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This course material, Understanding Art, 8th Edition by Fichner/Rathus, is essential for your success. It includes reading assignments, homework, and tests. Additional resources such as ThomsonNOW and Art Experience CD-ROM are available to enhance your learning experience.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Fichner/Rathus • Understanding Art, 8e • You will… • be tested • receive homework assignments • have reading assignments • …from these materials

  3. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK? • Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook. • Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks. • Zogby International, 2006

  4. WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION? • The text features an updated art program with many new images included throughout, reflecting current trends in the field and representing a wide range of mediums. • New artists and works include Eve Sussman, Frank Gehry, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rem Koolhaas, Santiago Calatrava, Damien Hirst, Shigeru Ban, Margaret Honda, and Guiseppe Penone to name just a few. • New maps allow for greater understanding of the origins of works in the text.

  5. GET THE GRADE RESOURCES! • ThomsonNOW • Art Experience CD-ROM • Study Guide • Slide Guide

  6. WHAT IS THOMSONNOW? • ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use online resource that helps you study in less time to get the grade you want-NOW! • Pre-tests & Post-tests • Personalized Study Plan • Interactive E-book • Study Notes • InfoTrac College Edition • Art Experience Exercises

  7. WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER GRADE? • 87.3% of students agree using ThomsonNOW regularly helped them perform better on exams. • 83.9% of students agree that Personalized Study was a valuable study tool. • 95% of students responded that using ThomsonNOW on a regular basis helped them get a better grade • 82.7% of students are likely to tell a friend about ThomsonNOW YES!

  8. ART EXPERIENCE ONLINE

  9. PRE-TESTS & POST-TESTS

  10. PERSONALIZED STUDY PLAN

  11. STUDY NOTES

  12. E-BOOK

  13. ART EXPERIENCE EXERCISES

  14. ART EXPERIENCE CD-ROM

  15. IMAGE FLASHCARDS

  16. IN THE STUDIO

  17. IN THE STUDIO…SCULPTURE

  18. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Study Guide • Goes beyond rote memorization and low-level questions by having students learn how to swiftly sketch a piece of art so that they will be better able to recall, interpret, and compare it. • The assignments and projects work to foster an understanding of art in different media and time periods. • Sections include "Understanding Concepts," "Making Connections," and "Enhancing Your Observational Powers." ISBN for Study Guide: 0495091219

  19. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Slide Guide w/Student Test Packet • Allows students to take notes alongside representations of the art images shown in class. • Features black-and-white reproductions of the images from the book stored on the Multimedia Manager, with full captions, page numbers, and space for note-taking. • The Student Test Packet offers a practice test for each chapter of the book. ISBN for Slide Guide: 0495091170

  20. YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK! Purchase textbooks in the format and at the price that is right for you. Print Options NEWprint textbooks at up to 25%off, shipped free! Digital Options Electronic texts up to 50% off Individual chapters for as little as $1.99 Study Tools Study Guides, Online Homework Assistance, Audio Content, and more!

  21. STUDENTS…PLEASE READ If your textbook doesn’t already come with the helpful study aids we’ve discussed, go to your local college bookstore or go on-line to the iChapters.com.

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