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Sequential Still Life
Sixth graders engage in a visual arts instructional activity featuring still life sketching and watercolor painting created by individual students.
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Yarn Painting
Students create their own yarn painting using glue and scraps of yarn and wool.
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Make Your Own Sketchbook
Students create and assemble a sketchbook from assorted materials. They use various media to create the cover design of the sketchbook, then create sketch ideas for the weekly sketches.
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Sequential Still Life
Sixth graders identify and use the concepts of shading, outline, and watercolor wash. They design a unique sequential still life painting with pencils and watercolors.
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Montage
Fifth graders create unique montages based on a theme, using pictures from magazines with each montage taking up the specified space determined by the background paper.
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A World Without Color And A World With Color
Sixth graders create black and white pictures followed by a re-creation of the same picture using color with an emphasis on contrast, depth, and mood.
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A Bird's-eye View
Sixth graders create a chalk drawing of a scene of their choice by using the process and techniques of horizon line, a variety of lines, vanishing points, and three-dimensional techniques.
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Native American Music and Dance Activity
Young scholars demonstrate keeping steady beat through practice exercises and stepping to the beat using instruments such as conga drums, tambourines and rhythm sticks.
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Ribbon Wand Dancing
Learners construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. They create a dance using the ribbon wand.
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Name Illustration Portfolio Covers
Young scholars design a portfolio for their class artwork. They artistically incorporate their names into the portfolio cover design.
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The Un-Birthday Present
Students research an artist of their choice. They examine his or her personal habits, mannerisms, and their art. They pick five objects that would be suitable to give their artist for a present. They must explain each object and why they...
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9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids
Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items.
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Satchmo's Blues
Students work cooperatively to create a jazz composition using the computer program GarageBand and incorporating the musical stylings of musician Louis Armstrong. Internet access is required for this lesson.
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The Artistic Practice of Collecting
Students view Andy Warhol's Practice of Collecting. They receive a copy of "Artists who collect Andy Warhol Time Capsules." Students view reproductions of Andy Warhol's work. They use the internet and explore Time Capsule 21. They find...
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Pitchy Patch Puppet
Students make a puppet. They use magazines, construction paper and a dowel rod to construct the puppet. This activity is part of a Caribbean Unit. A link for additional art lessons is included on this website.
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Goofy Ghost
Students create "goofy ghosts" using painted feet, black construction paper, white and black paint in this fun Art lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. This lesson plan is messy so be sure to cover areas of the room for work...
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Artists are...In their Right Minds
Students complete experiments to aid in the understanding of the separate functions fo the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Students complete a drawing based on a verbal description.
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Housing Styles Portfolio
High schoolers are introduced to the various types of housing styles. In groups, they use photographs of the styles to determine their architectural time periods. Using the internet or magazines, they find their own images and create a...
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Color Wheel Project
Middle schoolers review the relationship between primary and secondary colors. As a class, they are introduced to the tertiary colors and use photographs to show them in a room design. To end the lesson plan, they create a new color...
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Rebuild, Renew, Revitalize, Recreate new Orleans
Pupils research post-Katrina career opportunities in New Orleans and in their own communities, then design a revitalization plan. In this research and design lesson, students use a variety of sources to find out how Hurricane Katrina...
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Art Attraction: Researching the Great Masters and their Works
Students fill out worksheets where they analyze and provide information about different artists, visual art, art techniques, design, and more. For this art lesson plan, students complete 8 worksheets.
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Trash Collage
Students create a collage. In this collage lesson, students read a poem from Shel Silverstein and create an illustration to accompany the poem.
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Take Colour To The Street
Students create paintings on wooden panels to be displayed on the sidewalk. In this paintings lesson plan, students work on the paintings as a team based on the work of Keith Haring.