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Notan Collages - "Expanding the Square"

For Teachers 6th
Notan is a Japanese word that expresses the interaction between light and dark. Learners explore Notan while creating dimensional art pieces that examine positive and negative spaces. They'll discuss the art of Notan, create their...
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Story Tellers - "Passing on the Traditions"

For Teachers 6th - 10th
It's important for young people to learn about their ancestry and the role of storytelling as a means of passing along traditions, information, and lessons. Based on what they already learned about Native American oral tradition,...
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Jobs & Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource for exploring a wide range of careers in the arts, from advertising and animation to video games and web design.
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Incredible Art: Eric Carle Collage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan encourages children to use painted paper to make a collage using the style of Eric Carle as inspiration.
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The Incredible Art Department (Iad)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...
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The Incredible Art Department: Kid Friendly Art Activities and Games!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A massive collection of art games, puzzles, and activities.
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Resources & Stuff Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As the website states, there is "everything but the kitchen sink" here. Find resources for art education, podcasts, museums and galleries around the world, an artist encyclopedia, student artwork, art schools, art blogs, architecture,...
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The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
A massive collection of web links to artists categorized by art collections, cartoonists, black artists, female artists, male artists, ethnic artists, and native artists.
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The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.
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The Incredible Art Department: Best Practices in Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Summarizes what is known about best practices in education and how they apply in teaching art. Discusses the instructional techniques popularized by Howard Garner and what they look like in art education.
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The Incredible Art Department: Rubrics for the Art Teacher

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of links to websites for creating and scoring rubrics, articles and information about rubrics, rubric templates and generators, and samples of art rubrics.
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The Incredible Art Department: North American Galleries and Museums

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to art galleries and museums in North America.
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The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Ascii Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discusses ASCII art, which is art made using text. Provides links to lessons on ASCII art and to a variety of ASCII resources.
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The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Art Magazines and E Zines!

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to arts and crafts magazines and e-zines, arranged alphabetically.
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The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Art Museums

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of links to art galleries and museums around the world.
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The Incredible Art Department: The Art of Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to the websites of professional and amateur photographers.
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The Incredible Art Department: Christmas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explains the history of Christmas, its significance in religion, and its traditions and customs. Presents lesson suggestions from teachers and links to Christmas arts and crafts lessons and resources.
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The Incredible Art Department: Easter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explains the history of Easter, its significance in religion, and its traditions and customs, and presents links to Easter arts and crafts lessons and resources.
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The Incredible Art Department: Constitution Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the origin of Constitution Day and the history of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Lists descriptions of the seven articles and twenty-seven amendments in the Constitution. Presents lesson suggestions from teachers and...
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The Incredible Art Department: Halloween

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explains the history of Halloween and its traditions and customs, and presents links to Halloween arts and crafts lessons.
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The Incredible Art Department: Holi, the Festival of Colors

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the meaning and history of the Hindu Festival of Colors called Holi and its traditions and customs. Presents recipes for making colors and links to Holi arts and crafts lessons and resources. Also includes videos of Holi...
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The Incredible Art Department: St. Patrick's Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discusses the history of St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns, traditions, and presents links to St. Patrick's Day arts and crafts lessons.
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The Incredible Art Department: Thanksgiving Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discusses the history of Thanksgiving, food traditions, Thanksgiving art and artists, lesson suggestions from teachers, and presents links to Thanksgiving resources.
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The Incredible Art Department: Valentines Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explains the history of Valentines Day and presents links to Valentine arts and crafts lessons.