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Magnificent Monet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the water lily paintings of Claude Monet and the impressionistic art period. They create their own impressionistic art works and display them in the classroom.
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Tip Ins - "Games People Play"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use different design techniques such as collage, paint, pencil, etc., to show the theme of "games people play."
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Animals in the Wild

For Teachers K
Students compare/contrast paintings with similar subjects and themes. They discuss how a painting may relate to life experiences. Students draw animal families and compose a story about a painting by Gerome. They discuss zoos and...
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Marc Chagall

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders paint their own picture based on the paintings of Marc Chagall. In this Marc Chagall lesson plan, 2nd graders study his paintings, identify his paintings compared to others, pick out distinct characteristics of his...
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Art as Storyteller

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how paintings tell stories. They read biographies about artists, analyze paintings, research and write the art history of a painting, write a creative story based on the painting, and create a painting in the artist's...
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Falling Leaves

For Teachers K
Students create a painting of falling leaves. In this art lesson, students collect fallen leaves and paint over them using tempera or water color paint to make an outline. Students continue painting the leaves until their paper is...
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Crossing the Deleware: A Visual Myth or Reality

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars analyze the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.For this analyzing lesson plan, students analyze this painting that has a lot of historical inaccuracies, and then come up with a persuasive argument supporting or...
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Celebration and Satire

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars analyze 19th-century paintings that depict celebrations in various ways. For this visual arts lesson, students view samples of paintings during the Industrial Revolution and discuss the effects of that time period on...
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What's Your Impression?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students paint landscapes. In this Impressionism lesson, students explore the history behind the Impressionist Movement in art and paint their own impressionist piece inspired by a nearby landscape.
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O'keefe's Flowers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in a instructional activity about the artist Georgia O'keefe by examining here artwork as a model for style. The art is displayed and students are allowed the time to paint their own paintings. Then they write a...
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Do You See What I See?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars identify the characteristics of different painting styles in this lesson. They examine the essential elements that characterize the different styles, and further research one chosen style of artwork. They then create an...
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Fancy Footwork

For Students Pre-K - K
In this painting worksheet, students remove their shoes and put their feet in a tray of paint. Students paint an abstract painting with their feet. This worksheet is geared to the adults who will be guiding students.
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Texas State Capitol, Post-Visit Lesson Plan, 7th Grade

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders tour the Texas State Capitol and discover two historic paintings in the Capitol building. They discover how these paintings depict crucial events of the Texas Revolution. In groups, they review notebooks of the artist...
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John Constable: artist

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students paint their own cloudy sky after studying paintings of the artist John Constable. In this John Constable lesson plan, students read and discuss the outdoor paintings of this artist and then complete their own painting of the...
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And Then What Happened?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students analyze paintings by using verbs, adjectives, and nouns. In this visual arts lesson, students view a painting of a storm and a calm sky. Students use various verbs and adjectives to discuss the characteristics of each painting....
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Periodic Pigment

For Teachers K - 12th
Students make paint using the ingredients from recipes from the 17th century. In this paint making lesson plan, students follow a recipe with vegetable oil, eggs, pigment, paintbrushes, and more to make their paint.
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How Big Should My Picture Be?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore water color techniques. In this water color lesson, students examine how to size their drawings. Students discover that water color painting works best on a smaller scale as they create an original piece of art.
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Take Colour To The Street

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create paintings on wooden panels to be displayed on the sidewalk. In this paintings lesson plan, students work on the paintings as a team based on the work of Keith Haring.
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Decoding Haring's Symbols

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students mix colors and complete a yarn painting by using yarn to paint. For this painting lesson plan, students base this painting off of the lines and paint strokes of Keith Haring.
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ABSTRACT EX[RESSIONISM DE KOONING STYLE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view and discuss the work of Elaine de Kooning and then the students create a painting in the Abstract Expressionist style.
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Little Engine That Could Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students retell the story The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the various trains featured in the story, focusing on the descriptive words. Students then create their own...
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Puzzle Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students sketch and give a title to a painting which they are given a small detail of. In this painting lesson plan, students share their titles and try to determine the theme and subject of the full painting based on these clues. At the...
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Color

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study the elements of color in paint and light. In this color science lesson plan, students discuss colors in their world, white light, and rainbows. Students mix three primary paint colors to make various secondary colors....
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National Gallery of Art: Jackson Pollock

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students paint a picture in the style of Jackson Pollock. In this painting lesson, students learn about Jackson Pollock and the method that he used to create his famous pieces of art. Students use objects other than paintbrushes to...

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