Welcome to 82nd & Fifth: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On Friday, I attended the Chicago Area Writing Project's (CAWP) Fall Conference.  I had the pleasure of listening to Carol Jago, literacy expert, discussing how to inspire our practice as teachers of literacy, even with the Common Core. She had a variety of amazing lessons, including "bouquets" of text to present lessons.  One of the ways she presented us with text was through an amazing video project through the Metropolitan Museum of Art called, Welcome to 82nd & Fifth.  

82nd & Fifth is the Met's address in New York City. It is also the intersection of art and ideas. We've invited 100 curators from across the Museum to talk about 100 works of art that changed the way they see the world, and eleven Museum photographers to interpret their vision: one work, one curator, two minutes at a time.

82nd & Fifth is a year-long series of 100 episodes. Throughout 2013, new releases will appear every Wednesday.

These short videos show how these curators view the pieces of art in the museum - two minutes of deep details about each piece of work is a great way to model how we want our students talking about reading.  These videos are great examples of digging deeper - a great way to engage students in conversation and a great way to model how we want kids thinking about what they read.   I encourage you to check it out!