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The Incredible Art Department: Art of Mexico Latin American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the significance of Hispanic Heritage Month and provides a huge collection of links to websites looking at Mexican and Hispanic art and culture, as well as some lesson plans.
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The Incredible Art Department: The Art of India

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of links to websites on the art of India. Looks at India's history and its ancient civilizations, and festivals, puppetry, dance, music, architecture, painting, and lots more.
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Tessellations

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at tessellation artists, including M.C. Escher, Robert Fathauer, and Roger Penrose. This is followed by a discussion of fractals and their similarities and differences to tessellations, and links to lessons and resources on...
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The Incredible Art Department: John Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of John Lloyd Wright, an architect who was the son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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The Incredible Art Department: Ancient Mayan Civilization Art & Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the art and culture of the Maya civilization including history, forms of art, recent discoveries, and some art lessons. There is also a lengthy list of web resource links.
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The main page for this site's section on lesson plans. It describes how to build an art lesson plan and has links to lesson collections for all grade bands, for substitute teachers, integration with drama, cartoon drawing, assessment,...
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The Incredible Art Department: Early Childhood Art Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Art lessons for infants up to kindergarten level. They are sorted into categories of age levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Art lessons for elementary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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The Incredible Art Department: Middle School Art Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Art lessons for middle school students. They are sorted into categories of grades, lessons that can be adapted, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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The Incredible Art Department: High School Art Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Art lessons for secondary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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The Incredible Art Department: Integration of Art and Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A 7-day unit of lessons integrating art with drama. Artists covered include Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, and five Indiana artists.
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The Incredible Art Department: Files for Art Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A large collection of files that have been contributed by art teachers. Examples of topics include rubrics, lessons, ideas for critiquing art, assessments, icebreakers, classroom management, games, parent communication, and lots more.
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The Incredible Art Department: Middle School and High School Sub Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson ideas for the substitute teacher for middle school and secondary art instruction.
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The Incredible Art Department: Assessments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A discussion of why we have assessments, the types of assessments, and what they measure.
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Activities and Learning Centers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page has suggestions for activities requiring minimal preparation that students can do after completing regular assignments, as well as some links to more challenging activities, e.g., reviewing paintings of Saint Nicholas, Saint...
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The Incredible Art Department: Special Education & the Arts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Suggestions and links for teaching art to students with special needs or language barriers.
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The Incredible Art Department: Strategies and Research in Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Summarizes what is known about learning from research on the brain and suggests related strategies to use in the classroom. Also discusses the main techniques and strategies that are in wide use today including, for example,...
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The Incredible Art Department: School Law for the Educator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of information and links on legal issues related to education. Topics include search and seizure at school, free speech, student discipline and due process, student safety, zero tolerance policies, and harassment.
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The Incredible Art Department: The Flipped Classroom, a New Approach to Teaching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An explanation of what a flipped classroom is, along with videos and links.
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The Incredible Art Department: 23 Interesting Facts About the Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of interesting facts about the Sistine Chapel, its history, Michelangelo, and about visiting it.
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The Incredible Art Department: Cartoon Lessons: Cartoon Art Club

For Students 3rd - 6th
A collection of illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to draw various cartoon figures.
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The Incredible Art Department: Looking at Art: Seeing Questions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of questions to use with students for analyzing and critiquing art.
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The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Rubric

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A rubric for assessing student art accompanied by descriptions of the criteria.
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The Incredible Art Department: Rubrics for Grading Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Several rubrics for assessing student art accompanied by some descriptions and teacher notes.