Who would have thought that a cartoon family with yellow skin and four fingers could be educational, too? For a handful of Rushworth students The Simpsons show is proving to be far more than a laughing matter. Instead of having her students stuck in the classroom, Rushworth P-12 visual art teacher Anne Maree Klinberg decided her Year 9s should paint a mural – of the world’s most famous cartoon family. “If you choose a topic the kids are familiar with, they will automatically be excited about it,” Ms Klinberg said. “I thought about it a bit and decided on The Simpsons because they are so well known and are flat figures.” This is the second term the students have been working on the project and the mural of the quirky family is all-but complete. As part of the mural project the students were also asked to complete an assignment on the show’s creator Matt Groening.
