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- 04-06-12
Impressionism Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved Impressionism lesson plan ideas and activities
Explore the artistic style of Impressionism using this resource. Learners choose an Impressionist artist who appeals to them and create a Power Point presentation based on this choice. This resource comes with a number of activities and suggestions that will be motivating for your class.
Students explore and discuss Impressionism and artists, like Monet and Renoir, who defined the Impressionism Art Movement, choose an artist to research, and create web sites based on their research.
Students view a video, and they are reminded that Impressionism was an artistic movement that begin in Pairs in the 1800s. They are asked to think about the paintings featured in the video and describe the typical style of these works. Students create a classroom Impressionist exhibition to compare and contrast some of the major artists of the movement. They work in small groups and they are explained that each group is going to create a mini-exhibit about one Impressionist.
Learners plan a museum visit to study Impressionist paintings and its artists. In this Impressionism instructional activity, students examine the colors and perception of space in Impressionist artwork. Learners recognize the characteristic elements of Impressionist paintings.
Motivate your class with this art instructional activity relating to the Lyme Art Colony. Learners create a television news report based on five topics; the American art colony at Lyme, daily life in a boardinghouse in 1910, making the most of limited choices, the life and times of Florence Griswold, and American Impressionism. They use the Florence Griswold Museum's online resources to conduct research.
Students explore Impressionism and artists like Monet and Renoir. For this Impressionism lesson, students visit an Impressionism website and discuss the themes used in the art. Students select an Impressionist artist and research them. Students create a website for the artist.
Eighth graders conduct Internet research as well as visit museum Web sites to become acquainted with the period of Impressionism. After completing their research, they sketch ideas for a landscape painting in the Impressionist style then create their paintings using ClarisWorks Draw and Paint programs.
Students complete a piece of artwork. In this impressionism activity, students view Monet's Water Lillies painting and identify the characteristics of impressionism. Students create their own impressionism inspired artwork.
Students paint landscapes. In this Impressionism lesson, students explore the history behind the Impressionist Movement in art and paint their own impressionist piece inspired by a nearby landscape.
Students examine the art of Impressionists. In this art history lesson plan, students research the art and artists of the Impressionism period and then identify the artist of significant Impressionism pieces. Students also try their hand at the artistic style.
