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Making Elisir
Students examine the technical language used by musicians and music lovers. They study the contemporary relevance of 19th Century Italian opera and understand how it is translated into electronic media.
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Issues Close to Home
Students discuss their role in their local government. Individually, they use various types of media to examine and take a position on a topic important to them. To introduce their position, they write a letter to the Board of...
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See What I Hear
Young scholars examine relationships between music and color, emotion and imagery, listen to different passages of music, and visually depict what they hear.
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Making Movie Storyboards
Students explore the importance of images in telling a story in film, analyze movie clips and identify some visual cues that help them explain the story; students work collaboratively to storyboard a passage from a book and present them...
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Picturing People
Students look at the varied ways the human body is portrayed in contemporary media. They discuss what a character is and how it plays a role in telling stories. Students look at examples of objects like dolls, puppets and toys that...
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Sides of a Texas Quarter
Students study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins, especially the quarter. They research Texas symbols online and create a design for the obverse and reverse sides a Texas quarter in a choice of media.
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Space Shuttle Simulator
Fourth graders discuss the space shuttle and its parts. They vote on a class symbol to be placed on their models of the space shuttle. Students build a model of the space shuttle. They discuss the different media that they will use and...
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I Dig Your Art, Man (or Woman)
Twelfth graders write a thesis regarding a modern artist of their choice for a 15-20 multi-media presentation. For this lesson students create a Power Point, video, or some other visual representation studying an artist or modern...
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Photographic Diversity
Students explore photographic media. In this visual arts instructional activity, students sort postcard photographs into categories they devise. Students then learn to use cameras and darkrooms to that they may shoot their own...
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Lesson Two: Creating Great Images (of People) for Video
Young scholars study basic concepts necessary to produce beautiful, professional looking visual compositions (which can then be used in professional television productions).
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Analyzing Character Traits
Young scholars read "Frog and Toad are Friends" and investigate physical, emotional, and mental character traits. They brainstorm a list of character traits that make a good friend. The list is placed into a visual ranking system that...
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Using Logos and Mission Statements to Communicate Sustainable Forestry Information
Young scholars survey forestry foundations to see how they represent important information into their logos and mission statements. In this forestry lesson plan, students use the information to better understand visual representations...
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Painted Balsa-Foam Butterfly
Learners research a butterfly and create butterfly art. In this visual arts instructional activity, students choose a specific butterfly to research and create a Balsa-Foam butterfly of the same species. Learners use Balsa-Foam, modeling...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Art History 101
Students learn to appreciate art. In this early childhood lesson plan, students read about different artists and imitate their style to develop creative thinking, and language and literacy skills.
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Keith Haring Posters
Students observe visual art by utilizing the Internet in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students define the art which Haring has created over the years and examine previous art work online. Students complete worksheets in class and...
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Cubism a Fractured Reality - Still Life With Collage Elements
Students gain an understanding and awareness for the cubist style of artists. They create a multi-media composition showing multiple views of various objects and a variety of textures.
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A Bug's Journey
Students examine the artwork of John Baldessari that was inspired by a 16th century drawing of a beetle. They analyze a drawing of a beetle, discuss the insect's characteristics, and write a story from the perspective of a bug. Also,...
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Big Clown Face
Learners use complementary media to fill up the art space with repeated shapes. They use a water and wax technique to manipulate the surface of the artwork.
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Presentation (Electronic) Resources
Students explore the relationship and impact of information technology and digital media in the business arena. They create an interactive digital presentation which includes web links, links (buttons) to jump to different slides,...
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Self-Portraits
Sixth graders create self-portraits. In this visual arts lesson, 6th graders examine the relationship between mood and color value in pieces of art. Students create self-portraits that convey mood using cut paper and glue.
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Putting a Spin on Current Events
Students explore the artistic value of propaganda. In this visual arts lesson, students analyze antique artistic pieces for their political agenda perpetuation. Students discuss propaganda techniques of the past to today prior to...
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Composition Compositions
Students explore composition and symmetry to create their own digital media piece. In this design composition activity, students visit the online websites and examples of asymmetrical compositions and symmetry. Students sketch a...
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Unleash your digital natives
Students create a multimedia presentation. In this multimedia lesson plan, students use sound and visual images to compliment the sound for their multimedia presentation in the subjects of science or humanities.
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Starch lines - manipulatives
Students actively explore lines in art, and intuitively create an art object using an unusual media.
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