Students identify where China is in relation to the US. They investigate the history of dragons in Chinese culture. Students explore the nine different parts of a dragon and incorporate them into their own dragon. Student identify the...

Students examine the elements and principles of design. They design and create posters to promote world peace.

Students examine relationships between music and color, emotion and imagery, listen to different passages of music, and visually depict what they hear.

Second graders depict the illusion of depth in an artwork, using overlapping shapes, relative size and placement of fabric on a mural. They identify with the elements of art in objects in nature, the environment, and Ringgold's mural.

Middle schoolers will demonstrate the ability to create the illusion of space by overlapping shapes.They will recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes. Students will demonstrate the influence of personal...

Students research the creation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Walt Disney Concert Hall. They work in groups to identify architectural and acoustical elements, examine other structures designed by Frank Gehry and create a plan for...

Fifth graders create unique montages based on a theme, using pictures from magazines with each montage taking up the specified space determined by the background paper.

Students, with the use of the Internet among various other resources, research/locate Polish folktales and re-tell the Polish folktales in their own words. In addition, they examine the art of Wycinanki, Polish paper cutting.

Young scholars will select a high interest animal portrait. After completing an n accurate light line drawing, the portrait will be finished using contours lines constructed of implied wrapping using pencil and pen. The eyes will be...

Young scholars are introduced to the key concepts of maps; direction, pathway/line, shape and symbol. They create the pathways and shapes they have "mapped" out on paper on the floor. They dance along the paths.

Learners demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

Students develop critical thinking skills to understand and create advertisements.  For this journalism lesson, students analyze the elements necessary for effective advertisements and work in cooperative groups to create and...

Students explore art history by conducting an in-class activity. For this sculpting lesson, students examine previously created art sculptures in a textbook. Students utilize clay, sculpting tools and grey paper to create their own...

Students examine the basic concepts of advertising.  In this media awareness lesson, students discuss target audience, art, and purpose in advertising to determine what makes an advertisement effective or ineffective. ...

Young scholars express their knowledge of the vocabulary of creative dance by creating and performing a group dance.

Second graders discover the use of melody in music and how it relates to simple songs and music notation. Students sing and move throughout this activity. Emphasis is placed upon group and individual practice interpreting musical...

Pupils construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. Learners improvise a brief dance created through manipulation of ribbon wand using three distinct...

Young scholars construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. They create a dance using the ribbon wand.

Students create a sun tin relief sculpture. In this Mexican art lesson, students incorporate line and form into a relief sculpture that they create of the sun.

Students use dance as a form of communication. In this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.

Students read a play and create their own play using Thornton Wilder's Our Townas a resource. In this play lesson, students analyze how theatrical elements contribute to a play's meanings and effects. Students recognize differences...

Students research Dan Wagoner and apply his choreographic ideas in "Plod" to dance study. In this art lesson, students discuss Dan Wagoner. Students select four shapes from "Plod" and connect in a dance.

Pupils watch segments of a video to explore portraits. They create a self portrait using mixed-media.

Learners compare and contrast translations of Greek literature. In this dramatic literature lesson, students read and perform passages from four different translations of Euripides's Hecuba. Learners discuss how the translations...