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Currier and Ives: An America Panorama Shaping the American Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look for similarities in basic divisions of compositional space. They compare Currier and Ives landscape lithographs with examples by Thomas Cole. Students compare the figural group style as seen in the works of Currier and Ives...
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In the Eye of the Tiger

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students read about tigers in both fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose. They study tiger markings in photographs of living tigers to create a sculptural mask reflecting their knowledge of tiger markings. Afterward, they write and...
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Creating a Landscape Through Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A brightly-colored David Hockney landscape painting inspires poetry, dance, music, and paper sculpture in this multi-faceted activity. After brainstorming words inspired by the painting, the whole class collaborates on a cinquain poem,...
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Giants of the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to the book, The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, and create paper sculptures based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. They write narrative stories told from the viewpoints of their sculptures.
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Mother Earth - Father Sky

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and write about Cyrus Dillan. They explain one of Dillan's sculptures. Students locate six constellations and two planets. They research and write about the daily life of the Pawnee.
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The Invisible People: American Art and Literature Represents the Marginalized and Disenfranchised

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars view various pieces of art and sculptures which demonstrates people who are marginalized and invisible. While viewing the art, they are read excerpts of different pieces of literature in which they determine why the...
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Mythical Beasts

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore literature and art forms containing creatures that are part human and part animal, such as the Greek Sphinx, Neptune, or the Green Centaur. Individually, students write a poem or short story to create a character with...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners analyze sculpture, poetry, and music to gain an understanding of historical events. In this critical thinking skills lesson, students take a closer look at African-American history as they examine "Lift Every Voice and Sing'"...
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Play-Doh and the Writing Process

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The art of writing is very similar to that of creating a sculpture. They both follow a familiar process.
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Adjective Monster

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore descriptive writing and visual art. Listen to the story Go Away Big, Green Monster by Ed Emberley and generate a list of adjectives used in the book. Name familiar shapes and create a shapes list. Choose an adjective and shape to...
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Shape Shifters- Trees and the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a tree sculpture. In this trees and the environment lesson, students learn about the parts of a tree, discuss what a tree needs in order to grow, find images of trees in art and nature, use various materials to create a...
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CD-ROManticism and Computer Classicism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess the many benefits and drawbacks of reproducing works of art, such as sculpture and paintings, on CD-ROMs and on the Internet, as well as explore art history via these computer technologies.
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Bedtime Book Report

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students, after choosing and reading a book about bedtime or sleeping, identify and create sculptures of the main characters in the book. They design a creative three-dimensional book report with a recycled box to represent the bed their...
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Sculptures of the Seven Ages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars simulate sculptors and clay to help them explain abstract phrases in a soliloquy.
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Words Have Meaning

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners interpret and analyze art for meaning and a Maya Angelou poem for meaning. In this art and literature analysis instructional activity, students analyze Alison Saar's "Lost and Found" and Maya Angelou's poem "Alone." Learners...
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Referencing the Classical Past

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the sculptural group of Three Goddessesby Joseph Nollekens in a study of the classical past. In this Classical history lesson plan, students describe the three figures in the painting and read an excerpt for the story...
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Looking At Portraits: Literary Monuments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine artworks, research literature, and create study drawings and a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. They discuss and analyze the sculpture Model for a Monument to Alexandre Dumas p??re by Albert-Ernest...
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Looking at Portraits: Literary Monuments

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine artworks, research literature, create drawings, and make a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. In this literary portrait lesson, students discuss and analyze the sculpture Study of a Monument to Alexandre...
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Bilbo Baggins, at your service!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars choose a character from The Hobbit to create an imaginative product such as poetry, music, sculpture, painting, or web page) that reflects the character. They must indicate a connection to the character (example: I am...
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Incredible Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers 3rd
The materials in this 40-page packet are designed for learners who need extra support in order to understand the concepts in a thematic unit on fantasy and realism.
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Art--"Paper Pasting"--Doing Collage

For Students 4th - 6th
In this art activity, students read a 1 page article on the history or art, prepare their background to making a collage, gather basic shapes, create their collage and then add in the finishing touches to them.
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Painted Chairs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners evaluate visual arts by creating furniture designs. In this three dimensional art lesson, students utilize the web to examine different artist renderings of furniture, sculpture and architecture. Learners utilize paint to create...
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Making a Fossilized Egg

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore fossils by participating in an in class experiment. In this archaeology instructional activity, students utilize dough and classroom objects to create fossil imprints after hiding the toy/fossil in the dough egg....
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Icons

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compare the characteristics and values depicted in ancient wall decorations with art displayed in contemporary rooms. They recognize and articulate the heroic qualities represented by the Fallen Warrior sculpture.

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