Young scholars view the images from the Nature Images Photo Gallery and identify various elements of nature. They then group the elements into categories and discuss what these images tell about the worlds of ancient Native Americans.

Students measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.

Students create a portrait that describes their culture.

First graders read a variety of stories containing mathematical word problems. They illustrate the math problems with manipulable counters.

Students create maps of the borderland region. They decorate their maps with colors, pictures, icons, scenes, words that reflect their understanding of the character and history of the borderland.

Students view and analyze "Still Life," by Cornelis de Heem. They answer discussion questions about the painting, write similes, discuss symbolism, create a still life sketch, and create a paint box poem.

Students identify birds that appear in Chinese and Japanese art, learning about their physical characteristics, classifying them according to scientific principles, and exploring their habitats and migration patterns. This is part one...

Learners examine art by a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. Using the artwork, they identify three physical land features. They use sand and other materials to create their own day or evening scene in Cameroon. They share their...

Students explore their own culture and identity through the study of literature and artwork of other cultures. Students read and discuss Last of the Breed and identify cultural values. They create a presentation that incorporates their...

Pupils examine color and composition by arranging color paper cut-outs without the use of sketches or drawings in this Art lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the "cut-out" art pieces created by Henri...

Students begin their examination of non-objective artwork. Individually, they participate in activities in which they take designs within other images and use them for their focus in their art. They create a sculpture with the new...

Students discuss the idea of cultural diffusion by examining how the sculptural portrayal of the Buddha's clothing evolved in Japanese and Chinese art. This lesson concludes with a group project and presentation.

A lesson that examines how Native Americans were portrayed by artists in the sixteenth century, whose aim was to convey their appearance to a European audience, and thereby encourage investment in future New World explorations. By...

Links to many sites where the viewer can find representations of Simon Vouet's art.

This page provides links to many sites where viewers can find representations of Le Sueur's paintings.

Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek Goddess Athena. Describes her lineage, symbols associated with her, and artistic representations of her.

Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek Hero Bellerophon. Describes his lineage and provides artistic representations of Bellerophon with Pegasos.

Illustrated dictionary definition over Greek monster Griffin. Provides detailed description of Griffin and the different artistic representations. Describes the significance of the animal to the Greeks.

It's not the style in which he paints that is most talked about, it's the size. Katz likes to paint life-size representations of artists and their companions as can be seen in his "Pas de Deux Suite."

There is significant debate concerning the development of the Buddha image--where it first occurred, why, and when. Broadly speaking, the image of the Buddha emerged during the first few centuries C.E. in two major centers of Indian art...

In this 9-12 lesson, students will analyze the positive character traits of heroes as depicted in music, art, and literature. They will gain an understanding of how cultures and societies have produced folk, military, religious,...

Explore two of the pieces of artwork by Canadian painter, Maurice Cullen: " Cape Diamond" and " Paris, Winter on the Seine". Read about his life as an impressionist artist who also did landscapes.

Some scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom that dinosaurs abruptly disappeared because of a huge crater created by an extraterrestrial impact in the Gulf of Mexico. Find out about this challenge and what they're saying about...

An illustrated explanation of the earliest artistic representations attributable to human hands found in caves at Lascaux, France.