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Sunset Pictures

For Teachers K - 6th
Sunsets and shadows are lovely subjects for creative projects. Kids take a good look at images of sunsets, then use paint and construction paper to create a silhouetted sunset image. Tip: This project is a great way to illustrate a poem...
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Tissue Painting

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Let's make colors! Your class will participate in a creative art project that introduces them to the concept of color blending and allows them to discover color combinations through exploration, trail, and error. First, the teacher will...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Direct Variation: Value of a Painting

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Help your pupils find a pattern of direct variation. Young scholars use input-output pairs to find a constant of variation and then write the equation. As they build their equations, the interactive lesson provides feedback.
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EngageNY

The Painted Essay: Writing Proof Paragraphs

For Teachers 5th Standards
Words of proof. Learners continue coding The Electric Motor by marking the first point in yellow and the second point in blue. They discuss the structure of the paragraphs by identifying transition words and evidence to support the given...
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Georgia O'Keeffe "Wake Up and Smell the Roses!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students produce watercolor paintings.  In this painter and painting lesson, students view and discuss paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, understand abstract art and create their own watercolor paintings.
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Class Mural

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover visual arts by examining a wall mural. In this art appreciation lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Students view famous paintings which feature physical movement...
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The Color of Your Own

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners understand primary and secondary colors. In this lesson about colors, students explore where colors come from. Learners paint a picture with the primary paint colors that the teacher has created. Students mix the primary paint...
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Celebration and Satire- Beginning Level

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine art elements in a late-19th-century self-portrait painting. In this visual arts lesson, students analyze the painting "A Centennial of Independence" and identify the color, shape, and symbols in the art piece. Students...
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Worksheet
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Starfish

For Students Pre-K - K
In this painting worksheet, students follow directions to create a painted starfish. They draw a starfish shape on card stock and cut it out. Students sponge paint their starfish shape with yellow and red paint. They press a piece of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing about Art:Comparing Portraits

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars compare and contrast an academic and Impressionist portrait. In this art history lesson, students look at two different styles of painting and write a paragraph as if they are the subject in the painting. They compare and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All the Colors We Are

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars make a hand print mural. In this painting instructional activity, students read the book All the Colors We Are and describe the color of their skin.  Young scholars learn how to mix paints to create various skin tones,...
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Haring's Heroes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students collaborate to create a painting in the style of Keith Haring. In this subway art lesson, learners study the distinct style of artist Keith Haring and design a large scale canvas on styrofoam. They study the details of Haring's...
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Primary Color Mixing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify secondary colors that are created by mixing primary color paint combinations, and make paintings of their own.
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Technoartist

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the Microsoft paint program to examine artwork styles and recognize certain features. In this graphic art lesson, students incorporate computer technology with visual arts while acquiring basic computer knowledge....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Science of Color

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use the scientific method to explore how to make different colors with paint. They problem solve ways to darken and lighten colors without using black and white paint. Students hypothesize how to create new colors, and describe...
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Curated OER

Winslow Homer and Water Colors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate water color paintings.  In this art history lesson, students discover Winslow Homer and his art work by reading an article.  Students solve a word search based on the article.
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Portrait Sculptures

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify characteristics that they have in common with animals. They create a self-portrait sculpture combining the body structures of different animals. They create the sculpture armature, plaster the armature, and then...
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From Foreground to Background

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the composition of landscape paintings with an emphasis on foreground, middle ground, and background. They view and analyze a painting by Poussin, and create an original imagined landscape.
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Activity
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Crayon Resist

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students color a picture with bright crayons. In this art lesson, students brush a thin coat of water color paint over the picture with the paint only sticking to the uncolored areas.
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Swimming Pool Mural

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research art analysis by creating a mural in their class. In this artistic expression activity, students research the work of Keith Haring and discuss his personal style and how it reflected body movement. Students utilize...
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Curated OER

The Story of Red and Blue: Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify art history by examining a list of images on-line. In this painting instructional activity, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the Internet and discuss his style of artwork. Young scholars...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Edouard Manet: "The Dead Toreador" and "The Bull Fight"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students can view the National Gallery of Art's Collection and also do in-depth study of two paintings of bull fights by 19th-century French realist painter Edouard Manet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Neighborhoods through Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore neighborhoods. For this color and social studies cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, then compare and contrast neighborhoods. Students mix primary colors to make...
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Objects of Adornment

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the portrait of two historical princesses. In this art history lesson, students define the term "adornment" and discuss the characteristics of each painting. Students compare and contrast the objects worn by women. As a...

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