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Lesson Plan for St. Catherine
Students analyze the art of St. Catherine and Gothic Art. In this art analysis lesson plan, students read the biography of St. Catherine and read about the carving of the statue. Students complete a related statue art activity and...
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Walk into the Desert, A Line and Wash Landscape
Young scholars discuss a landscape art print and its composition. They create a landscape underdrawing with foreground, middleground and background as well as repeated elements for rhythm. They add a watercolor wash and lights/darks for...
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Japanese Festival Mask Making
Students learn about Japanese culture and make a mask. In this lesson about Japanese mask-making, students use research and art to explore the Japanese culture. Students research Japanese masks. Students design their own Japanese mask....
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Recycled Robots
Students create recycled art. In this visual art lesson, students use recycled products to assemble robotic pieces of art. Students also write stories about their robots.
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Sculptural Space
Students analyze the needs for outdoor sculpture and create their own example. In this sculpture lesson, students discuss the sculptural and architectural elements of site-specific sculpture. Students work in teams to select a space...
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Storybook Art
Students read the book Swimmy, by Leo Lionni. They study his method of illustrating and then create an underwater scene of their own using the same method.
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El Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Educational Activity Guide
Here's a must-have activity guide for any celebration of El Dia de Los Muertos. The colorfully 56-page packet is packed with historical background, information about Mesoamerican cultures, images of the works of famous artists, and...
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Let's Create a Sculpture!
Students engage in a lesson that is about creating a sculpture with the help of viewing sculptures in the Watts Towers in Los Angeles. They use modeling clay to create personal sculptures using the pictures as examples for personal artwork.
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Packing Nouns
Play a noun game with your class. Put a suitcase in the middle of the room and have each class member, in turn, name a noun that begins with a specified letter of the alphabet. To ramp up the challenge, assign concrete, abstract, proper,...
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GPS Art
Students design their own logo or picture and use a handheld GPS receiver to map it out. They write out a word or graphic on a field or playground, walk the path, and log GPS data. The results display their "art" on their GPS receiver...
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Angles in Art
Students utilize their handheld and the Angles program to create a non-objective artwork. Images created by famous artists who have utilized angles in their art work are examined.
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Paper Quilling: A Colonial Art
Students discover the art of paper quilling and rolled paper. As a class, they identify patterns and forms found in nature. They create their own piece of quilled art and view their classmates creations as well.
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Islamic Art
Learners examine the various forms of Islamic Art. Using the art, they identify the basic elements and research its history and style of calligraphy. They create a piece of art based on information they collected and demonstrate...
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Preschool Art
Students describe the growth and development of the preschooler. They identify some developmentally appropriate art projects for preschoolers and display how to complete these activities. They make the connection of how these...
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Friends Mural
Students discover the art of Keith Haring by creating their own artwork. In this art analysis instructional activity, students identify the artist Keith Haring and discuss his artistic works. Students create their own murals...
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Go Fish! Fish or other Sea Creature from Recycled Materials
Pupils brainstorm what a fish looks like determining the parts from schema and research. They create a unique and interesting 3-d sculpture of fish or underwater creature mostly from recycled materials, then examine the aesthetics of the...
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Looking at Decorative Arts Lesson 1: The Function of Furniture
Pupils identify different types of decorative arts objects and their functions. They investigate the difference between aesthetic uses and functional uses.
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STORY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH JAPANESE ART
Eighth graders create a story to explain the art object being studied. The story displays students knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict, and the use of descriptive text.
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Language Arts: Before-Reading Organizers
Sixth graders discover how to create graphic organizers using the titles and subtitles of informational texts. Following a teacher demonstration, they work in pairs to create their own organizers based on assigned texts. Upon...
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Be A Curator -- Have an Art Show
Learners examine the role of an art curator. They use any artwork they have done throughout the year and create an art show. They create an invitation to hand out to parents.
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum
Students take a trip to the local art museum. They discuss an artist's use of the elements of art in a work of art. Students are explained the difference between looking at a reproduction of work of art and looking at the original. ...
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Virtual Art Tours
Students take a virtual field trip of Canadian art. They identify aspects of selected images that indicate the social, historical, or cultural context in which they were created. They compare the distinctive styles of artists from...
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The Art of the Matter
Students understand that elements of art are important aspects of certain jobs. In this art/careers lesson plan, students discuss art related careers, listen to guest speakers with art related careers and do internet research art related...
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Global Art: A Sense of Caring
Learners participate in a global art project in which students from around the world share their art. They explore different cultures and languages as they view different types of art.