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Reading Resources is an annual series of online teaching guides that supplement the free art books provided by A.R.T.s Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program. Reading Resources uses art making as a model for literacy. It proposes that artistic methods of thinking, questioning, and creating are valuable tools that can be applied within a range of contexts. It is a teaching guide that aims to facilitate the direct use of D.U.C. books in educational activities, and to equip readers with broader strategies for communication, critical inquiry, and social action. Each guide is developed through a year-long engagement with our annual artist honoree: Reading Resources was initiated in response to the question: What happens when a D.U.C book reaches a librarys shelf? The deeper concern this question raises is: How and where does access begin? What information, concepts and tools do readers require to meaningfully engage with books on contemporary art? And further, how can these books be put to use? Reading Resources is designed for use by teachers and librarians. Guides focus on the work of a different artist every year. We suggest you begin with the Guiding Question and the artists Biography to understand the key concerns each guide poses. In Activities, you can find sample exercises structured for specific age groups, alongside learning objectives. Please see Methods & Key Terms for our teaching philosophy and definitions of the guides specific components. A.R.T.s teaching method is modeled on the Understanding by Design framework developed by educators Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, and published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). The model emphasizes student understanding of big ideas through a backwards planning method in which learning goals are outlined prior to classroom activities. Detailed information can be found through the Authentic Education Association as well as books published by the ASCD. Guiding Question: Each guide is organized around one Question ...