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Place Value & Picasso

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Place value to the millions is the focus of this math lesson. Third and fourth graders investigate multiple ways to represent a number. They examine place value while studying factual information about Pablo Picasso. Resources are provided.
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Picasso Portraits

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Explore Pablo Picasso. For this art history and face drawing lesson plan, read a brief biography of Pablo Picasso. Draw a self portrait following guided instruction by the teacher.  Paint a self-portrait and practice adding white and...
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Lesson: Expressing the Inner Life of Things

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Found metal objects were welded together to create an inspiring African sculpture. Learners consider the use of objects and the inspiration of African art seen in Picasso's work. They then find and create a scrap art sculpture, as well...
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Matisse and Picasso

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Discover Modernism through the eyes of artists. Over the course of six well-thought-out lessons, learners examine works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse while completing a range of collaborative and hands-on activities. A great resource!
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Pablo Picasso Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore art history by creating their own abstract art pieces. In this Pablo Picasso lesson, students read assigned text discussing biographical information about the artist and examine several of his paintings. Students create...
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Shaping Up With Picasso

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the artwork of Pablo Picasso and describe geometric shapes they observe. After observing geometric pictures and other objects, students create replicas of them using geometric shapes. Using a watercolor wash, students...
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The Human Head and Picasso

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Picasso's Three Musicians

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This lesson has students read or be read a book about Picasso and the technique of Cubism. They are shown a sample of what they are doing to be doing and discuss the drawing process. Using a photo of a musical instrument, they sketch it...
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Picasso and Beyond!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After reviewing the life and art of Pablo Picasso, learners set out to create abstract, cubist, relief portraits. They'll draw, color, paint, and cut out portraits just like the ones Picasso created. The lesson is extremely well written...
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Art: Roman Portraits to Picasso

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the techniques of Roman portraiture and expand into the cubist style of Pablo Picasso. They apply the proportionate style of drawing portraits originated by the romans. then they cut their portraits into pieces and...
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Picasso And Family

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners view Pablo Picasso's sculpture "Baboon and Young" and use it as a springboard to discuss their conceptions of the term family. They use a collection of discarded manmade objects to create an animal sculpture.
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Taken Out of Perspective

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Art does not always have to look perfectly realistic. Play with proportion and shape by stretching images. Pupils study works of art by Picasso, Cézanne, and Monet before selecting a photograph to adapt. They use a distorted grid to...
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Modernism in Poetry, Painting, and Music

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Are you teaching Modernism to your class? Connect different areas of artistic expression in the Modernist Era. Learners read T.S. Eliot, view art by Pablo Picasso, and listen to a Modernist musical composition. This final assignment is...
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Oh Picasso!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the painter Picasso as a famous Spanish cultural figure, name at least one of Picasso's painting styles and describe aspects of Picasso's Blue Period. They create their own Blue Period inspired work of art.
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Picasso Faces

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the artwork of Abstract artist Pablo Picasso. They create a collage of Abstract and/or Cubistic Faces emulating Picasso's style. Students are allowed to let their imagination run wild with the many possibilities.
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Picasso's "The Dog"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students draw a dog. In this drawing lesson, students discover how to tap into their right brain dominance by sketching a picture upside down. Students draw a picture resembling Picasso's "The Dog".
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Proto-Cubism: Thinking Like Picasso

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create blind contour drawn portraits. They work in small groups and pose for each other, creating portraits that express multiple points of view. Students also view a PowerPoint presentation on Cubism and complete a...
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Picasso's "The Butterfly"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students draw a butterfly. In this drawing lesson, students explore a drawing upside down. Students sketch a butterfly while the image is reversed to tap into their right brain dominance.
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Making Picasso Faces

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read stories about Picasso and see pictures of his work. Students brainstorm all the different kind os faces that one can make (clown, alien, etc...). They then get two pieces of drawing paper to make two different faces...
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Remember the Best

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine information about mural art by researching the artwork of Diego Rivera, the "Neighborhood Quilts" of Faith Ringgold, and Pablo Picasso's "Guernica". They note many images in this artwork, each having its own story. They...
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Creative Writing/Poetry Lesson Plan

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete poetry writing activities and art analysis activities. In this creative writing and art lesson, students analyze a cubist piece by Picasso and discuss abstraction. Students read a poem by Gertrude Stein about Picasso...
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Give Me A Museum and I'll Fill It

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view pieces of Pablo Picasso's art. They discover art can have images and words to express meaning. They create their own piece of art and share with the class.
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Painting Modern Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Examine three Cubism art pieces by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque with your students. They will research how Cubism was advanced due to Picasso and Braque. and then compare and contrast Cubist works through image based discussion. Your...
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Give It All You’ve Got Heroes and Visual Art

For Teachers 5th
Sure, your young artists probably know Van Gogh and Picasso, but are they equally as familiar with Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol? Small groups examine the work of famous artists. Then, they create their own hero portraits in Cubist style...

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