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Color Me Happy: Color, Mood, and Tone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This lesson introduces students to the ways artists use color to set the tone of a painting or to convey a particular mood to the viewer. Students view "The Tragedy" by Pablo Picasso. They fill in an information chart describing the mood...
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Expressive Self Portrait - Mixed Media

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create self-portraits using prior artistic knowledge and personal experiences. Emphasis is placed on the works of Albrecht Durer, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Romare Bearden, and Chuck Close for inspiration.
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Picasso; Comparing Blue and Rose Periods

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research Picasso's art career. They use a word processor to create a Venn diagram which compares Picasso's Blue and Rose Periods.
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Art and War

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the war art of Pablo Picasso. In this art analysis lesson, students define political art and explore Picasso's response to war in his art. Students complete image based discussion and two related activities.
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Self Portraits Part 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the concept of Cubist art. In this visual arts lesson, 6th graders examine examples of Pablo Picasso's work and they create self portraits in Cubist style.
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October 25th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
For this daily writing prompt worksheet, learners learn that Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881. Students draw a picture of their favorite place and then write a paragraph describing the place.
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Family Responsibility and Commitment

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discuss the meaning of family and how they can community love and affection. Using an analysis of the work of Picasso, students define who is in their family. They discuss the various ways family members express their affection...
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The Human Head and Picasso

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Look Before You Think: How To Appreciate a Painting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop an elementary understanding of the history of art. They study the basic elements of a painting including perspective, composition, color, light and symbolism. They look at each selected painting and analyze it, moving...
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Portrait and Figure Drawing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the self-portraits and figure drawings of famous artists such as Käthe Kollowitz, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and others following their own attempts to create their expressive original drawings.
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Exploring War Themes in Art and Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What is war? Students discuss the ethical dilemma of war by viewing Picasso's painting entitled "Guernica" and write down everything they see in the painting. Then they choose one emotion that best summarizes their emotional response to...
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Rhythm and Art: Elements of Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the three elements of art. In this visual arts lesson, students examine line, shape, and color of works by Torres-Garcia and Picasso. Students then identify the elements of art in works by other artists.
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Guernica: Testimony of War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze artistic decisions (use of visual elements, composition, symbolism) They determine how Picasso's choices affected the communication of a powerful anti-war message
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Protesting through Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experience critiquing, analyzing, and comparing different works of art from different eras. They discuss how these works can or can't be considered a form of protest and assess how to evaluate their own judgments and values on...
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Picasso's "The Dog"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students draw a dog. In this drawing instructional activity, students discover how to tap into their right brain dominance by sketching a picture upside down. Students draw a picture resembling Picasso's "The Dog".
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Picasso's "The Butterfly"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners draw a butterfly. In this drawing lesson, students explore a drawing upside down. Learners sketch a butterfly while the image is reversed to tap into their right brain dominance.
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The View

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover that each person holds a unique outlook on life and the way things are viewed around us. Students also determine how art may enrich their perspective of the world around them.
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Art

For Students 7th - 9th
In this artistic knowledge worksheet, students examine and discuss the concept of art. Students take a quiz to see how much they know about art history, and discuss questions pertaining to the rights that museums have regarding famous...
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2oth-Century Painters: Master of Color

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe how the work of the artists reflected the their lives and times, and how they inspired new artistic movements. They compare and contrast the works of the two artists at different periods in their lives. Students view a...
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Oh Picasso!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify the painter Picasso as a famous Spanish cultural figure, name at least one of Picasso's painting styles and describe aspects of Picasso's Blue Period. They create their own Blue Period inspired work of art.
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Making Picasso Faces

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read stories about Picasso and see pictures of his work. Students brainstorm all the different kind os faces that one can make (clown, alien, etc...). They then get two pieces of drawing paper to make two different faces...
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Picasso Portraits

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate the style of art known as cubism. They study Picasso and create a cubism portrait. Students work in partners to survey the basic symmetry of the face and head. They research the progression into cubism that Picasso...
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Survey of Spanish and Latin American Artists

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the art work of Dali and Picasso.  In this Art lesson plan, 10th graders analyze various pieces created by these men.  Students write a description of the painting they were assigned. 
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Art--"Paper Pasting"--Doing Collage

For Students 4th - 6th
In this art instructional activity, students read a 1 page article on the history or art, prepare their background to making a collage, gather basic shapes, create their collage and then add in the finishing touches to them.

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