Modern Arts: A Family-Style Arts Program (Layers of Learning Arts) Paperback – January 3, 2026

Modern Arts includes the study of painting, music, dance, literature, photography, and other types of art during the modern era from approximately 1800 to the present. Students do art while learning about art and artists.The Modern Art course includes nine units, one for each month of your school year. Each unit contains a library list of books to choose from followed by 18 to 21 or so art lessons, or Explorations, to choose from. The mentor uses the course book to design his or her custom course for their particular children. The program is designed to be flexible and it is designed for all ages to learn together, family-style.What's In This PDF Set?The nine units included in Modern Art are:RomanticismLatin American ArtRealismImpressionismModern MovementsWar ArtAbstract ArtContemporaryArt & TechnologyA Layers of Learning Art LessonEach Exploration in the units is written as a complete lesson plan. It will direct you to books to read, videos to watch, projects to craft, games to play, and discussions to have. The units are clear full of Explorations to choose from, and you won't have time for them all. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum.Besides the history lesson for the day, the units are lined with sidebars that direct you to discussions, books, famous people, interesting facts, writing ideas, and more.You will also see a Library List at the beginning and a Show What You Know section at the end that will help you create assessments or tests based on your individual learning.Reusable and for All AgesThese units books are for the mentor, not to hand to the student. They are supposed to be used repeatedly. Since this is a pick-and-choose curriculum, you do some of the explorations and save others for later on. If you follow the four-year cycle, you will progress through Art Beginnings, Middle Ages Arts, Colonial Period Arts, and to Modern Arts over the course of four years. Then you will cycle back to Art Beginnings in the fifth year when your kids are older and learning at a higher level. In all, you may use this book three times with your child.The Modern Arts units contain plenty of concepts for little kids and plenty to challenge high schoolers. Most lessons are meant to be taught to many ages, from 6-year-olds clear up to seniors in high school. Each age group gets the same Exploration and principles, but they learn on the level they are ready for. Books from your library and video from the YouTube playlists customize the learning for each age.Printable PacksModern Arts also includes printables for every unit. These are worksheets or paper crafts for the students. The Printable Packs are available as a digital PDF download from Layers-of-Learning.com and are free with the coupon code inside the book. Read more