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Art Smart! Lesson PlanArt Smart! Lesson Plan
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3rd
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Visual & Performing Arts
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1997
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Art Smart!

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Here is an amazingly thorough, and detailed, lesson plan on elements of art and art appreciation. Designed for third graders, this series of lessons should open up the eyes of your charges to the wonderful world of art that is all around them every day. The four main topics are: art appreciation, elements of art, relevance of art, and original art. Fantastic activities and hands-on art projects are embedded in this fine plan.

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art appreciation, art analysis, artwork

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art appreciation, artistic elements, color and design, visual and performing arts

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