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=Read, Visualize, Create: Some Art History Exercises from The Book of Kells=

Description
Thank you for participating in this school wide project.

Our focus over the summer months of vacation is to join our grade 6-8 students and their teachers in a community learning effort.

Students and teachers will use this wiki to follow a course of learning and share their knowledge about The Book of Kells.

Please save this website address or bookmark this page for future use.

Register on the NOTIFY ME tab to be aware of changes and additions made to this wiki throughout the course.

Goals

 * Faculty and students will unite in a learning experience during summer months.
 * Faculty and students will identify and describe the art historical importance of The Book of Kells.
 * Faculty and students will demonstrate their understanding of symbolism used in The Book of Kells.
 * Faculty and students will create a work of art inspired by The Book of Kells.

Methods

 * 1) READ during the month of June. __**Please complete timeline activities by June 30**__.
 * 2) VISUALIZE during the month of July. __**Please post visual map by July 31**__.
 * 3) CREATE during the month of August. **__Please bring created art on the first day of school in September.__**
 * 4) FURTHER READING, if you would like!

Materials
Students and teachers will need to work on a computer with internet access.

The school library and computer labs will be open throughout the summer months. Please contact the main office to verify these access times.

Troubleshooting
If a problem is encountered, please post a question in the discussion area.

General questions should be posted to the HOME page discussion area.

Timeline questions should be posted to the READ page discussion area.

Visual mapping questions should be posted to the VISUAL page discussion area.

Creating art questions should be posted to the CREATE page discussion area.