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\nStreet Art Project\n

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\nIlluminate your playground with chaulk images. Young aratists use the web to research the work of Keith Haring. Groups then design their own piece of visual art and recreate their images on the school sidewalks of blacktop.\n
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\nWhat's in a Picture? An Introduction to Subject in the Visual Art\n

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\nLearners discuss the subject and meaning of examples of visual art. They analyze various paintings found on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website, answer discussion questions, complete online interactive activities, and write an essay.\n
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\n\"Observe\n\n
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\nObserve Earth Day with Art Projects Made from Recycled Materials\n

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\nCreative hands-on art project ideas that are easy on the earth and easy on a teacher’s budget.\n
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\nPortraits, Pears, And Perfect Landscapes: Investigating Genre in the Visual Arts\n

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\nDifferentiate between the various genres in the visual arts world, particularly in Western painting. Your class can view and discuss, in small groups, paintings published on the National Galleries website. Then each student individually...\n
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\nFollow the Leader: Line in the Visual Arts\n

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\nStudents explore line in painting and drawing and examine how it is defined in the visual arts. Recognizing line in the composition of a number of art works and how it affects these works of art is the focus of this instructional activity.\n
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\nPortraits, Pears, and Perfect Landscapes: Investigating Genre in the Visual Arts\n

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\nStudents define genre in the visual arts, particularly in Western painting and explain the differences between subject and genre. The genre of a variety of works of art is identified.\n
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\nRealistic Impressions: Investigating Movements in the Visual Arts\n

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\nYoung scholars explore the idea of movements in the visual arts and differentiate between some of the most well known movements in Western art. The lesson focuses on what makes a painting an example of a particular movement.\n
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\nAnimal Self-portrait Mosaics: A Visual Arts Elective\n

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\nOut-lined here is a two-week procedure that has the class creating ceramic animal tiles that are metaphorical representations of their own personalities. They discuss animal images found throughout history, what they mean, metaphor, and...\n
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\nRepeat After Me: Repetition in the Visual Arts\n

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\nStudents explore one of the techniques artists often use to highlight important elements within a painting's composition and to move a viewer's eye around the canvass from highpoint to highpoint.\n
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\nVisual Arts - Mexican Indian Yarn Painting\n

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\nHave you ever seen a Mexican yarn painting? They're beautiful! Create a Mexican yarn painting with your class using this lesson. Start by discussing Mexico's culture and viewing different yarn paintings. After reading about important...\n
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\nReferences to Antiquity in Visual Arts (1848 - 1914)\n

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\nExamine the Latin and Greek language and civilization during the 19th century by exploring the mediums available then. Students examine scenes related to Greek and Roman literature and compare and contrast them.\n
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\nRealistic Impressions: Investigating Movements in the Visual Arts\n

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\nYou and your high school class can examine the idea of artistic movements with this lesson. Explore various websites, compare/contrast paintings, after which the assignments are to complete a chart, and write an essay.\n
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\nDrawing Portraits Using a Grid\n

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\nA well-developed art lesson is always great to have around. This lesson on portrait drawing includes a full procedure, modifications, background information on artist Chuck Close, recommended websites, and a few thoughts from the...\n
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\nCarnival of the Animals and Aquarium and Magic Fish \n

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\nEngage little learners in this moderately developed three-lesson plan unit on the composer Camille Saint-Saens and his piece \"The Carnival of Animals.\" Each lesson plan includes a listening, discussion, and an art project to engage your...\n
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\nGive It All You’ve Got Heroes and Visual Art\n

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\nSure, your young artists probably know Van Gogh and Picasso, but are they equally as familiar with Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol? Small groups examine the work of famous artists. Then, they create their own hero portraits in Cubist style...\n
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\nYellow Bird and Me\n

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\nUpper elementary artists create works which demonstrate an understanding of the many elements of theater and the visual arts. This four-day plan combines many wonderful aspects of visual, musical, and theatrical arts into one very...\n
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\nWriting About Art: Subjective vs. Objective\n

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\nExplore objective and subjective writing in this interdisciplinary lesson, which brings language arts and visual art together. Middle and high school students examine the sculpture Head with Horns by Paul Gauguin. They then analyze the...\n
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\nBuilding a Museum of Museums on the Web\n

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\nImagine stepping into museums across the world right from the comfort of your own classroom, and analyzing artwork in greater detail than you ever thought possible. Google Art Project has made this possible! Amit Sood briefly introduces...\n
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\nVisual Arts: Symbols That Stand for You!\n

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\nStudents explore symbols and what they represent. In this visual art activity, students collect various symbols and discuss what they represent. Students create and discuss personal symbols which represent themselves.\n
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\nVisual Arts- 3D Self-Sculpture\n

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\nLearners construct three dimensional self-portraits. In this visual arts lesson, students use clay to create a self-portrait. Learners make the clay and discuss their self-portrait.\n
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\nAn Introduction to the Relationship Between Composition and Content in the Visual Arts\n

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\nStudents identify different kinds of narratives used in a number of art works, discuss artist's use of compositional elements to further the story and/or convey a message within a work of art, and explain relationship between composition...\n
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\nThe Hello Goodbye Window: Visual Art\n

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\nStudents create a portrait of themselves with a grandparent.  In this visual art lesson, students read the book entitled The Hello Goodbye Window and discuss the events.  Students then draw a portrait of themselves and their...\n
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\nTissue Painting\n

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\nLet's make colors! Your class will participate in a creative art project that introduces them to the concept of color blending and allows them to discover color combinations through exploration, trail, and error. First, the teacher will...\n
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\nUsing Pop Art Imagery to Inspire Healthy Eating\n

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\nCreate a visual art project about obesity. In this art lesson, 8th graders research and explain the importance of eating healthy and exercise. They document their eating habits in their journal and analyze it.\n
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