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Feminism Does Not Have to be an F-Word
Students analyze social activism messages in music. In this feminism activity, students explore selected music that expresses sentiments voiced in the women liberation movement in the United States. Students compare the lyrics of the...
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Overglaze Decoration on Tile
Students explore majolica. In this art and history instructional activity, students glaze and decorate pottery using the decorative ceramic technique of Majolica. Students discuss visual arts and make connections with history.
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National Gallery of Art: Leonardo da Vinci
Pupils study a portrait of Ginevra by Leonardo da Vinci. In this art appreciation lesson, students study this unique double-sided work by Leonardo da Vinci and are asked to create their own double-sided piece of art.
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Writing About Art: Objective vs. Subjective
Learners examine the sculpture "Head With Horns" by Paul Gauguin. In this perspectives lesson, students discuss what the terms "objective" and "subjective" means. Learners are shown the sculpture and write their subjective and objective...
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Critical Consumerism: Videos and Teen Culture
Students analyze music videos as a study on teen culture. In this teen culture lesson, students view music videos and track a different aspect of the videos for male representation, female representation, racial representation,...
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Draw Like an Egyptian
Learners discover the cultural history of Egypt by illustrating Egyptian figures. In this art history lesson, students analyze the Egyptian styles of figure drawings and emulate that by creating their own illustrations using an Egyptian...
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Confirmation
In this Confirmation worksheet, students color the picture of a Confirmation and write about it using words from a word bank. Students use 5 words.
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Diversity - Grade 7
Seventh graders consider the diversity of the First Nations cultures in Canada. For this cultural diversity lesson, 7th graders research the cultural groups of the First Nations as well as their contributions to Canadian society....
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Bessie Smith
In this jazz history learning exercise, students respond to 7 essay and short answer questions about the life and accomplishments of Bessie Smith.
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Historic Heroes
Students recognize traits of heroes as depicted in music, art and literature. In this cross curricular lesson, students evaluate and analyze various works fo art from different cultures that depict heroes.
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Multi-Media Hero Analysis
Students consider how the attributes of heroes have evolved. In this character traits lesson, students define heroism in their culture and research the epic heroes of literature. Students select heroes to write about and share their...
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Zora Hurston Teacher's Guide
Students explore American culture by reading classic literature in class. In this African-American history lesson, students read the story Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree while identifying the work and contributions of the real life...
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Hispanic Arts and Culture Unit: Visual Arts, Dance, and Music
Students learn about Latin American dance and rhythm in different forms and participate in dancing. In this Latin American lesson plan, students also analyze Latin American paintings.
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Painting Modern Life
Students analyze two works by Pablo Picasso and how he represents female figures. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the female figures in the two artworks and discuss them. Students research a topic of social importance and...
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A Trip To Greece
Students take a virtual trip to the country of Greece. Using the Internet, they examine pieces of art and sculpture from Roman times. They are to critique a piece of art and type it in a word processing program. They share their...
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Just Dancing Around? Trisha Brown
Students view a video clip highlighting the work of choreographer Trisha Brown and read her biography. They complete a table to summarize her work and they discuss their answers.
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Building a Body: Scale, Proportion, and Ratio
Students measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.
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Degenerate Art
Students examine the characteristics of expressionist and comtemporary art. They view a video clip and use the internet to see examples of each. They analyze the role of propoganda and symbols in art as well.
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VH1 Road to Fame: Harry Connick Jr.
Students examine musicians of the past and examine their music.
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Landscape Confection
Students engage in a lesson plan about the creation of landscape paintings. This activity is meant to be done before visiting a museum. They examine the works of art in order to become familiar with the style and recreate them. Then...
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Tree in Spring
Students use examples of Joseph Raffael's art of nature to create an all-school mosaic of a tree in spring using clay.
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The Great Depression
Students examine the time period of the Great Depression. In groups, they discover how the Works Progress Administration helped many workers during this time. Using the internet, they research how the government focused on the arts and...
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Time Zone
Eighth graders are given a year in history to research and identify the social and cultural situations at the time. In groups, they examine and describe various styles and periods of art and present them to the class. They relate the...
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Work And Resistance In America
Students investigate the history and events that surround the industrial revolution. They conduct research using secondary sources. They look reflectively at the history in order to build an idea of how the arts could have influenced the...