Teacher’s guide van gogh sunflowers

2. Look at the Book Cover: Van Gogh and the
Sunflowers
• Where is the story
going to take place?
• What time of day
might it be?
• Why do you think
that?
https://goo.gl/XerItO

3. Read: Van Gogh and the Sunflowers
• Read Aloud online:
https://goo.gl/GwlHFK

4. Who are the characters?

5. What is the
story about?

6. When does the story take place?

7. Where does the
story take
place?

9. About Van Gogh
Name
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Date of Birth
March 30, 1853
Date of Death
July 29, 1890
Place of Birth
Groot-Zundert, Netherlands
Birth Family
Sanna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh
Marriage/Spouse
never married
Children
no children
Starry night over the Rhone Sept 1888

10. • Created over
2,000 artworks
• Only sold 1
artwork while he
was alive
• One of his
paintings recently
sold for $151.2
million
• Was very sad and
cut off his left ear

11. Van Gogh’s Most Famous Artwork is
Starry Night
Explore Starry Night online (zoom etc.)
https://goo.gl/PmkSUo

13. Look at What Happens When We
Zoom in on Starry Night
• This creates movement
• This style of painting thickly is
called, impasto

14. Van Gogh Also Liked to Paint Flowers

67. Grade Your Work