The Great Art Robbery

[VHS/CD/VISUAL] THE GREAT ART ROBBERY. CD-ROM: Windows and Macintosh/ Price: $2995 Level: Grade 4 and above. Crystal Productions, PO receptacle 2159, Glenview, IL 60025; (800) 255-8629; www.crystalproductions.com.

Your scholars will become assistants to art detective "I. C Well" in helping him find which Impressionist masterpieces are forged and which are the originals. Presenting a unique way to learn art history while looking at a certain number of of the most famous works from the Impressionist period, this CD-ROM allows learners to play on three levels: easy, medium and hard.

After taking a direct the eye at the Introduction and watching and listening to video clips of sum of two units experts, players can use their observation and listening skills when they take an integrated and randomly generated quiz to diocese if they truly can be called art detectives. For example, four "Starry Nights" are not absented and students must observe closely listen to sum of two units experts and consult a regard library to help them find the art forgery. A bank of 40 questions and 14 paintings is randomly pick outed according to difficulty level, each time the quiz is taken. Teachers may print without the students' quiz results.--B.H. For information about this program, circle No. 398 upon the Reader Service Card.

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