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Art From Map-Abstract composition using map and primary colors
The young scholars use a map to create a Mondrian-like artwork. They put to use his severe simplicity in line as well as in color (of course, no green, which was a color he reportedly hated). Shapes created were more organic rather than...
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Colorful Fish Adaptations
I love lessons that incorporate the arts, they're so engaging and address a more diverse set of learners. Your class will investigate the reasons fish from the coal reef have adapted such colorful fins. They design a fish that uses color...
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Ornithology and Real World Science
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson plan! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson plan incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research,...
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Cleopatra
Students explore, analyze and study Abstraction through an ancient Greek sculpture and then create a self-portrait utilizing geometric shapes. They actively seek how to connect the past to the present through the medium of sculpture via...
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Mondrian Style Painting
Students create "Mondrian style" paintings in this 4th through 12th grade Art activity. Emphasis is placed upon learning the styles and art techniques of Piet Mondrian and abstract art. The activity includes a link to an interactive...
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Quilting
Students use a monochromatic palate, select shades and tints for a selected hue, or select complimentary or analogous colors for a quilt design. They design quilt squares using basic geometric shapes, repetition, balance, and proportion.
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Hollis Sigler & Symbolism
Students create a symbolic drawing that represents an important event or person in their life.
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Life size figures - Moveable Murals
Learners create life-size human figures and decorate them in a collage style with torn colored pieces of pictures from magazines. They display them around the school, creating life-size murals.
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Welcome to the Blogosphere
Create a blog spot for your classroom and promote online discussions. There are several blogging websites listed here, and you can create one specific to each class or one collective site. Teach your learners how to post on the blog, and...
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King Arthur and his Knights
Fourth graders examine the myths of King Arthur. They compare/contrast versions of the story, The Sword in the Stone, write a letter, identify and analyze characters, sequence events, and write observations and answer questions in a...
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Musical Moods
To celebrate diversity and the purpose of Harmony Day, the class examines culturally diverse music and expression through line drawing. They discuss that all cultures produce music and that music can convey mood just like art can. As the...
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Chocolate Graphing
Chocolate lovers develop a bar graph based on the types of chocolate the class likes. They participate in The Art of Chocolate at The Hershey Story before they make a bar graph that shows the favorite chocolate types of their class. They...
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Nature Inspired Batik T-Shirt
A wonderful product called Batik is the focus of this lesson. High schoolers should love this art lesson, because each shirt will come out differently, and each student puts their original "stamp" on it. One warning: there are a lot of...
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Carbon Cycle Role Play
Anytime you make concepts clear with role playing or hands-on experience, it's a win for the whole class. Ping-Pong balls are used to represent carbon in a carbon cycle role-play activity. In small groups, children first discuss what...
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Encoding B and W Images
Imagine drawing with zeros and ones. The third lesson in a unit of 15 introduces the class to creating black and white images. Pairs get together to create an encoding scheme in order to make these images. They move on to a...
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Marbling A La Haring
Students create a paper marbling painting based on the work done by Keith Haring. In this paper marbling lesson plan, students create abstract compositions and create a small mural with one another of their interlocking shapes.
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Lesson 5- Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art
Students examine how Robert Rauschenberg influenced popular art and how art is influenced by politics, social and cultural messages. They design a new art movement and create art that is indicative of that movement.
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Tempera Paint Lesson Ideas
Students create an abstract, non-objective paintings. Students use the various lesson plans to create abstract paintings that include an art with text lesson plan, a sand textured paint lesson plan, and a radiating design lesson plan.
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Color Theory and Acrylic Painting
Students study color, acrylic painting and abstract art.
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Circular "Mandala"
Students create a nonobjective design from a magazine photo (or personal photograph) using a view finder. By using colored pencils the drawing use layers to recreate the colors in the magazine picture.
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Who is Picasso?
Students create art projects both representational and nonrepresentational. They examine a well known piece of art and discuss the feelings that the art evokes.
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Flowers Galore
Learners examine the work of Georgia O'Keefe and observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower. They create a flower drawing or painting.
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Self Portraits Part 2
Sixth graders explore the concept of Cubist art. In this visual arts lesson, 6th graders examine examples of Pablo Picasso's work and they create self portraits in Cubist style.
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When Court Cases Get Appealed
Students read and analyze two functional documents. They predict outcomes using prior knowledge and documents. Students draw conclusions about how court cases are appealed. They list the parts of a court case.