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Viennese Music Clock
Students explore the music concepts of ryhthm, melody, form, and harmony in a three-lesson unit. They listen to the Viennese Music Clock and demonstrate moving to the beat, create improvised melodies, and play percussion accompaniment.
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Using Picture Mapping to Improve Student Comprehension
Students draw pictoral representations of a reading selection they read in order to recall information. For this picture mapping lesson plan, students use pictures to comprehend what they read and sequence the pictures as well.
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People at Work
Pupils observe people at work. They create their own drawings of those people at their jobs.
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Cloud Painting
Students explore clouds and abstract thinking through painting. This instructional activity uses higher thinking skills and encourages self expression.
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Japanese Empire and Culture in World War II
Pupils analyze examples of major empires, summarize effects of imperialism on selected societies, identify examples of art and architecture that demonstrate artistic ideal or visual principle from selected cultures and/or describe an...
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Ceramics: A Vessel into History
Students create a personal clay vessel that has a specific use or meaning in their contemporary culture, which could be discerned through study by future archeologists and art historians.
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Food and Languages of the World
Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different. In this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world. After...
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The Nio
High schoolers discuss the importance of guardian figures in Japanese Buddhist practices using prior knowledge and visual cues gathered from examples of Japanese art. This lesson can be extended to include a creative project.
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Conexiones CD-Rom
Young scholars complete an activity in Spanish. Writing in response to an email message, they write it in Spanish and print it out. They also read an article related to a specific chapter and research a topic of interest to them using...
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Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plan
Students consider the role of editorial cartoons on American politics. In this editorial cartoons lesson plan, students discover the history of the cartoons in America, analyze some cartoons, and then draw their own cartoons that make...
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Look and See Books
Pupils photograph appropriate subject matter for the content, write the text, use transferable letters to design their very own book.
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A Capital Contest
Young scholars analyze Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise and the competition for their design in which Brunelleschi's design was refused. The lesson concludes with students creating new doors for the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
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Dorothea Lange and the Relocation of Japanese Americans
Students analyze a photograph and translate the analysis into words. They explain and explain the impact of governmental decisions made during a specific historical time period.
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Reflection on Philanthropy and Self Concept
Students examine how philanthropy shapes one's self identity. They reflect on this topic after listening to song lyrics and create a presentation. They share the information they gathered with the class.
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Exploring Restoration Techniques
Students, after taking a field trip to a museum, use paint to try to restore old objects.
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Painting Like an Impressionist
High schoolers demonstrate knowledge of the Impressionist style by showing complementary colors, a variety of types of brushstrokes, and a specific time of day or weather condition.
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Effective Photojournalism
Pupils determine what makes a quality photo and take and edit appropriate photos that relate to their assigned articles. They select good pictures for their publication.
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The Judiciary in American History
Students investigate the influence of political and societal forces on judicial decisions. Among the topics they examine are the selection of judges and the cause and effect relationship between politics, society, and the law. to...
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Newsworthy Images
Middle schoolers examine images made for newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. They experiment with cropping to reframe their images and explore how photographic images can be manipulated.
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OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES
High schoolers acquaint themselves with little-used library resources/reference materials and create shadow boxes to be displayed in the Media Center based on the research they've done regarding the Winter Olympics.
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Scratch, Glue, Foil & Paint
Students sculpt large Greek and Roman letter design motifs, and replicate other examples of Greek and Roman artwork.
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Ceramics: A Vessel into History
Pupils evaluate the works of their peers using criteria for value and meaning.
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Making Choices
Students discuss Classical era, listen to classical violinist Midori share her insights into choosing a career path, discuss various career choices, and discuss ways to approach choosing a career in music.
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Lesson Three: Putting it Together (Making Great Video Diaries)
Students apply the basic concepts in the previous two lessons to produce great video diaries that they can treasure for years to come.