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Nike Transitions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the use of transitions in film and video using prior knowledge, a Nike film, and a teacher-created iMovie as examples. The lesson ends with the creation of student iMovies using transitions.
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Marshmallow Bunny

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create "marshmallow bunnies" using marshmallows, toothpicks, pink construction paper, and cloves in this quick and easy early-elementary level Art lesson plan. The 30-minute lesson plan is ideal for holiday ideas around...
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Toilet Paper Tube Turkey

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "toilet paper tube" turkeys in this Thanksgiving Day art lesson for the early elementary classroom. The lesson suggests using toilet paper tubes, construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, and glue to create each turkey.
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Beeswax Flower Candle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "Beeswax flower candles" in this early-elementary classroom Art instructional activity. Materials needed include foam pieces, straw, a glue gun, clay pots, beeswax, and popsicle sticks. This activity is ideal for the...
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Plant Dye Paints

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create original paintings using natural dye techniques used in the past in this Art lesson about paint colors. The lesson may be supplemented with information about pioneers, or ancient civilizations, and how paints were made...
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Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create a bulletin board to feature artwork from one child for every week. In this art lesson plan, students design art important to them.
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Christmas Potpourri Hangers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students create a potpourri hanger.  In this Christmas craft instructional activity, students reuse materials to make a Christmas potpourri hangar for the tree or for a gift. 
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African Village

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create and decorate an African Heritage home. In this art lesson, students research different African homes and then create one using a box decorating the home using crayons or markers.
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Getting To Know You

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book "I like me" by Nancy Carison, or a similar self-esteem book, and then create self-portraitswhile the song "Getting to Know You" is being played. This is an excellent ice-breaker for the beginning of the...
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The Meaning Behind the Mask

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the world of African masks and storytelling. They create masks that tell stories of their own.
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A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery "Alice"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Primary learners explore elements of wonder in The Nursery "Alice" by Lewis Carroll. They analyze the plot point after listening to the text. Next, they describe the imagery in various works of children's literature using the given links...
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Flipping Butterflies: Triadic Colors and Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create symmetrical butterfly wings. In this symmetry lesson, 2nd graders observe butterfly wings and create their own. They make both sides symmetrical and mix primary colors to make secondary colors. 
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Who is Worth More Than Gold?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young writers compose an opinion piece that details who they feel is worth more than gold.
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Make Your Own Samurai Sword

For Teachers K - 4th
When you click on this resource, it will seem to be lacking; however, you'll soon realize it is an idea with potential. Included are visual instructions for creating a Samurai sword. Why? Because, the Samurai sword could be used in...
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Vietnam-Tet Nguyen Dan; Dancing Dragon Puppets

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are shown visual examples of Dragon Dance costumes and identify cultural characteristics and ceremonial design qualities. Students listen to the teacher tell about the significance dragon dances have played throughout Vietnamese...
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Enjoying Puerto Rican Artistts

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine artwork done by artists from Puerto Rico. As a class, they discuss each piece of work based on the elements used. They use the internet to research the lives of the artists and develop their own opinions on the art...
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What's so Special about SFX?

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students work individually or in small groups to design a series of special effects images. They use image editing software to explore how visual information is interpreted and manipulated digitally. Students create new, blank image...
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Seeing through Touch

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students explore solid objects using touch. In this art lesson, students are blindfolded and given a 3 dimensional object to explore with their hands. After the object is removed, students draw what they think the object looked like....
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Creating Hope: Making Butterfly Stamps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners create foam ink stamps.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discover the history of the Holocaust and why butterflies represented a symbol of hope during those times.  Learners use BalsaFoam to carve out a butterfly...
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Musical Rhythm Instruments

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students design a unique instrument using containers, beans, markers, crayons and colored construction paper. At the end of the lesson each student have a working rhythm instrument decorated with at least two colors.
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Exploring the Jungles of Rousseau

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the masterworks of Henri Rousseau and accurately interpret masterworks of Rousseau. Students effectively demonstrate visually and orally an understanding of the content of masterworks of Rousseau and thoughtfully reflect...
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Paper Bag Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create animals that might be found in a zoo using paper bags, construction paper, and other materials. They present their animal to the class stating any facts that they may know about the animal and its habitat.
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Picture This!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners practice visualizing images as they read text to help improve their comprehension skills. The teacher models a visualizing technique, and the passes out two poems for the students to read silently. The class creates a Venn...
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Finding Balance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore how an artist uses the force of gravity to create balance in a sculpture. In this sculpting instructional activity, students create their own sculpture applying concepts from the instructional activity.

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