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Easy Printmaking in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students use styrofoam and cardboard to create prints. Students choose a theme and create designs and pictures on styrofoam and cardboard. Students also use construction paper, cardboard cylinder sections to make their art.
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Things That Make Us Want To Scream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils 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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My Monkey in the Jungle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create depictions of a monkey in its' natural habitat. Emphasis is placed on the artwork of Henri Rousseau and techniques of landscape and design. State standards are addressed in this lesson.
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Constructivism (Line and shape)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the element of line to create a composition, then apply a printmaking technique to create a composition.
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Dot To Dot Seurat

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore the style of art known as pointillism and the artist (Georges Seurat) who created it.
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Color My World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify colors created by mixing primary colors and describe the process. They then design a book using the colors of a given season entitled "Colors of the Season".
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James Peale Lesson Plans

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the work of James Peale. In this visual arts activity, students examine "The Ambush of Captain Allan McClane." Students create their own artwork that features animals or objects important to them that incorporate realism.
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Lesson Plans for Fantasy: Allegory of Air

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars use combinations of real and imaginary objects to create illustrations for a book.  In this Fantasy in art lesson, students discuss the elements of fantasy in Allegory of Air.  Young scholars study the work of...
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Lesson Plans for History: The Annunciation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze The Annunciation and complete related art activities. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art piece The Annunciation and create an altar piece. Students discuss the importance of a label and write one for...
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Modern Landscapes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the artistic responses to the changing landscape during the interwar period. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze landscape images and consider the ways artists depicted the changing landscape. Students complete...
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Artist's Choice: People

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine the different artistic styles of three artists and the stereotypes of women they represent in their art. In this art analysis lesson plan, students analyze the art of Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, and Richard...
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Art and War

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the war art of Pablo Picasso. In this art analysis lesson, students define political art and explore Picasso's response to war in his art. Students complete image based discussion and two related activities.
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Vincent's Flowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become acquainted with Vincent Van Gogh and examine how pastels can be used to create a variety of lines and textural effects.
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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'Keeffe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Don't Marry the Mole!

For Teachers 3rd
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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Journalism in the Halls

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'keeffe

For Teachers K - 12th
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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Design and Texture

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students experience how texture is one of the six basic elements of design. It gives an image authenticity and 'flavor'. It invites the audience to enter a piece and encourages each viewer to experience rather than simply observe.
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Chemical Equations and Stoichiometry

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemical equations worksheet, learners calculate how many grams are used to in the equation written as well as the grams formed in the chemical equation. Students identify the limiting reagent in some of the chemical equations....
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Research European expansionism and colonialism during the Age of Exploration. Study the Marquise de Miramon and discuss the objects from Japan. Research Europe's expansionism and colonialism during the Age of Exploration by working in...
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Kandinsky Color Studies

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars 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. Young scholars relate the use of color...
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Making Puzzles

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create their own puzzles. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their jigsaw puzzles made from card stock.
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Touch-Drawings

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore an object without seeing it then draw what s/he felt.  In this touch-drawings activity, students partner and place objects in a paper bag so the other person cannot see it.  Then students use their hands and...
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National Gallery of Art: Leonardo da Vinci

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students 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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