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Winter vs. Summer
Students explore the seasons. For this winter and summer lesson, students read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and Summer by Maria Ruis. Students compare the 2 seasons as they create t-charts, try on seasonal clothing, and create collages.
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MEDIA COLLAGE
Learners use old magazines to create a collage. They may focus on elements of design. They discuss their collage or they may write a brief essay.
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Bearden Art-Making Workshop
Learners are able to create their own collages using some of the same kinds of images and materials Bearden used. They put to use some of the Bearden techniques they observed in the reproduction/slide lecture and explore to...
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Very Hungry Caterpillar - Tissue College
Students create tissue collages using paints, tissue paper, and glue in this cross-curricular art/literature lesson based upon the artwork of Eric Carle. Emphasis is placed upon the term collage and practicing collaging techniques.
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Pumpkin Patch
Students create a pumpkin art project that outlines the life cycle of a pumpkin in order to learn the growth process of this particular vegetable. In this pumpkin art lesson plan, students first review the life cycle of a pumpkin as a...
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Natural Resource Awareness
Seventh graders design a collage that shows natural resources or things made from natural resources. They discuss the collages and decide how they use natural resources at home and school. They listen to a read aloud of a Native American...
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Make Your Own Thermometer
Young scholars recognize the concept of temperature, including degrees, and the melting and freezing process. In this 1st - 2nd grade lesson plan, students identify the temperature of various objects, as well as create their own paper...
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Cut Outs: Shapes and Symbols
Students create collages based on Juan Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Chief Seattle." In this shapes, symbols and Native American lesson, students examine the "Ode to Chief Seattle" and Henri Matisse's cutout work. Students design their...
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Story Quilts
Students create story quilts. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read a book and create a paper quilt square to display illustrations and events from the text.
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Identity
Students examine identity represented in contemporary drawing. In this art analysis lesson plan, students analyze identity in the art images. Students complete image based discussion. Students create a work on paper with a message....
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All About Me
Students use writing and research strategies to explore their interests and reflect on what makes them unique. They use the website "Shutterfly" to create a classroom profile. They create a personal collage highlighting what makes them...
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Communication
Students identify good listening and talking skills and discuss verbal, written, and non-verbal communication. They create collages of magazine pictures demonstrating non-verbal communication.
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Media Stereotypes: How Differences Divide
Students differentiate between generalizations and stereotypes and compare and contrast gender representation. Finally, they critically analyze media for gender stereotypes. They look at magazines and create collages to focus in on the...
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Social Studies: Cultural Collage
Young scholars define and discuss cultural aspects and family origins. By citing examples of traditions and customs from other countries, they develop an understanding of cultural influences on society. Finally, students create...
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Parents and Children Working Together for Tikkun Olam
Students explore the concept of Tikkun Olam as a way of improving their world. They listen to the story of Hayley Fields' goal to raise money for a new Torah and discuss what inspires them about her story. After discussion, they...
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Rhythm and Art: Rhythm Collage
Students create a collage in response to musical rhythm. In this visual arts lesson plan, students will better understand the connection between visual arts and musical rhythm. Students will follow the teacher's model of letting the...
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Eric Carle Collage
Learners gain appreciation for the work of Eric Carle. They speculate about a work of art, what materials, techniques and skills were used. They study Carle's work to determine how he did it and explore various water color techniques.
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Class Mural
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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Once Upon a Time
Students examine how music and sound affect their creation of artwork. They view art images online, create three hybrid collage creatures, develop a list of hero characteristics, and write an adventure story for a character they have...
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Narrative Collage
Students use a book or passage for their inspiration to create a narrative collage. They need to illustrate the action or the setting.
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Adventure Into The World of Shapes
Young scholars view Elmer Holtzrichter's work Mystery Planet and discuss basic shapes and patterns. They create their own collage. and discuss the patterning they created. Students demonstrate how this pattern would sound with clapping...
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Forced to Flee: Famine and Plague
Students examine facts about the Irish Potato Famine and explore primary resources, such as newspaper articles, photographs, songs, and poems, related to the famine. Once research is complete, they create a small collage of their...
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Vocational: Fashion terms
Students view a Powerpoint presentation on fashion industry vocabulary and locate examples in magazines that illustrate the terms. On black construction paper, students assemble collages of the magazine pictures representing each of the...