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Monster Writings
Fourth graders practice descriptive writing by describing a fictitious monster they created. In this language arts lesson, 4th graders illustrate an image of a monster character they imagine and practice using their vocabulary to...
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About Life: The Photographs of Dorthea Lange - Images of Children in Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Students examine how visual artists tell stories with their work. In this visual art instructional activity, students study two of Dorothea Lange's photographs to find elements of art and narrative content, use descriptive language when...
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Dream Bed
Learners view and discuss two beds in the Getty collection and design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. For this imagery beds lesson plan students have to describe and compare/contrast works of art, orally and in writing. They...
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Portraits of Courage
Seventh graders define courage and illustrate it in a portrait art medium. In this courage and art instructional activity, 7th graders discuss courage and identify a person who represents its meaning. Students then bring in a...
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Dream Bed
Students design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design instructional activity, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Students use descriptive...
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Designing a Bus Stop
Young scholars evaluate visual arts by creating a design for a small building. In this art analysis lesson plan, students identify the work of Keith Haring and discuss his uses of color and expression. Young scholars...
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Looking At Portraits: Literary Monuments
Students 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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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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Cause and Effect SDAIE Lesson
Fifth graders read two Mexican folktales and discuss cause and effect. They draw a cause and effect relationship from one of the stories.
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Making a Fantasy Line
Students distinguish events that occur in the fantasy and real world by drawing a fantasy line.
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Tooning In to Morals
Students discuss cartoons and the moral lessons they can teach. They imagine and draw a cartoon figure who could impart a lesson of some kind to younger Students.
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Line and Pattern Design Paper Sculpture
The students create patterns and repeat colors for unity. They explore organic shapes and demonstrate awareness of design principles and art elements. They then create 3-D paper relief from a 2-D surface and demonstrate the difference...
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Puzzles and Brain Teasers
In this puzzle activity, students draw the given picture using one continuous line without crossing a line or taking their pencil off the paper.
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Picture Writing
Fourth graders create symbols. In this visual arts lesson, 4th graders study cave drawings, Native American pictographs, and Aboriginal Drawings prior to creating their own communication without using words.
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Yellow Days: Studying Vincent van Gogh's Painting
Students revisit the color yellow and are introduced to van Gogh, the painter. In this visual arts lesson plan, students study Vincent van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" and identify the color yellow. Students create their own...
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Shimmering Shamrocks
Students make shamrocks. In this art lesson, students draw a large shamrock onto a peice of paper and fill the shamrock with glue. Students sprinkle green glitter on the glue shaking off the excess glitter that does not stick.
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Visualizing While Listening
First graders practice visualization. In this reading and listening comprehension strategy visualization lesson, 1st graders close their eyes and listen to the teacher describe a familiar place, then draw what they visualized in their...
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Painted Chairs
Young scholars evaluate visual arts by creating furniture designs. In this three dimensional art lesson plan, students utilize the web to examine different artist renderings of furniture, sculpture and architecture. Young scholars...
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MYSTERY PICTURES (Following Oral Directions)
Students draw pictures while following simple instructions. They discuss the importance of following directions explicitly. They discuss the differences between each child's work. They follow a second set of directions.
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Metamorphosis
Students select organic object and transform it to an inorganic object in five or six steps, and complete value rendered drawings.
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Introduction To Composition And Elements Of Design
Students create a finished drawing with a dynamic, asymmetrical composition. Pencil sketches are encouraged for final projects. Students assess their own work prior to submitting the artwork.
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The Ogre Bully
Second graders read the story The Ogre Bully and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, sequencing, analyzing,...
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Symbols to Sculptures
Students take a 2 dimensional drawing and make it into a 3 dimensional form. In this art lesson plan, students base their work off of Keith Haring, and view slides and a video of other 3D art.
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Story Books
Students discuss a narrative work of art, then write stories describing the action and publish their stories and illustrations in books.