Inspire your students with this engaging Famous Artists Close Reading, Escape Rooms, Timeline and Biography Writing Bundle! Students will explore the lives, creativity, and achievements of some of the world’s most influential artists through reading comprehension and structured writing activities.

Perfect for Art History, informational writing, or cross-curricular literacy lessons in Grades 5–6, this bundle combines close reading, sorting, and writing tasks to help students learn about artistic innovation, perseverance, and the impact of creativity throughout history.

35 Lessons, or 35 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are six close reading activities, or informational texts, about:

• Rembrandt
• Michelangelo
• Claude Monet
• Banksy
• Henri Matisse
• Jackson Pollock

Then, there are six biography writing units about the same six artists from history. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately an hour each.

After, there are three escape room activities about Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo. These engaging activities allow your students to learn in an interactive and fun way.

Finally, there is a Famous Artists timeline activity and classroom display that is perfect for introducing students to some of the most inspirational artists from history. There are 33 posters or task cards that feature many of the prominent figures from art history

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