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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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Natural Beauty: Looking Sharp

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create covers for their "nature journals" using watercolor techniques and the artistic ideas of color, depth, and focal point. This lesson can be used in the Science or Art classroom and meets national standards for both.
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It's All In How You Look At It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work collaboratively to create artistic renderings of digital photographs using a color value scale and grid techniques in this late-elementary school lesson based upon Ted Rose's book Discovering Drawing. The lesson includes a...
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Germs Experiment 2

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners express artistic ideas thru art glitter and science. Students experiment with the theory of how germs spread. Learners summarize findings in an art format. Students work in groups to analyze data.
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Let the Good Times Roll! with Louisiana Music

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the role of the different types of music originating in Louisiana. Using the information they gathered, they create a PowerPoint presentation about an artist who plays Louisiana music. They compare and contrast...
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Mandalas: Geometric Link between Medicine and Histor

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore Mandalas. They observe a PowerPoint presentation explaining the history of Mandalas and the Aztecs of Mexico. Students discover the connections between geometry, medicine, and ancient history. They describe the geometric...
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The Color Wheel

For Teachers K - 8th
Hand out this nifty resource to make your next lesson on the color wheel a snap. It is a picture of the color wheel alongside a description of primary, secondary, and mixing colors. Great for artists of any age.
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Currier and Ives: An America Panorama Shaping the American Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars look for similarities in basic divisions of compositional space. They compare Currier and Ives landscape lithographs with examples by Thomas Cole. Students compare the figural group style as seen in the works of Currier...
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Graphing It Daily

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils identify and demonstrate a positive learning attitude and use basic concepts and skills. Learners also communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Finally, students participate in the daily data collection...
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Acrostic Poem Pals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners work in groups to determine a creative writing theme. They listen to each other to produce a group acrostic poem and then collaborate with their partners to recite their poetry. They then add drawings to add an artistic element...
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Ancient Egyptian Profile

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners explore the meaning of the term "material culture" and its role in piecing together the past. They research ancient Egyptian material culture and the style of ancient Egyptian art. They then reproduce a portrait in the manner of...
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Carrying on the Storytelling Tradition

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the art of Clementine Hunter, a Creole folk artist. They compare Hunter's Folk Art style with Grandma Moses' Primitive work. They then draw an important memory in Hunter's style, and describe their drawing orally for a...
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Colorful Caring Cummerbunds

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars discuss their feelings and expressions of caring. They view and discuss artistic expressions of caring and then plan and create their own wearable representation of the action of caring, drawing themselves and others...
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Cover It Up!

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students use their artistic skills to create a unique report cover that reflects the report's content. They combine their art and a written report to design an interesting and original presentation. The erasing technique presented can be...
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Feathery Parrot

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students look closely at a bird species and identify details about parrot anatomy. They reproduce their observations in a colorful painting. In addition, they experiment with a variety of paintbrush techniques to achieve different...
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Fluttering Focus

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students look at a flower garden from a butterfly's perspective. They study how artists portray flowers and gardens and exaggerate their scale and boldly colored floral shapes. Each student creates a watercolor pencil rendering of a...
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Goldberg's Gears

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the design principles employed by the engineer Reuben Goldberg. They read a biographical sketch of the artist and then create the context for studying how machines work. They create...
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Impasto Presto!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research famous artist, including Rembrandt and vanGogh, who used the unique three-dimensional techniques of impasto. They experiment with impasto painting and the use of texture to achieve their intended effects on their...
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My Book and Me

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students compare and contrast a variety of books about children and then choose their favorite to incorporate into a life-size self-portrait. They examine self-portraits done by famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo daVinci,...
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Paint With Expression!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify the moods expressed in the work of several famous artists. They express an emotion in a painting through the use of color, line, and texture. Students analyze and reflect on the emotions expressed in their work and the...
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Picture-Perfect Portraits

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Children research the paintings of Italian artist Raphael and compare them to the works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. They engage in close observations of one person while they prepare to paint a portrait. They create original,...
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Pop Art Personalities

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners study the artwork of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein, and compare and contrast his art with popular comic book imagery. They create drawings in Lichtenstein's style that reflect emotions in facial expressions and thought bubbles....
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Pop-Art Heart Card

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars recognize the work of important 20th-century artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Keith Haring. They explore the differences between realistic and abstract art forms. Afterwards, they create a piece of...
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Shapes & Angles

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify the basic elements of abstract art and all art. They explore the work of Wassily Kandinsky and recognize his Modern style. Afterwards, they imitate the methods of Abstract artists to create their own art.

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