Elementary Art Lesson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

Missouri Department of Elementary

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th

Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...

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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

Art lessons for elementary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.

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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Sub Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th

Lesson ideas for the substitute teacher for elementary art instruction.

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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Rubric

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

A rubric for assessing student art accompanied by descriptions of the criteria.

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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson plan includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Can It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

Pop artists used consumer products, advertising, and popular culture icons as the major source for subject matter in their art. Between 1962 and 1967, Andy Warhol painted soup cans, both individually and in groups. 100 Cans is one of the...

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The Teacher's Guide Art Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

A multitude of lesson plans from various sources compiled for you in one list. Projects are primarily for younger students but could be adapted to older elementary grades.

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Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...

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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Art Works in Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

This site is a curriculum unit on the Maya culture for elementary students. Provides a lot of background information, five lesson plans, a bibliography, and other resources.

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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Arts in Every Classroom Workshop

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

This online workshop offers information and strategies to help elementary school teachers integrate arts teaching into their curriculum. It includes activities, discussion questions, videos, and links to additional resources.

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California State University

Expressionist Art Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

Great instructional activity for upper elementary students who think that all art has to look "real." Through the images of Edvard Munch's work, students come to understand the role emotion can play in creating visually compelling work.

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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Maurice Sendak: Imagination and Art

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

This PBS site contains two lesson plans. In grades K-2, read books written/illustrated by Maurice Sendak, find out what elementary school was like for Mr. Sendak, and write a class book based on one of his stories. In grades 6-8, learn...

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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Giant Stuffed Birds (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

A lesson plan for grades 2-4 submitted by a classroom teacher.

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Bookmarks: Resources for Elementary Students: Fifth Grade Resources

For Students 3rd - 5th

This site offers a wide variety of links to language arts games, practices, and worksheets. These include online stories, poetry, lessons and units for children's books, grammar games and practices, spelling exercises, and a variety of...

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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Art and Language Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

Find two dozen lesson plans developed by California teachers that use pieces from the Getty's collection as source material for interdisciplinary approaches to arts and language arts learning.

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University of Texas at Austin

College of Liberal Arts, Ut: Shakespeare Kids: Titania

For Students 5th - 8th

This site provides the means for upper elementary students to learn and perform Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. It provides downloadable scripts for Acts 2 and 3 based on the character roles. This section provides information...

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