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Milk Carton Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define recycling and design a use for old materials.
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Me Unit

For Students K - 1st
In this self-portrait worksheet, students use the outline of the head to draw their own face and hair. Students then color their picture.
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Free Printables: Guy Faces 1

For Teachers 1st - 4th
In this facial expressions worksheet, learners match or sort the cards depending on which facial expression appears on them. There is also an option to create domino cards. Teachers use the worksheet generator to choose how the cards...
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Light Bulb Santa

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students create light bulb Santa's using old light bulbs, acrylic paints, ribbon, and cords in this art instructional activity for the second through eighth grade classroom. This is a great activity to do before winter break. A picture...
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Human Abstraction

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore and compare abstraction of human forms in various ancient cultures and by creating self-portraits using geometric shapes. They identify which geometric shapes form the following features: face, nose, arms, torso,...
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America, A Home for Every Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the many cultures that are represented in America. In this American culture instructional activity, students look at the food, languages, music, and traditions that immigrants have contributed to the face of America....
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Facial Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study facial symmetry. They explore lines of symmetry, and create illustrations with multiple lines of symmetry.
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Relief-Print Portraits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use Elizabeth's Catlett's Sharecropper for inspiration to create relief-print portraits. After a lecture/demo, students attempt a portrait painting of one of their peers.
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Freed Slaves

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners are given the identify of a newly freed slave at the end of the Civil War. Students participate in a discussion to explore some of the difficulties and decision making freed slaves had to consider. Learners present their...
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The Changing Times of The Future

For Teachers 1st
First graders share their wishes for the future and discuss changes that have taken place. They observe a puppet who describes life in the future and identifies positive and difficult challenges he may face. Individual students draw a...
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Designing Animal Masks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore cultural traditions. In this lesson, about culture, students understand beliefs and traditions of different civilizations. Students analyze the meaning of animals to represent meaning to a culture. Students create a mask...
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Philanthropic Behavior/ Cooperative Learning

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars increase listening comprehension and use critical thinking skills to make a picture. In this philanthropic behavior lesson, students draw pictures in three parts. Each part is drawn by another young scholars. Students...
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Renewing a Contract with HBC

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners are invited to use the ECO Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company, as well as other sources identified, to complete a table (see Student Handout) of words and phrases that describe the duties, responsibilities and...
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Free Printables: Expression Cards 2

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this facial expressions worksheet, students evaluate the 10 faces on the worksheet and determine which facial expression is being displayed. Teachers can print large, labeled pictures of each expression or a worksheet with small cards...
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Story Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners incorporate available resources from the library and art room to produce visual art illustration through story reading.
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Free Printables: Expression Cards 1

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this facial expression worksheet, students cut out 12 facial expression cards, 6 positive and 6 negative moods. Teachers can print off a large picture of each expression that is labeled.
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Egyptian Profile Portraits

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design Egyptian style portraits. They use the correct proportions while drawing and painting the facial features.
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Georges Rouault Portraits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create portraits using brown construction paper, paints, and brushes in this 4th through 6th grade Art lesson. Emphasis is placed upon the artwork of Georges Rouault and the lesson includes resource links for background...
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Beginning Handwriting

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their handwriting skills on bus cut out at the beginning of the year. They talk about coming to school on the bus and add details to the bus.
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LET'S PLAY

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore music, patterns, notes, and instrumentation. They practice the proper technique at a keyboard and perform a simple three note pattern.
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Mini Totems

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a totem pole in the vain of those made by tribes of British Columbia and Alaska.
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Self-Portraits

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice the techniques of color, face proportion, emotion through color, and how to integrate handheld applications in Art projects in this Art lesson for the 8th grade classroom. Self-Portraits are used and emphasized in...
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Snowman Glyph

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this artistic learning exercise, students follow the directions to the coloring of a snowman glyph and then show their pictures to their classmates.
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More than Masks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils design their own mask using the face as the base. Using pieces of acetate, they mold the material into the shape of their face and turning it into an animal. They must draw their design and calculate the measurements before...