ART HISTORY IN THE PRIMARY/JUNIOR GRADES (as mentioned in the Ontario Arts curriculum documents)
GRADE 1:
- Eric Carle paintings - Miyuki Tanobe, Inside the Sugar Shack
- Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night - CN Tower
- Taj Mahal
GRADE 2:
- Lois Ehlert, Snowballs - Ezra Keats, The Snowy Day
- Romare Bearden, The Block - Emily Carr paintings
- Tom Thomson paintings - Lawren Harris paintings
- Annie Pootoogook drawings - M.C. Escher drawings
GRADE 3:
- Daniel Libeskind, Royal Ontario Museum - Andy Goldsworthy
- Norval Morrisseau paintings - Tom Thomson, The Jack Pine
- Emily Carr, Indian Church - Daphne Odjig, The Indian in Transition
- George Littlechild, This Land is My Land - Jacob Lawrence paintings
- Greek sculptures - Michael Snow, The Audience
- Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
GRADE 4:
- Henry Moore sculptures - Haida totem poles
- Ken Danby, At the Crease - Islamic art
- David Blackwood prints - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
- Aboriginal sculptures - Alma Thomas paintings
- Indonesian batiks
GRADE 5:
- Barbara Hepworth sculptures - Group of Seven paintings
- Nigerian, Egyptian, Mayan, and - Vincent Van Gogh portraits
Chinese sculptures - Frida Kahlo portraits
- Constantin Brancusi sculptures - Andy Warhol portraits
- Alexander Calder mobiles - Ancient Greek vases
- Piet Mondrian paintings - Inuit prints
- Carl Ray paintings - Pablo Picasso cubist paintings
GRADE 6:
- Wassily Kandinsky paintings - Bill Reid, The Raven and the First Men
- Louise Nevelson sculptures - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
- Ted Harrison paintings - Agawa rock paintings/pictographs
- Hayao Miyazaki animations - Jane Ash Poitras mixed media
- Kenojuak Ashevak drawings, prints