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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Perspective Drawing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students use line segments, angles, and parallel and perpendicular lines in order to create a one point perspective drawing.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My City, My Perspective

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A instructional activity in which students create a drawing of a local architectural structure using grid and perspective lines.
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Other

How to Draw and Paint: Learn to Draw

For Students 9th - 10th
Bob Davies offers free online drawing tutorials and videos. He will demonstrate for you some basic drawing skills and how to draw a variety of different subjects including the human face.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Mathematical Models With Applications

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity, students use geometry software to create a two-point perspective drawing.
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National Gallery of Canada

Cybermuse: Introduction to Pictorial Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site featuring the work of Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, and Mondrian, among others, that explores pictorial space in a composition There are lesson plans for ages 4-18, and a great section where works are juxtaposed for comparison. Use the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Explorations in American Environmental History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These lessons introduce young scholars to historical perspectives of nature and the environment, drawing on the American Memory collections, other digital resources, readings, and writing exercises. Students examine materials in a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I'm "Thumbody"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, young scholars create a thumb print and draw a picture of themselves around it in order to investigate differences among the students.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
For nearly a century, ten inkblots have been used as an almost mystical personality test. Long kept confidential for psychologists and their patients, the mysterious images were said to draw out the workings of a person's mind. But what...