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Cityscapes

For Teachers K - 12th
A perfect resource for an art teacher of any grade. First, click on the resource's second tab, entitled "Activities," to find four unique grade-specific lesson all based on the theme of cityscapes.  Each activity utilizes the...
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Exploring Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students find real-world examples of a variety of geometric shapes. They conduct research, record observations, and write descriptions. They create a classroom cityscape and highlight the information they gathered. They present an oral...
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National Gallery of Canada

Build a City of the Future!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Tap into your pupils' imagination by asking them to design futuristic, ideal cities. They must discuss and take scale and size into account, looking at some model pieces of art for inspiration and analysis. The final product for each...
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Pop Into My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish cityscapes from seascapes and landscapes and explore the features of a community. Then, they create a pop-up paper city showing foreground, middle ground, and background.
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Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a landscape or cityscape.  In this landscape lesson, students discover the definition of a landscape and describe various examples.  Students choose three images and write "postcards" from each of the three...
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Wild Where?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate why the urban environment is considered a hostile environment; define the concept of endangered species; describe and identify a Peregrine Falcon; describe and identify the eating habits of the Peregrine Falcon.
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Shoes and the Backyard Landscape

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Your shoes get a lot of mileage in familiar places. Represent the places you have traveled the most with an art project based on a print of Indian People Wear Shoes and Socks by Juane Quick-to-See Smith. Kids trace their shoes and...
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Brooklyn Museum

HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Visual arts lessons don't always mean the children need to make art. Here, they will practice using their visual literacy skills to analyze four images through the compare and contrast method. The first two images deal with gender...
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American Museum of Natural History

Create Your Own Time Capsule

For Students 4th - 12th
The corona virus pandemic is indeed a historic event. A time capsule activity permits young historians to document these days of social distancing, remote learning, and quarantine by collecting artifacts that capture what their lives are...
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Visual Depth in Art

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explain the concept of foreground, middle ground and background in creating a sense of depth in a landscape painting or drawing.
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Two-Point Perspective

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders will learn to create the illusion of depth on a two dimensional surface using the technique of perspective.Analyze famous works of art and photographs of local architecture and identify how each is using perspective....
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Landscapes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore landforms and landscapes. They demonstrate an appreciation for and examine how to recognize the attributes of landforms and landscapes. Students create a landscape and reflect on their painting.
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When the Giant Came to Town....

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss various techniques artists have to show distance. They view examples, and discuss overlapping. Students create art work based on things in a city. Students tell about their artwork in casual style conversation while...
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Visual Art: Romare Bearden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the art of Romare Bearden, focusing on a stained-glass window designed for a New York City elevated railway station. they visit the site and discuss the art after viewing it from various perspectives. Based on their...
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Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society: Brazil Cityscapes: Rio De Janeiro

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the tale of Rio de Janeiro and learn why it is "one of the world's most famous cities." Nice photo gallery included.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Diebenkorn: Cityscape I [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Richard Diebenkorn.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Panoramic Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy this collection of over 4,000 panoramic photographs of America from 1851-1991. Each of the 50 states is represented as well as several foreign countries and U.S. territories. Highlights of the collection include disasters, sports,...
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Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries: Liudmila Kondakova

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking at these paintings will make you feel like you took a trip to Europe! Kondakova paints realistic street scenes and storefronts in Paris. Although, you can find images from other cities.
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Tom Richey

Tom richey.net: Dutch Golden Age Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A PowerPoint presentation created by a history teacher that teachers can use in their classroom. This presentation focuses on the Dutch Golden Age. This presentation focuses on the six major types of painting (historical, landscapes and...
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Denver Colorado

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Denver, Colorado .

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