Atelier Online Art

The curriculum provides extensive teacher support through the Parents' and Teachers' Handbook with lesson plans, teaching tips, supply lists, and scope and sequence. Multiple implementation options accommodate varying teacher experience levels.

Handbook includes 'lesson plans for the 20 primary lessons, teaching tips, a list of supplies, a glossary of art terms' and 'you really don't need more than what is on the videos' for basic implementation

The curriculum supports direct instruction through detailed video demonstrations and comprehensive teacher guides. Videos average 15-20 minutes and follow a consistent instructional format.

Videos were 'recorded in classroom settings' with Osterink demonstrating techniques, and include 'the required materials, an introduction to the lesson...Osterink guiding students as they work through a project'

The curriculum effectively balances structured instruction with creative freedom. While providing step-by-step guidance to start projects, it allows individual expression in completion.

Osterink 'gives step-by-step instruction to get students started on their projects, then she turns them loose to complete them, generally allowing lots of opportunity for individual expression'

The curriculum includes substantial art history content through the Online Great Art Appreciation Program (OGAAP) featuring famous artworks, artist biographies, and historical context. Each course covers at least 10 famous art images with detailed guides.

Program includes 'art appreciation, art history, multicultural art' with 'Art Print Guides' that have 'biography of the artist, information about the period (history, art movements, etc.), a description of the artwork'

The curriculum provides structured technique instruction through step-by-step video demonstrations by the creator Marcia Osterink. Projects are designed to teach specific skills with various art media, progressing in complexity across grade levels.

Videos show 'Osterink giving step-by-step instruction to get students started on their projects' and 'projects were all developed for use within a classroom setting' with 'great deal of variety among the projects so that students can learn new techniques and skills'

Art vocabulary is included through student handouts and a glossary in the teacher handbook. Each lesson includes vocabulary words on student handouts.

Online lessons include 'a student handout with vocabulary words' and the Parents' and Teachers' Handbook includes 'a glossary of art terms'