+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drawing Emotions

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine how artists have expressed emotion thru use of line, color and shapes. They communicate a variety of emotions using line, shape and values to create form.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mixed-Media Self-Portrait with Symbols

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch segments of a video to explore portraits. They create a self portrait using mixed-media.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

At the Crossroads

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stephen Crane - Surrealism and the Antihero

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the work of Stephen Crane as a lesson on surrealism and an antihero. In this surrealism lesson, students complete discuss activities for the topic. Students then analyze Crane's poetry, his use of surrealism, and the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

People at Work

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners observe people at work. They create their own drawings of those people at their jobs.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Portrait Painting in the style of Georges Rouault

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students paint portraits in the style of Rouault.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nosferatu Expression and Diminished Chords

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to construct and play diminished triads and half and whole diminished chords on the keyboard. They create appropriate sounds to accompany sections of the movie "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors." Students discuss the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Field of Dreams

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study several of Marc Chagall's paintings with an emphasis on his use of symbolic color and of space. They explore learn basic techniques for using Scholar colored pencils, and create an artwork using a baseball theme.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flying Too Close to the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the myth of Icarus and his father and discuss the associated metaphor. They view the work of a number of artists and create a painting depicting the myth.
+
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Cubism

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A study of Cubism and self expression can go hand in hand.

Other popular searches