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Egyptian Scarab Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore scarabs of ancient Egypt. In this visual arts lesson, students discover the design and functionality of Egyptian scarab amulets. Students make their scarabs out clay that are etched with personal meanings.
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Hands-On! The Invention of Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the way writing was invented in Mesopotamia. In groups, they participate in re-creations of events that occured in a traditional Mesopotamian school. They practice writing in cuneiform script on clay using...
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GET'N JIGGY WITH THE JITTERBUG

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the history of the jitterbug dance through an interactive group project. The goal of the lesson is to get them to execute the dance steps independently with little outside help from the teacher. The steps are...
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Mosaics of Cyprus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create digital mosaics. In this visual arts lesson, students discover the attributes and history of mosaics in a teacher-led discussion. Middle schoolers use an educational program to make their own digital mosaics.
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Analysis of Fauvism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze artworks created by the Fauves to establish the characteristics of this style of art In small groups students work to describe and analyze 5 characteristics of Fauvism and 5 reasons Fauvism was developed. he frthr...
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Ceramics and Patterns with Islamic Roots and the Effect on Christian Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine a variety of ceramic pieces and trace their route through China into Europe. As a class, they discuss how ideas and patterns were carried along with the art itself. To end the lesson, they write a report on the...
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Looking at Portraits: Thomas Jefferson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine works of art that have influenced images of our founding fathers still in use today, and discuss influences from antiquity on Houdon's sculpture.
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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast historical and contemporary photographs of important figures in African American history. In this photography analysis instructional activity, students learn key photography vocabulary and use a Venn Diagram...
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Egyptian Scarab Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate and create an Egyptian scarab. In this Egyptian art lesson, students analyze and discuss the Egyptian scarab. Students use Sculpey clay to create their own scarabs.
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Graffitti

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a fun way to encourage a cooperative classroom, drawing skills, and creative expression. Each child draws a design or shape on his paper, then he rotates to the next child's paper where he adds to the previous design. When the...
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Sharing African Culture

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students investigate African American culture by reading aloud an African folk tale and illustrating the tale. They use their illustrations to create a book or a bulletin board that retells the folk tale.
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The Betsy Ross Story: Truth or Legend?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discover that some historians question the story of Betsy Ross's involvement in the creation of the first U.S. flag, study why historians question the story and list reasons the story of Betsy Ross might not be true.
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Crowley's Ridge: An Upland in the Lowlands

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This clever lesson combines elements of geography, art, literature, and storytelling. Pupils take a close look at the six geographical regions of Arkansas, and pay close attention to Crowley's Ridge - which is one of the six. In groups,...
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Create Your Own Samurai Daily Life Identity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Your class can create their own Samurai identity with craft paper and a little imagination. Learners will discuss what life was like for a Samurai warrior, and then they will make representations of what they would look like as a...
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Epic Improvisation

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Really? Rapping The Odyssey? Really. A discussion of the oral tradition of story telling and its links to Epic poetry sets the stage for a series of activities that encourage improvisation to integrate music into other classrooms....
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Giants Of The Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a paper sculpture based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. In this paper sculpture lesson plan, students read the story The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola. They then make a sculpture...
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Why Not Fabric?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate art from Native American culture by creating fabric. In this native art analysis lesson, students identify the art of Plains Indians and discuss how it is represented in their fabrics, beads and decorations. Students...
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Creating Scrolls Based on the illustrated TALE OF GENJI

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners identify formal elements that characterize the scroll, work in a variety of media, from traditional to digital, to create their own scrolls, work into digital printout with at least two media, and engage in meaningful critiques...
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My Own Holiday

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate holiday traditions by participating in class celebrations. In this St. Patrick's day lesson plan, students discover the history of St. Patrick, the religious context of the holiday, and the fine foods and traditions...
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Creative Glass Casting

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students carve clay and create glass art. For this glass casting lesson plan, students use a kiln to fire up clay and make glass into the clay sculpture they created.
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Contributions in Society

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Canadian history by investigating the First Nations. In this Canadian heritage instructional activity, 1st graders identify the contributions made by the First Nations to the country of Canada. Students collaborate...
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Literature Circles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups in order to motivate one another to develop reading comprehension and literacy skills. The skills are built through the sharing of fine literature. They maintain a reading log to keep accountable for the...
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A Big Book About Us

For Teachers K
Students work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.
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Dancing Hands, Abstract Drawings

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover African musical rhythms by performing Ancestral Spirit Dances.  In this musical lesson, students research Willis "Bing" Davis and the abstract work he created.  Students listen to Yoruba drum music and...