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September 7th, 1860 It was on this day that the American folk artist Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Moses) was born in Greenwich, New York. She left her one room school early, working as a house maid where she met her future husband, a hired man on the same farm. The couple farmed in Virginia for 20 years before returning to New York, farming at Eagle Bridge.

Grandma Moses began painting at the age of 76 after her hands became too crippled to continue embroidering. A collector saw her paintings in the local drugstore at Hoosick Falls, New York, bought them all and paid her a visit. From there she enjoyed escalating success, with critics unanimously enthusiastic about her fresh perspective and joyful, primitive style. She became the leading American folk artist, often compared to the self-taught primitive artist Henri Rousseau and Dutch artist Pieter Brueghel. Grandma Moses died at the age of 101. Learn more about Grandma Moses here.

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1. THE GRANDMA MOSES PAGE
Learn all about the life of this amazing American icon, who began her painting career at 76. Then try the vocabulary worksheets, wordsearch, Web Trek, and writing exercise based upon this biography page. (For advanced 3rd grade; grades 4-8.)

2. THE GRANDMA MOSES WEB TREK:
Based upon The Grandma Moses Page above, students are asked a set of ten questions to think critically about the reading, and to respond with well considered responses.

3 & 4. THE GRANDMA MOSES PAGE: VOCABULARY I & II:
Read the Grandma Moses Page, above, and then print out these student worksheets to introduce and reinforce the vocabulary terms.

5. THE GRANDMA MOSES PAGE WORDSEARCH:
Here's another student wordsearch for you off the calendar items today. Use it for homework, or to reinforce concepts and vocabulary from the Grandma Moses Page.

6. GRANDMA MOSES: A CLOSER LOOK:
A picture of Grandma Moses is the inspiration for writing in this exercise, along with guided student questions to prompt thinking about character traits.

7. GRANDMA MOSES QUOTE/WRITE:
Using the quote selected for today's Grandma Moses feature in our Resource Pack, students will consider their own positions and then defend them in writing.