Curriculum Materials

Students learn about the Impressionist art movement in preparation for the virtual or in-person field trip to Weir Farm National Historical Park in Wilton, Connecticut.

Through videos and 3-D virtual tours, students are introduced to the artists who lived and created art at Weir Farm. They are encouraged to look closely at paintings and painting sites to discover artistic inspiration.

In this activity, students read about Impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir and then use their reading comprehension skills to answer the questions.

Using examples from Weir Farm National Historical Park, students are introduced to the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region). They then use this information to examine the five themes of a place of their choice.

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

A variety of classroom activities that can be done as stand-alone lessons or as a Pre-Visit/ Post-Visit lessons with a visit to Weir Farm.

This field trip packet includes three seasonal visits to the park, as well as in-class lessons which encourage students to gain a broad perspective of the park. Students will design a symbol or badge to represent Weir Farm National Historical Park using the National Park Service Arrowhead as a model and use their newfound knowledge of their local national park as inspiration.