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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'Keeffe
Students create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration, then develop skills in drawing and composition. They explain the difference between realistic and abstract.
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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'keeffe
Students create "abstract flowers" using the artwork of Georgia O'Keefe and knowledge of warm and cool colors in this Art lesson for grades K-12. The lesson includes a short recommended book list and a biography of Georgia O'Keefe.
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Gone With the Past: Past Tense Verbs
In this past tense verbs worksheet, students change the verbs to past tense in 8 sentences and change 8 past tense verbs into present tense verbs on the lines provided.
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Understanding Freedom: Catching "The Spirit of '76"
Sixth graders complete activities about colonial history through an examination of art from the American Revolution period. In this history and art lesson, 6th graders define an iconic image, sing the song 'Yankee Doodle,' and analyze...
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Create a World
Students combine imaginative powers with known map-making techniques to create a whole new world.
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Picasso's Three Musicians
This lesson has students read or be read a book about Picasso and the technique of Cubism. They are shown a sample of what they are doing to be doing and discuss the drawing process. Using a photo of a musical instrument, they sketch it...
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Native American Clay Pots
Students explore world culture by conducting an art project in class. In this Native American culture lesson, students identify the types of materials American Indians utilized in their artistic endeavors, specifically clay. Students...
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Spicy, Hot Colors
Students demonstrate an understanding of colors. For this visual arts lesson, students read the text Hot, Spicy Colors and name their favorite colors. Students complete a bar graph to show the data. Students discuss how each color can...
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Snap! Crackle! Box!
Students develop a new cereal and design a box for it. In this art and design lesson plan, students complete a year-end cumulative activity in which the use all of their artistic skills to develop a new cereal. They use their marketing...
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LUIZ JIMENEZ AND DRAWING
Learners view and discuss the work of Luis Jimenez and then complete several gesture drawings using a variety of media.
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Reading Into Rabbit
Eighth graders explore the art pieces found in the Missoula Art Museum. In this instructional activity, 8th graders select two pieces of art from the coyote section by going to the Missoula Art Museum website, and then create a collage...
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Scenes of Reverence: The Virgin of Guadalupe
Students learn the history of Christianity in New Spain. They learn the story and significance of the Virgin of Guadalupe. They compare and contrast images of the Virgin and religious art to European counterparts.
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Inquiry Lesson About Color
Students investigate the color choices artists make in their work, and to practice the scientific process of predicting, observing, inferring, and interpreting. This instructional activity's purpose is to prepare students for a museum...
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Paving the Road to the Constitution
Eighth graders assess the strengths and weaknessess of the Articles of Confederation as related to the United States and North Carolina. They demonstrate an argument for or against ratification of the United States Constitution.
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A Monster's World
Pupils will use texture to create imaginary monsters and learn about the African American inventor Jan Earnst Matzeliger.
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Artful Boomerangs
Young scholars create and decorate a boomerang. In this boomerang lesson, students research the history of the boomerang and the three different types. They create their own boomerang and decorate it with a collage of pictures.
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Things That Make Us Want To Scream
Students create a drawing of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and draw items that make them want to scream in this creative Art lesson plan for the Middle or High School classroom. The lesson plan includes resource links for artwork and...
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Journalism in the Halls
Students examine the Lane Tech murals on the Web or at the school. They conduct interviews with students and professionals as a method of researching the subjects of these murals. They write an article for a special "mural" edition of...
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Ag in my classroom
Students fill out worksheets and create a poster based on items in their classroom that came from agriculture. In this agriculture lesson plan, students discuss different classroom items and how they were or were not made from agriculture.
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Don't Marry the Mole!
Third graders demonstrate the power of solar energy by completing a variety of activities, including the creation of a Pizza Box Solar Oven.
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Kandinsky Color Studies
Students study the artist Wassily Kandinsky as well as his art and and music. In this art appreciation lesson, students view a variety of Kandinsky's work and circular color studies. Students relate the use of color to emotion...
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ESL: Tenses in Passive Voice
For this ESL passive voice tense worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, writing verbs in proper tense and passive voice.
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Snow Globes
Young scholars create snow globes out of recycled coffee jars and other items.