Description

Learn about Leonardo da Vinci, one of the great painters of the Renaissance, with this short unit study!  Complete with video links, book suggestions and fun activities this unit study will provide a couple hours of fun learning in your homeschool!

This is the second in a series of nine Artist Mini Unit Studies starting at the beginning of the Renaissance and ending with Georgia O’Keefe and American Modernism.

The first was one about Giotto who is considered the father of the Renaissance.

The Leonardo da Vinci Unit Study Includes:

Links to videos: Videos for younger and older kids about da Vinci.

Book Suggestions: A few non-fiction books about this artist.

Picture Study: Memory work that trains the eye to see the details in one of the Last Supper.

Notebooking Page: Take notes and/or draw pictures while you watch the videos and read the books.

Listening to Learn Activity: Parents read directions about da Vinci’s life and work while children color, draw and write on a a scene of his workshop.

Timeline Activity: Cut-out eight of da Vinci’s paintings and place them on a timeline.  Then answer some questions based on the timeline.

Hands-on Activities: Draw the Mona Lisa, experiment with perspective, sfumato and fresco painting, and more.

Quiz about da Vinci: Assess what your children learned with a fun, short quiz.

Grades: 3rd-8th

Pages: 13 pages