Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Role Model Medal

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate positive female role models. In this Women's History Month lesson plan, students read the book Mama Went to Jail for the Vote and think about how the character was a role model for other women. Students brainstorm a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conflict Between the States

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the conflicts which evolved into the Civil War. Students examine the differences between the north and the south. They discuss slavery and the battles during the war. Students create a mural and write battle songs...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Deerfield Debates Its Future: The Colonial Revival

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze why the Colonial Revival came as a response to cultural changes caused by technological development, industrial growth, and changing populations in Deerfield and the Connecticut River Valley.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weathervanes in the Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate wind and weather by creating a weathervane.  In this environment lesson, students identify the purpose of a weathervane and observe weathervanes in action on their campus.  Students create a weathervane and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jingle Shapes!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part One

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students analyze the purpose of a social entrepreneur. In this entrepreneurship activity, students create a "help wanted" advertisement and graphic organizer to provide information on how a social entrepreneur seeks long-term change by...
Activity
Curated OER

Bugs in a Cup

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study bugs. In this counting lesson students place the correct number of fake bugs in each cup pretending they are real.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Explore the World: Create-Your-Own-Artifact

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Pupils examine the cultures of different countries other than their own. They select a country they are interested in and research their lifestyles. Using clay, they create a model of one aspect of the new culture of their focus. They...
Website
Other

J.r. Burrows Co.: Founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource for an anthology of writings from William Morris and other artist founders of the arts and crafts movement along with a history of this movement with emphasis on the American segment.
Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The Arts and Crafts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia gives a brief history of the Arts and Crafts Movement, focusing on William Morris and artists working for the William Morris Company.
Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Arts and Crafts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Arts and Crafts movement and the artists involved. There are images on the page and links to artists as well. Site by ArtLex, providing an online art dictionary.
Handout
Columbia University

Columbia University Libraries: Greene & Greene Architectural Records and Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, this is a vast digitized archive of architectural records and papers from the influential Greene & Greene architects of southern California. Active in...
Website
Cornell University

Cornell University: Johnson Museum of Art: Byrdcliffe, Arts and Crafts Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
Byrdcliffe was an artist colony founded in 1902-03 in New York. This exhibition from the Johnson Museum of Art is the first traveling exhibition of Byrdcliffe and it features art objects, historical materials, architecture, music, and...
Website
Northwestern University

Northwestern University: Block Museum of Art: Design in the Age of Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
Image gallery of utilitarian and decorative objects in the style of the arts and crafts and art deco movements, including pieces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris, and Louis Sullivan.
Website
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a fun and interesting site to explore! Click on a time period to view examples and descriptions of various pieces of art from the modernism period. To see a larger image and more information of...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 6: Architecture and Design

For Students 9th - 10th
In this sixth unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn about the history of architecture, including ancient Greek and Roman works. They will learn about Frank Lloyd Wright and about Islamic architecture. They will also look...
Website
Other

Florida International University: Wolfsonian

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains artifacts of North American and European origin from 1885 - 1945. Includes sections of: British Arts & Crafts Movement, Dutch & Italian Art Movement, American Industrial Design, World's Fairs & Expos,...
Handout
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: William Morris

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web provides a wide variety of excellent resources related to Victorian artist William Morris, including a biography, social and political history, and information about his visual arts, themes, literary...
Lesson Plan
A to Z Teacher Stuff

Lesson Plan Z: The Arts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
LessonPlanZ, a searchable online database of lesson plans, provides links to lesson plans for arts and crafts, movement and dance, drama, and music.
Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Folk Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the American Art movement Folk art. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Using Dance to Explore Electricity [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
After analyzing examples of conductors and insulators, 5th graders will work in small groups to craft a dance that depicts an electrical current and how it is affected by a conductor or insulator. Students will present their dances to...
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Roycroft Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
Elbert Hubbard-founded home of a key community in the Arts and crafts movement.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Second Presbyterian Church

For Students 9th - 10th
This church is a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement with an interior by Howard Van Doren Shaw.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Wharton Esherick Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
A studio of Wharton Esherick who participated in Arts and Crafts Movement.