Chasing Vermeer

CHASING VERMEER

"A puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art."

My Personal Art Gallery project

Chasing Vermeer - A Different Place.org
http://www.adifferentplace.org/vermeer.htm
Tons of great links to activites and topics related to the book. A wonderful resource!

Chasing Vermeer - Scholastic.com
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/chasingvermeer/index.htm
An excellent site from Scholastic featuring an online pentominoes game, printable pentominoes, and information about the book's author and illustrator.

Blue's Photo Album
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/vermeer/popups/slideshow.htm
An online slide show narrated by author Blue Balliett.

Flashlight Readers - Teachers' Guide
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/tguide/vermeer/index.htm
Another great resource from Scholastic.

William Allen White Curriculum Guide
http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/masterlists/chasingvermeer.htm
Curriculum guide, including discussion questions and activity suggestions.

Kids' Wings - Chasing Vermeer
http://suzyred.com/2005vermeer.html
Links and information about the book.

MY PERSONAL ART GALLERY Project
At the beginning of Chasing Vermeer , Petra talks about going through the art museum and thinking about which piece of art you'd like to take home with you. Your task: choose and analyze a famous, museum-quality piece of art you'd like to take home. You can download and print your gallery note page.

ONLINE RESOURCES to help you complete your project:

	My Style http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/style/index_e.jsp Take Questionnaire #1 and find out which style of painting suits you the best. Once you know a style you like and have names of artists who specialize in that style, you can begin to narrow down your choices.
	ArtCyclopedia.com http://www.artcyclopedia.com/mostpopular.html Most popular artists and top 50 art posters. A helpful tool for browsing for ideas.
	A Lifetime of Color: Study Art http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/study.html Great examples of styles and media. Browse through the list of styles to see examples and read descriptions. The media section will also help you with this project.
	Color Picture Resources Looking for a color picture to print? Online poster stores are a good resource. http://www.barewalls.com http://www.allposters.com Find the largest image possible for best quality. Make sure you don't enlarge it too much in your word document so it doesn't become too pixilated. Your printout should be good quality.
	Bibliography Citation Maker http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/index.php?page=citeSources Making a bibliography is the correct way to give credit to the sources you've used when doing research. This citation maker lets you fill in the blanks and create a citation you can cut and paste into your project. Follow the link, then click on the red words "Click here to use Citation Maker."
	Just for fun, try these online art games Inside Art: an Adventure in Art History http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/ A. Pintura, Art Detective http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/f1.html

links compiled by Amy Brownlee