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College Board

Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?

For Teachers 7th Standards
How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Monet's Garden by the Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.
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Arizona State University

Art Lesson: Should Art Be for Art's Sake?

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Students review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental point...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Ancient Mayan Civilization Art & Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the art and culture of the Maya civilization including history, forms of art, recent discoveries, and some art lessons. There is also a lengthy list of web resource links.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade: Using Compare and Contrast Keywords: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, teachers can help students increase their understanding of what they read through the use of key words that compare and contrast.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Constitution Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the origin of Constitution Day and the history of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Lists descriptions of the seven articles and twenty-seven amendments in the Constitution. Presents lesson suggestions from teachers and...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Texture

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art, texture, by identifying different types of textures found in multiple works of art and hypothesize what materials and techniques were used to achieve that texture. Then,...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department (Iad)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Sfmoma: Art Think

For Teachers 9th - 10th
ArtThink lessons and activities show how interrelated art is with other disciplines, such as language arts and social studies, and teaches us that there are many way to look at and understand a piece of art. The glossary does more than...
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Other

North Dakota Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website of the North Dakota Museum of Art. The museum focuses on contemporary art and art that shows the visual history of the region, including a focus on Native American art. Collections and exhibitions can be viewed...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Math and Language Arts Lesson: Division

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The lesson will help students develop an initial understanding of division and clarify how the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division relate to and are separate from each other. The lesson begins with a...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Sub Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Lesson ideas for the substitute teacher for elementary art instruction.
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Goshen College

Goshen College: Personal Clay Box Ceramic Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan uses the slab method to create a clay box decorated to express the individual.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art of Mexico Latin American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the significance of Hispanic Heritage Month and provides a huge collection of links to websites looking at Mexican and Hispanic art and culture, as well as some lesson plans.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art Tessellations

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at tessellation artists, including M.C. Escher, Robert Fathauer, and Roger Penrose. This is followed by a discussion of fractals and their similarities and differences to tessellations, and links to lessons and resources on...
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Natural Materials

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will learn that artists like David Nash use natural materials such as wood to create works of art that incorporate principles of design such as balance, repetition, rhythm, and unity. They will collect their own natural...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: A Lesson Before Dying

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Ernest J. Gaines' novel, A Lesson Before Dying, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and ten lesson plans with activities, homework assignments, project ideas and essay topics. A radio show, with...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: What Is Art?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will discuss opinions on criteria for what makes a work of art and then debate whether Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes can be considered art. Then, students will use everyday objects from their homes as the basis for a new work of art.
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Other

Art Rageous: Wire and Pantyhose Sculptures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With just a pair of pantyhose, and a coathanger, you won't believe the creative sculptures your students will come up with! This lesson plan gives step-by-step directions, and several colorful examples to show your students. (Click...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Art and Exploration in the American West and Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson on the 19th Century representation through art and maps of indigenous population and territory of the American West and Mexico. Primary source documents and questions for discussion are included.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade: Author's Purpose: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan helps students learn to identify an author's purpose.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Weather and Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here's an engaging activity to incorporate dance into your science lessons on weather! Students study wind, and various weather patterns, then create their own dance to illustrate what they have learned. Provides links to more...

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