Hopper Scrapbook
- Present at the Creation: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks
- Hopper, Edward
- Carver: The Raymond Carver Website
- Audio Interviews with Raymond Carver
PAINTING TRAVELOGUES
Room in Brooklyn (1932)
New York Movie (1939)
Nighthawks (1942)
Hotel Window (1955)
Sunday (1926)
Morning Sun (1952)
Gas (1940)
Hotel Room (1931)
People in the Sun (1960)
PREPARATION
- Collect samples of Edward Hopper’s art. A number of Hopper’s paintings are available online or through slides; however, it is often more effective to give students a physical copy to hold and examine as they work. For that reason, art prints, pages from an Edward Hopper calendar, or even Hopper postcards work particularly well.
- Choose the specific paintings that students will use for their monologues. Six paintings are available in the Travelogues, if online paintings are the best option for your class.
- Obtain copies of Raymond Carver stories that will be read.
- Familiarize yourself with biographical material on Hopper and Carver. Useful Websites are listed in the Resources section. Additional information on Carver is found in Chapter One “Where Life and Art Intersect” in Raymond Carver in the Classroom “A Small, Good Thing” by Susanne Rubenstein (NCTE, 2005).
- Prepare copies of the Reflection Sheet for students’ self-assessment.
- Test the Painting Travelogues (see links in the Resources section) on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.