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What’s your Name?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Youngsters work to build empathy, cultural understanding, and a sense of self as they uncover the story behind their own names. They read the book, The Name Jar, discuss immigration and how it feels to be in a new place. Then, they...
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Tribal Origin Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
The teacher reads and retells Californian tribal origin or creation stories that come from the traditions of a variety of California Indian tribes. Then, pupils get together in groups and retell the stories they just heard; just as the...
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Insoluble Paintings

For Teachers K - 12th
Insolubility and density? Yup, it's art class, of course. To create insoluble paintings that continually move and change, kids mix water-based paint with mineral oil and seal the mixture in laminating pouches.
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The Bear Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore various kinds of bears and gather information about them.  In this research and habitats lesson, students chart their bear information on large posters with illustrations of their bears. Students map the locations where...
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Hot, Hot, Hot, Cold

For Teachers 2nd
Learners dance the image of falling snow. They move, swing, fall, and rise to music working to depict snow falling, the sun, and high/low movements. This is a well-thought out lesson that aids them in seeing movement as a form of...
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From Aaliyah to Jay-Z: Captured Moments in Hip-hop History

For Teachers 4th - 8th
To take "the definitive portrait of that person in that moment" is the quest of photographer and hip-hop historian Jonathan Mannion. In this short video, Mannion details his dedication to his art and the process he goes through to catch...
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Allegory in Painting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define allegory and discuss its use in the visual arts, examine paintings from various time periods and identify allegorical themes in them, and explain what makes an image allegorical.
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Visual Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use context clues to determine an understanding for vocabulary words in texts. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students recognize linguistic features in their readings to help them to figure out words.
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Poetry and Visualization

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use visualization techniques when reading poetry.  In this visualization and poetry lesson plan, students work in groups to present a tableau that depicts a word from the poem as classmates guess the word.  Students then read...
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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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Isamu Noguchi/Stone Sculpture

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the art and history of Japan and use it to help them conceptualize and create a work of art that reveals something about their own culture. They examine, interpret and analyze Noguchi's work and reveal information...
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West Virginia Def PB Wants You!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write, adapt, and compose a song related to the West Virginia State Museum.  In this music instructional activity, students create a composition for a work of  visual art. Students incorporate major and minor melodies.
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Visual Impairment Based on a Children's Book

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore practical information about visual impairment. They explore about the uses of seeing eye cane. Students explore the postive aspects about how people fucntion in spite of handicaps. They explore about helping others.
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Visualizing Sarah, Just Plain and Tall

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define "visualize," practice visualizing day at beach, read poem, Crocodile Toothache, silently, listen to teacher read same poem aloud, share visualizations with classmates, read first chapter of book, Sarah, Plain and Tall,...
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Graphic Organizer Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners investigate how to use graphic organizers. In this literary elements lesson, students are introduced to several types of graphic organizers and their purpose. Learners read a book of their choice and complete a graphic organizer...
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Mixing Mixed Numbers Art/Creating Fractions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore number values by participating in class math activities. In this fractions lesson, 3rd graders collaborate with classmates to discuss the technique of adding mix numbers while utilizing paper plates to help...
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The Art Box

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a 3-D Art Box in this design-oriented art project for the 6th grade. Rubric is included for grading purposes. The elements of design are covered and applied (includes line, form, texture, shape, value, color, and...
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Self-Portrait Unit - Lesson #1

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create self-portraits using artistic elements found in Hispanic culture and, specifically, the art of Frida Kahlo. The lesson plan can be adapted for any culture/country and requires an outside person with cultural...
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Art & Creativity

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students take notes on how to teach art. They determine if they are right or left brained and experience the frustration of teacher-directed art and trying to stay in the lines of a coloring book. They experience different art...
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Claude Monet's Pizza Day

For Teachers K
Students discover when art is used in our daily lives. Using cardboard pizza rounds, students make a pizza and discuss how it relates to advertising art. Students make pizza dough and analyze its texture. As a culmination to the...
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Lesson #23: Ceramic Self-Portrait as a Famous Artist

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students sculpt a bust out of clay using naturalistic features.  In this sculpture lesson, students use themselves or classmates as models to ensure correct form and proportion of a hollow bust.  This lesson includes pictures for each...
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Expression And Joy With Line, Shape And Color

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create positive and negative art shapes and compose a piece of Expressionistic art using those shapes and the ideas of color, line, and shape in this 5th through 8th grade Art lesson. Options are available for individual or...
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What do two-dimensional tessellations look like? Where in art can they be found?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the world of art and culture, including the works of M.C. Escher. They identify and create original tessellations. Students use a wealth of interactive multimedia applications. They explore the artistic representations...
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Overcoming Censorship Through Art

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create an art piece that expresses their opinions while circumventing hypothetical government restrictions in this lesson on art and government censorship. Emphasis is placed upon historical instances of censorship around the...

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