Coinciding with the class’s trip to the High Art Museum in Atlanta on November 12, Levels Two and Three French Classes at NFHS are currently working on a project about French artists and how they impacted art. In the project, the students are required to complete a research paper and to paint in the style of the artist that they choose.

Ms. Surin says  that the reason she is asking her students paint in the style of the artists is because, she believes that it is too easy for her students to go onto Wikipedia and complete their research paper by copying and pasting information onto a document. “It [painting in the style of the artist] makes them think more and feel deeper about the art,” Ms. Surin said.

She stated that by adding this portion of the project, that painting requirements were harder to fulfill, and the students over-all learned more about their artists since they had to get into the perspective of the artists.

This teaching technique is unique in a way that students actually had a creative aspect coinciding with an essay and a field trip. Like Mrs. Surin, many educators would agree that giving students hands on learning helps to improve their knowledge on any given topic.