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\nInside Out Fun!\n

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\nIt's amazing what you can do with a little bit of soap, baking soda, and corn starch. Follow the directions in this packet, mix up a batch of fun, and turn young scientists and artists loose to experiment and create chalk, paint, and...\n
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\nNational Endowment for the Humanities\n
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\nAnimal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion\n

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\nIntroduce your class members to allegory and propaganda with a series of activities designed to accompany a study of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Readers examine the text as an allegory, consider the parallels to collective farms...\n
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\nArt Self-Assessment\n

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\nReflection is a wonderful way to understand yourself as a learner or as an artist. Kids write a one-paragraph analysis of their own self-portrait. They focus on style, character traits, and self characterization.\n
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\nPapier Colle Printmaking\n

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\nPapier Colle is a printmaking technique used by many famous artists, including Georges Braque and Henri Matisse. Have your class master this art using this fantastic resource. What a fun, new art technique to learn!\n
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\nLesson: Beyond First Impressions\n

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\nJust like the colors and techniques used to create a vivid image, learners will use exceptional language to create vivid stories. They examine the techniques used to tell a visual story in the painting, Road to Santa Fe. They then use...\n
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\nLesson: A Special Place\n

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\nEverybody has a special place they like to go. I hang out on top of the fridge, for example. Upper graders analyze the painting Mountain Lake, in terms of technique, style, and imagery. They then write or draw a place that expresses...\n
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\nIt's All About the Brushstrokes\n

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\nAfte analyzing the painting, Autumn Poplars by Camille Pissarro, learners explore self-expression through painting techniequs. They disucss the piece, consider Impressionist painting, and then create masterpieces that represent a...\n
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\nEZ-Grout Mosaics\n

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\nYoung artists create 2-D art using air-dry clay and acrylic paint in this mosaic-making activity. Kids trace their design sketch on a clay slab, cut out the pieces, and after drying, paint and mount their tile design.\n
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\nNarrating a Family Tradition\n

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\nAfter examining a piece of art, scholars discuss what they see, paying close attention to details and space. A read-aloud introduces the topic of family traditions. Pupils interview their family members about a tradition in preparation...\n
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\nTerrific Tessellations\n

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\nStudents create to pieces of artwork using two primary colors and tessellation techniques. This is an excellent lesson plan that can be accomplished using standard art techniques or educational software such as Adobe Photoshop or...\n
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\nThe Chaotic Brilliance of Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat\n

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\nIn 2017 a work by Jean-Michel Basquiat was actioned off for over 110 million dollars. So who is he and what makes his art so special? Find out with a short video that details his background, influences, and his process.\n
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\nArt Exploration-A Global Approach\n

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\nA high school unit focuses on a discipline-based study of artworks from many times, places, and cultures. Addressing historical works of art as well as modern techniques, the unit illustrates how a traditional organizational...\n
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\nPainting Botanicals by Computer\n

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\nStudents increase their computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digitals photographs they take of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques.\n
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\nGetting to Know Your Round Brush\n

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\nStudents discover art techniques. In this art tools lesson, students examine the round brush. Students explore different techniques that may be produced using the round brush.\n
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\nMonet and Impressionism\n

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\nMonet is a great artist to study and impressionism is a wonderful art style to practice. Learners read about Monet then attempt to use impressionist painting techniques. Book and image links are included. \n
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\nTissue Paper Dye Painting\n

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\nUse tissue paper squares to create collage art. Young artists discuss colors as they place and glue each piece of tissue on the paper. Tip: Cut out large basic shapes instead. Have the class create images using the tissue...\n
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\nTwo Layer Painting\n

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\nWith a little extra tag board and some tempera paint, learners can explore warm and cool colors. They create a two layered drip painting where they focus on mixing both cool and warm colors to achieve a fascinating effect. \n
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\nSeashell Painting\n

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\nLet nature inspire your budding artists. They paint seascapes on actual seashells. First, they observe the seaside, then they paint what they see (image or in person) on the inside of a white shell. \n
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\nThe Story of Red and Blue: Art\n

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\nStudents identify art history by examining a list of images on-line. In this painting lesson, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the Internet and discuss his style of artwork. Students utilize computers, paint...\n
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\nColor Combinations\n

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\nExplore color through an examination of pointillism and light. Class members view Georges Seraut's famous painting on a computer, zooming in and out to see the details and effects of the technique. They then cover how light and color are...\n
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\nMughal Miniature Paintings: Pattern Transformations\n

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\nWhat is the artist's role in the post 9/11 world? How do artists use imagery to convey meaning in their work? After examining the work of Mughal artist Imran Qureshi, class members create their own work that uses combative imagery to...\n
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\nStorytelling Resist\n

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\nThe illustrations of Ezra Jack Keats in The Snowy Day inspire young artists to examine shapes in illustrations and to use these shapes to create their own watercolor resist painting.\n
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\nMastering One-Point Perspective\n

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\nCover one-point perspective through observation and practice. Class members examine several works of art that use one-point perspective, look at magazine images to find the vanishing points and horizon lines, and draw their own city...\n
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\nThe Tools of Perspective\n

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\nMake a study of perspective in the real world. Learners examine and discuss works of art that show examples of perspective before trying their own hands at it. Using a grid drawn on transparent paper, class members transfer a view from a...\n
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