Resources for Educators on Samuel Bak
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VoiceThread:
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).
We have created a VoiceThread on Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak for you to use in one or two ways:
- Add your own comments and listen to the comments of others.
- You may request a free "clean" copy of this VoiceThread for you to use privately with your students. The version we create for you will only have the audio introduction and Professor Lawrence L. Langer's commentaries. All other comments will be created by your students, who only need Internet access. If you are interested, please contact Kit Stanton.
Facing History and Ourselves Lessons:
The following lesson provides a useful framework for using Samuel Bak's paintings with your students.
Please note: this set of lessons refers to paintings by Samuel Bak that are not included in this exhibit.
- Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak
- Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Interruption
- Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Self-Portrait
- Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: The Family
Books (available to borrow for educators in our network):
- Painted in Words: A Memoir by Samuel Bak
- Elements of Time (Samuel Bak is one of the survivors featured in this resource book that accompanies video testimonies. His painting, "Hiding," appears on the book's cover.)
Videos (available to borrow for educators in our network):
- Samuel Bak: The Art of Speaking about the Unspeakable (This online and in the lending library.)
- Samuel Bak: Painter of Questions
Poster Set (available to borrow for educators in our network):
The Pucker Gallery:
The Pucker Gallery features hundreds of Samuel Baks paintings. The gallery's website is a rich resource of images and information on the life and work of Samuel Bak:
