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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Art Critiques Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A tipsheet giving ideas on how to encourage students to think and speak critically about visual arts, music, dance, and even literature.
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Goshen College

Successful Art Class Critique

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Not sure how to conduct a class critique? This article will give you some helpful tips. You can even print critique sheets to use in your art room.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st
For this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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Rubric
Goshen College

Art Rubric an Artwork Assessment Form

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
You can print out this art rubric and use it to evaluate your student's work. It is universal enough to be used for all ages and for all projects.
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Rubric
Goshen College

Art Rubric an Artwork Assessment Form

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
You can print out this art rubric and use it to evaluate your student's work. It is universal enough to be used for all ages and for all projects.
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Activity
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: Race Horses at Longchamp by Edgar Degas

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how Edgar Degas painted impressions of things he saw in his painting, Race Horses at Longchamp. Also describes the content of the painting and gives a short biography of the artist. Students can answer questions about the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Critiquing Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan for students to learn about the principles and elements of design and use them to critique art. (Note: Link to Sanford & A Lifetime of Color: Study Art does not work.)
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America

For Students 9th - 10th
A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Looking at Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Course covering why art matters, elements of art, and principles of composition.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.