¿QUIÉN ES FRIDA KAHLO?

Who is Frida Kahlo?

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore the life and art of

the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. When completed with the “field trip,” students will demonstrate through written response and class discussion a knowledge and an understanding of Kahlo’s life and art.

Students will then demonstrate their abilities of using technology or other media to create a self-portrait (or poem) in the style of Frida Kahlo.

“FIELD TRIP” ACTIVITY CARD #1

1. List THREE significant events in

Kahlo’s life.2. Explain their significance.

Después de mirar el video, lee la biografía.(After watching the video, read the biography.)

Microsoft Word Document

EL MUSEO FRIDA KAHLO – THE BLUE

HOUSE

COYOACÁN, MÉXICO D.F.

Frida and Diego at the Blue House

“FIELD TRIP” ACTIVITY CARD #2

Visit the Blue House – La Casa Azul(next slide)

3. Whose picture is on the easel in the Estudio? Why is this significant?4. Look carefully at the first painting of Frida shown in Sala 1. What is its title? (You will be able to answer this when you visit the art sites later in your field trip.)5. What is the significance of the indigenous art in the Recámara Frida Noche? (You will be able to answer this later in the field trip. )

MUSEO FRID

A KAHLO

– LA C

ASA AZUL

La Casa Azul (the blue house) was the place where Frida Kahlo, the most renowned Latin American artist, was born, lived, and died.

http://www.recorridosvirtuales.com/frida_kahlo/museo_frida_kahlo.html

Enter and

check

out the

museum!

FRID

A AND H

ER ART

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."– Frida Kahlo

“Nothing is worth more than laughter." – Frida Kahlo

“FIELD TRIP” ACTIVITY CARD #3

Complete Works of Frida

View the site Complete Works of Frida (link below) to discover more about Kahlo’s art. Then, answer the questions below.

6.Who is the main subject of Kahlo’s art?7.What are two themes of Kahlo’s art?8.To which painting can you most relate?

Explain.

*Go to page two on this site to find the answer to activity question 4.** Go to the painting The Two Fridas on this site to answer activity question 5.

¿QUIÉN ES FRIDA KAHLO?

Who is Frida Kahlo?

Microsoft Word Document

¿QUIÉN ES FRIDA KAHLO?1. ¿Qué enfermedad tenía Kahlo

cuando era joven?

A. polio

B. cáncer

C. problemas con el corazón

 

2. Kahlo estuvo en un accidente entre un tranvía y…

A. un carro

B. una motocicleta

C. un autobús

 

3. ¿Dónde vio Kahlo a Rivera por primera vez?

A. una escuela

B. un museo

C. un restaurante

 

4. ¿De cuál partido político era socia?

A. democrático

B. comunista

C. repúblicano 5. ¿Cómo fue su matrimonio con Diego? A. fantástico B. difícil 6. ¿De cuál herencia estaba muy orgullosa?

A. húngara

B. indígena

C. Española

7.¿De qué son la mayoría de sus pinturas?

A. retratos

B. autorretratos

C. animales

¿QUIÉN ES FRIDA KAHLO?

8. ¿Qué cosa tradicional de su herencia usaba con frecuencia?

A. la ropa

B. la comida

C. la música

 

9. ¿Qué es el mensaje o el tema de muchas de sus pinturas”?

A. amor y felicidad

B. dinero y pobreza

C. dolor y sufrimiento

 

10. ¿Coninuó pintando Kahlo cuando estaba enferma?

A. sí

B. no

 

RESOURCEShttp://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/outreach/fulbright06/wood.pdf

http://www.biography.com/people/frida-kahlo-9359496

http://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-biography.jsp

http://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-quotes.jsp

http://www.fridakahlofans.com/paintingsenglish01.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/life/index.html

http://www.recorridosvirtuales.com/frida_kahlo/museo_frida_kahlo.html

http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/132

http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/life/index.html

Paintings/Pictures

http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/frida_kahlo/Frida-Kahlo---Still-Life-with-Parrot.htm

http://www.ebsqart.com/Artist/Nancy-Denommee/6351/Art-Portfolio/FRIDA-KAHLO-AND-SKELETON-TWIN-SOLD-/405168/

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/frida-kahlo-flamenco-dancing-rain-ririn.html

http://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-paintings.jsp

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/north-america/mexico/

http://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/EluniversointimoINGLES.html

http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-351-861-414-1293-401-404-view-surrealism-profile-kahlo-frida-1.html

http://www.fkhs.org/

http://www.zhibit.org/sanaj7/oil/fiery-dahlia-of-mexico-frida-kahlo