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Understanding Genres

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify genres of literature. For this literature instructional activity, students read definitions of the various genres. Young scholars choose books and list clues in the texts that help them identify the appropriate...
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Modesto City Schools Library Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars read and understand a variety of genres in a library setting. In this library activity lesson, students act as detectives and use clues in text and pictures to hypothesize the title of the missing book for the library...
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Glossaries and Indexes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify parts of a book including the glossary, index, and dedication. In this glossary and index lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet after studying the glossary and index from a Houghton Mifflin Social Studies...
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Curator's Report

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils write a curator's report in order to persuade a board of directors to purchase an artwork for a museum.
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What's Your Impression

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the various artwork completed by Vincent Van Gogh. As a class, they are asked the question "What is it like to walk in your shoes?" They are to write a paper and draw their ideas to share with the class. They must use...
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Painting Like an Impressionist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Post-It Poetry

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how to spice up their work using vivid words and images. Afte a lecture/demo, 7th graders try their hand at writing poetry using a lot of adjectives and vivid verbs.
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The Geometry of Paul Goble's Artwork

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the concepts of geometry used by Paul Goble in his book Adopted By The Eagles. After analyzing Mr. Goble's work they create an original piece featuring symmetry, pattern, repetition, and other principles of geometry....
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Ellis Island/Angel Island

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research Ellis Island and Angel Island. In this library media lesson, 4th graders use resources from the library to locate facts about Ellis Island and Angel Island. Students construct a Venn diagram to compare and...
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Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners learn about the Impressionist painters' use of color and how it connected to early nineteenth century scientific theories about color. In this colors lesson plan, students explore combinations of primary and secondary colors,...
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Looking at Still Life Lesson 1: The Subject and Objects of Still

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and discuss the objects commonly found in still-life paintings. They identify the objects pictured in still lifes indicating which objects are natural and which are man-made.
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Pride in a Job Well Done

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students focus on individuals who discover their own special talents and sense of self-worth through the work they do. Students study accomplishments of famous people who may have had an impact on their lives. Students make connections,...
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The Millennium Promise in Africa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compete activities related to the viewing of a documentary film. After viewing the documentary, The Dairy of Angelina Jolie and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa, students participate in a discussion of the leading factors leading to...
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So You Want to Buy a Painting

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research physical and chemical methods used in authenticating paintings (e.g., ultraviolet fluorescence and spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy and reflectography, X-ray diffraction, microscopy, pigment analysis, and gas...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Color

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will be introduced to color, one of the basic elements of art, through analysis of works of art by Monet, Matisse, and Kandinsky. Class discussion focused on these paintings will help students understand how artists use color to...
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Monet's Garden by the Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Monet's Waterscapes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn the color theory and techniques that guided Claude Monet's impressionist painting and apply those techniques to the creation of their own works of art.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Monet's Magic [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders will learn about the impressionistic painter, Claude Monet. Students will learn how to paint fuzzy (up and down strokes) while mixing tints, creating the illusion of water. They will also learn to do color...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Art Smart

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Painting an Impression

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Exploring Weather Conditions in Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Enrich your science instructional activity with watercolors! This lesson plan contains assessment criteria, links to more information, and step-by-step ideas to cultivate your students' knowledge about weather conditions.

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