Upper graders use the potter's wheel to make Japanese style tea cups, which they will use in a Japanese style tea ceremony. They hone their sculpting techniques while exploring Japanese cultural and the history of tea. There are two...

Exposing younger students to fine art enriches their learning experience and opens them up to a different mode of self-expression. Elmo and Zoe attend and narrate a ballet at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Show your class a similar ballet...

Students become familiar with the art and architecture and history of the Chicago World's Fair.  In this public arts project activity, students compare and contrast fine art and public art through a study of the exhibits at the Chicago...

Network architects are the people who build those computer networks that we use every day. Advice? "Keep learning!" binary.

A lot goes into creating those exhibits viewers see at museums. Go behind the scenes with an exhibit preparator who works with a curator and a designer to mount those fascinating displays of art.

Want to combine art with STEM education? Why not. The narrator of a short video details how she combines her love of art education with STEM and project-based learning.

Nothing compares to a first kiss. Viewers watch an art interpretation of Tim Seibles's poem "First Kiss." Viewers watch as the artists turn from one object to another as the narrator describes the emotions associated with a first kiss.

A study guide for Native Gardens, a dramatic play, introduces theater lovers to a set of a neighbors and the problems they face. Discussion questions in the guide tackle themes of racism, ageism, and classism.

You're never too young for a lesson in fine art. Explore the painting Deucalion and Pyrrha, based on the Greek myth of the same name, with your class. You'll look at color, composition, texture, and technique, which are easily outlined...

Even functional everyday objects can be highly ornate and thoughtfully designed. Art analysts look at the form and function of an Inca jug used to transport liquid. They consider this jug in relation to other jugs fashioned throughout...

An internet-saturated learning experience helps high schoolers construct and support opinions about the impact of 20th-century composer Igor Stravinsky. They read a biography online, listen to compositions, watch YouTube videos, and view...

Students use technology to blend a photo of something they like with a picture of their face. Students work with layers, saturation, selecting tools, filters, and affects. Students use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 in order to create...

Violence and human suffering, as represented in art and film, are the focus of an investigation of the power of visual images and the moral implications of such representations. Class members examine “Guernica,” Pablo Picasso’s massive...

4th-8th graders will explore Wright Morris' photography and create their own black and white photographs. They will then use the photographs to portray a message they want communicated by writing a narrative telling a story about the...

Students research Eakins' teaching methods. They incorporate research to prepare and present a verbal argument. They understand and articulate a perspective and develop their own opinion.

Learners consider what makes a movie, television show, musical talent, or artist a cult classic and create descriptive lists of items from these phenomena that may be sold at auction.

Ballet is the main focus of this short answer quiz, but a few questions cover dance in cinema and Scottish folk dance names. Trivia for dancers!

Pupils explore an object without seeing it then draw what s/he felt.  In this touch-drawings lesson plan, students partner and place objects in a paper bag so the other person cannot see it.  Then pupils use their hands and imagination...

Students read the work of a 19th-century American author. The use representative lithographs from the Currier & Ives collection at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (available online at http://www.springfieldmuseums.org) to...

Students explore symbols of their individual identities and write college admissions essays about the meaning of the symbols. They evaluate the unique and common identities of their classmates through participation in a Step Into the...

Learners explain one artist's approach to the Impressionist's use of art elements and design principles. They create an Impressionistic painting that contains two figures.

In this math chart worksheet, students use the chart to answer the questions. The information on the chart is about students who participate in fine arts.

Second graders discuss various types of music. They identify and explore Japanese music, and instruments. They make a koto.