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Three 40-minute lessons
Produced 2001
School-use rights: unlimited
Grades 4-6 / art, language arts,
Math, Science, Social Studies
Teacher Guide (available online)
Video Library
4LA, M; 5 S, SS
http://www.pbs4549.org/itv

Behind the Glass is a multimedia learning experience for students in grades 4-6. This series is designed to help teachers and students understand the visual arts as vivid tools for learning in all curricular areas. Done in partnership with the Cincinnati Art Museum, this project uses African art to help teach skills and knowledge in math, science, reading, writing and citizenship.

The project includes three video programs, 17 African art lessons and four Art Conservation Labs that are available online.

1. Museum Centers and Art History (42 minutes)
2. Artist Interviews and Art Lessons (37 minutes)
3. African Art Objects (25 minutes)