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Backward Lesson
Young scholars view a copy of the painting "Last Moment of John Brown (1884). They discuss the content and composition of the painting. Important questions to be answered during the discussion are included with the lesson. They write an...
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Color and Environment
Pupils compare two abstract paintings of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman and examine their artistic process. In this abstract art lesson, students consider the choices artists make using color, shape, composition, proportion, style, and...
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Field of Dreams
Learners study several of Marc Chagall's paintings with an emphasis on his use of symbolic color and of space. They explore learn basic techniques for using Scholar colored pencils, and create an artwork using a baseball theme.
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Using Photographs and Models for Drawings
Students make drawings of their classmates in photographs.
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Let's Recreate Our World To Make It Better
Students examine art by artist by Tom Rollins. They discuss the painting and what it means to them. They create their own models of apartment complexes based on ideas from literature.
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Spontaneous Britishstrokes
Pupils are introduced to Chinese painting and they examine how Daoist phiolosophy influenced artistic style. They discuss how art and artistic technique as a reflection of Daoist culture. Students discuss how art is a reflection of time...
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Arts have Emotional Impact
Students explore how various artists use color, line and composition to create a mood. In comparison, students explore various elements of specific art forms that affect the viewer's emotions in dance, theater music and the visual...
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Matisse Cut-outs
Learners explain color and composition from an arrangement of color paper cut-outs without a definitive sketch or drawing.
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Matisse Cut-Outs
Students examine color and composition by arranging color paper cut-outs without the use of sketches or drawings in this Art lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the "cut-out" art pieces created by Henri...
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When is a Block, not a Block?
Students use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. In this stamped art lesson plan, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Lesson on Wayne Thiebaud
Fourth graders view Theibaud's work in order to form opinions and share in class discussions. They also critique some of the artists work using the Linderman method and recreate the artist's style of work with their own paintings.
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Art History and Technique
Students conduct research, using a variety of resources, about their favorite painter and painting. They critique the famous painters work and write a multimedia presentation that showcases his/her work. They paint an original work of...
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Folding Screen
High schoolers describe a work of art and the function it served in viceregal Mexico. They explore how works of art from China came to Mexico during the viceregal period and influenced art produced in Mexico. They create their own screen...
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Fall Reflections
Students create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
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North Carolina Textured Landscape
Fourth graders explore the artistic ideas of landscape, foreground, middle ground, and background through a creative painting project. While this is written for North Carolina, teacher may adapt for any state/region.
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Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Students analyze music paying particular attention to how the composer suggests the idea of water in the composition of the piece.
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Banners with a Message II
Students study the work of Keith Haring to explore how art can make social statements. They use a phrase with a positive theme and create an image that depicts the theme, in the Keith Haring style. They work collaboratively to create the...
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What are Quarters Made of?
Students study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins,
especially the quarter. They l research why in 1965 the U.S. Mint decided to
change the metal composition of the quarter to copper coated with zinc. In addition, they...
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What Makes You Scream?
Eighth graders study Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream." They produce their own scream using directional lines as Munch did. Line was used by Munch in a variety of directions(horizontal, vertical and diagonal.
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Our Fledgling Society
Students examine how the lives of children have been represented in art in the past and the present. Using the internet, they research how schools are different today then they were in the past. In groups, they take photographs to...
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Following a Monster
Learners follow tracks of a monster who has walked through their classroom to see what he has done. They discuss sequencing vocabulary before using computer software students sequence the monster's visit using a concept map. In a word...
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Hand Built Tea Bowls
Learners follow directions to create clay bowls. In this pottery lesson, students use clay and the pictured tools to follow the directions and create a fire baked tea bowl.
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Haitian Immigration: Twentieth Century
Students read a narrative about the culture, heritage and history of Haiti including the contributions of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. They conduct further research on Haitian culture and prepare a presentation for the class.
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Hispanic Artists
Students use the internet to research the life and works of various Spanish artists. In groups, they recognize the name of the artist and pick two works that are of interest to them. They create a brochure highlighting this artist's work...