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Drawing Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore media and techniques to create works of art
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Symmetrical Design: Pennsylvania Barn Signs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain and apply the visual arts elements and the design principle of symmetry and apply media, techniques, and processes. In addition, they describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different...
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Analyzing Literary Elements in Literary Nonfiction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the literary elements of a nonfiction text. In this literary elements lesson, 4th graders read the text Piano Starts Here--The Young Art Tatum and fill in a chart that includes the events from the book....
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Culture in Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how cultural aspects of their lives are depicted in society. They view a video on Frida Kahlo and identify the cultural elements that she referenced in her work.
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Walk into the Desert, A Line and Wash Landscape

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss a landscape art print and its composition. They create a landscape underdrawing with foreground, middleground and background as well as repeated elements for rhythm. They add a watercolor wash and lights/darks for...
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Elements of a Story

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use text to identify the elements of a story. They compare and contrast the elements and explain them to the class. They discover why each element is needed to make a good story.
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Fiction Elements in Hatchet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read or listen to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, identify elements of fiction, develop writing, thinking, and organizing skills, and create PowerPoint slides based on the story.
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Elements Video

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video on the elements of design. During the video, they take notes and complete a worksheet on the material. To end the lesson, they review their answers to the worksheet and view examples of each element of design in a...
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Elements of African Oral Literature

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the importance of family history.  In this Language Arts activity, 9th graders read and discuss African oral literature with a focus on the roles of griots.  Students compare /contrast the elements of...
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Journey to Understanding the Elements of Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the elements of film. In this media awareness instructional activity, students view film clips and discuss the impact of lighting, music, setting, and costumes on the films. 
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The Four Elements of a Good Poster

For Students 5th - 10th
In this poster worksheet, students fill out a brainstorming chart, advertising elements, and more, to incorporate into their poster. Students complete 4 activities.
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Literary Elements and Grammar Review

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review literary elements such as simile, metaphor, allusion, plot sequence, allusion, situational irony, and theme. As the class begins, 8th graders discuss childhood memories. Students write a story about their...
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Transferring Rhythmic Patterns From Music to Movement

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify and demonstrate movement elements in relation to musical notation. They clap to rhythms, beat on drums, match musical notes to speech patterns and use the rhythms of the their names to create a dance.
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Elements of Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars define basic design vocabulary. They examine fabrics and sort into similar piles, design a picture of a beautiful room and label each art element in the design. They read an article from an interior design magazine and...
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Spot the Leaf: Identifying Plants in Works of Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore the leaf as a design motif in art. They conduct Internet research on leaf and tree symbolism, view and discuss artwork, and create an original work of art featuring a leaf or leaf motif.
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Using Literary Elements to Compare Fiction Texts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore language arts by reading and reflecting on literary examples. For this fiction writing lesson, students read several different cultural versions of the story "Cinderella" and discuss their interaction with the story and...
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VISUAL ARTS

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students learn the historical context of mask-making explore the elements of the art form.
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Improving Web Page Design Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify areas of web page design that must be checked before posting a web site to the Internet. They list and demonstrate two or more design elements that can improve the look and functionality of a web site.
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The Elements of Poetry

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the elements in poetry. In groups, they complete a jigsaw puzzle and discover the strategies for completing a puzzle and reading a poem are similar. Students read short poems and identify key elements in a poem...
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Elements of the Narrative Poem: "Casey at the Bat"

For Students 7th - 9th
Unlike the mighty Casey, you can hit a home run with this worksheet that uses Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat” as a model of a narrative poem. Young fans must identify the characters, the time and place, the sequence of events...
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Contour Drawing - Portrait - Elements and Principles of Design Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create portrait with contour line - drawing from observation, then contrast warm and cool colors - work with pattern and textures. They work wet in wet graded wash technique and develop skills in using elements and principles of...
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Secret Stories: Exploring the Elements of Folktales and Fables

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the characteristics of fables and folktales. In groups, they read and identify the various elements in the stories they read from around the world. For each story, they analyze the setting and the various...
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Word Search: Elements of Music

For Students 6th - 8th
In this music instructional activity, students find the words that are related to the different elements of music and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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INTERPRETING A WORK OF ART THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a story based upon their interpretation of a work of art. The story displays students' knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict and use of descriptive text.

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