Art Movements Lesson Plans

Learners study the poetry of the US Civil Rights movement and the Black Arts movement over a 12 day period. They author a website showing works of poetry that learners have chosen to analyze and relate to these movements.

Learners examine the idea of artistic movements in the visual arts. They explore various websites, compare/contrast paintings, complete a chart, and write an essay.

Learners act as modern art conservators to assess first-hand the difficulties that many real-life conservators face in the restoration of modern artworks.

Learners explore the many art movements considered to exist in the realm of 'modernism.' learners explore, in pairs, key elements of different modern art movements and design posters presenting their movements.

In this lesson students examine works of art and consider their emotional and monetary values, and consider high stakes bidding expected to take place over particular works of modern art by reading and discussing article, "An Auction Season of High Estimates, and Even Higher Risks." In this lesson students then research specific modern art movement and particular example of art from that movement, and create modern art trading cards featuring researched works of art.

Learners create symbolic art. In this symbolism lesson, learners review symbolism and discuss symbolism in art. Learners research an artist or art movement and create their own piece of symbolic art in that style. They must write a descriptive paragraph about their artwork and present their art to the class.

In this lesson students explore the underlying principles behind the Minimalist art movement. They create their own Minimalist works of art that explore specific philosophical questions.

In this lesson learners examine how Robert Rauschenberg influenced popular art and how art is influenced by politics, social and cultural messages. They design a new art movement and create art that is indicative of that movement.

Students create individual masks using construction paper, tracing paper, and art supplies in this Art lesson for the 7th through 12th grade classroom. The techniques of African-style masks are emphasized. Includes resource links and a vocabulary list.

Students investigate some the ways art has responded to conflict throughout history. Through teacher lecture and demonstration, students witness the historical background of a piece of artwork and how it reflects the conflict it represents. Students create their own piece of artwork to illustrate what September 11, 2001 meant in terms of US history.