Finding Frida Game: Frida Kahlo Art, Identity, and the Power of Objects

Frida Kahlo Artifact Platformer and Worksheet

Bring art history to life with this interactive Frida Kahlo platformer and companion worksheet. Students explore Kahlo’s life, identity, artwork, and legacy by collecting mystery artifacts, answering questions, and defeating themed bosses across levels connected to La Casa Azul, accident and recovery, dress and identity, paintings and symbols, and museum legacy.

The companion article gives students the historical and artistic background they need to understand why Kahlo’s objects, clothing, medical supports, symbols, and preserved spaces matter. As students play, they track artifact clues, connect game choices to real evidence, and think about how personal experience can become powerful art.

The worksheet includes before play questions, article check questions, an artifact evidence tracker for each level, after play reflection questions, and a short CER writing response. Students finish by making a claim about how Kahlo used objects, clothing, and symbols to communicate ideas about pain, identity, culture, resilience, and legacy.

This resource works well for ELA units art history, social studies, Spanish culture, women’s history, identity units, sub plans, enrichment, or cross curricular lessons. It combines gameplay, reading, evidence tracking, symbolism, and argument writing in a way that feels fresh, meaningful, and classroom ready.