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Life Sized Self Portrait

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a self-portrait that is compiled by using individual student drawings. The drawings emphasize line, shape, color and possibly texture depending upon the student's selection of materials.
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Visual Elements in the Giant Kites of Guatemala: Shape, Rhythm, and Color

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students view pictures of and discuss geometric shapes included in kites from Guatemala. They discuss the repetition of shapes and how that creates a motif. Students draw three concentric arches across their paper. They create a design...
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Demon Masks

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, using a story for inspiration, create their own demon mask. They are to use lots of color, texture and imagination.
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Arti'stick Mobile

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars examine works of stained glass in one dimensional art form then adapt it a three dimensional transparent mobile. They create their mobile using patterns of shapes and simple images from computer line art, printed art books...
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Whistle While You Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are broken into groups and depending on the cycle if the color of their group shows on that day, that group is to help with the set up and take down of equipment.
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Leaf Stencil Design

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design a pattern from a single shape and use overlapping to create color blends. They experiment with the effects of using a stencil.
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Matisse Cut-Outs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine color and composition by arranging color paper cut-outs without the use of sketches or drawings in this Art lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the "cut-out" art pieces created by Henri...
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Matisse Cut-outs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explain color and composition from an arrangement of color paper cut-outs without a definitive sketch or drawing.
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Creating a Canvas Floor Cloth

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a clored canvas floor cloth. They practice color blending and pattern design.
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Making Pencil Containers

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars get their cans and their Popsicle sticks and glue a Popsicle stick to the can and continue around the can until it is covered. They paint the Popsicle sticks any color they want or decorate it any way they choose. When...
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Sedimentary Structures- An Adventure in Painting and Collage

For Teachers K - 6th
Students identify and interpret concepts about how the Earth was formed and convey some of these ideas in a painting. Students experiment with different types of paints and paint applicators to achieve a variety of visual textures....
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Self-Portraits

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use a software drawing program to produce self portraits. They draw using the available tools and matching their features such as eye color and shape. They print the portraits for a classroom display.
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Story Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners incorporate available resources from the library and art room to produce visual art illustration through story reading.
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Mondrian and Matisse: Combining Styles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create artwork using the pure elements of line, shape, and color as the subject matter. The artwork is then cut or torn into organic shapes which are then glued onto a background paper, leaving areas of paper showing in...
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The Hare and the Water: A Tanzanian Folk Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
"The Hare and the Water," a Tanzanian folk tale, lends a global perspective to literary analysis. Learners spend the first two days reading and storyboarding. On day three, they examine folk tale elements (worksheet included), and design...
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Mixed Breed Fantasy Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Ever seen a crockapeep or a giraffule? How about a catmel? Elementary school artists are encouraged to let their imaginations roam and create images of imaginary creatures by combining parts of two or more animals,
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Rainsticks

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.
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Sun-Catcher Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discuss which elements in the world would make the best sun-catchers. Using a worksheet, they cut out and color the plants and animals that could be placed in the aquarium. They use cellophane and place their aquarium...
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Interpreted Collage

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars view examples of previous collages done by other students. Individually, they must decide on the proper amount of color and shapes to properly balance them in their own collage. They share their collage with the class to...
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Crayon Etching

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a demonstration of a crayon etched drawing and create one. They scratch through a layer of black crayon to reveal bright colors underneath.
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Labyrinths

For Teachers K - 12th
Whether studying metaphors or Greek mythology, this labyrinth project is a fantastic lesson plan to add to your unit. It includes two versions of the labyrinth; making it with yarn or stone. If your materials are limited, you can even...
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Egyptian Symbols: What story do they tell?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners create a stele to represent what symbols are the most important to them. In this symbols lesson plan, students learn about Egyptian symbols, and then put their own important symbols into model magic clay according to their size...
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Tessellation Design And Construction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the basic elements and concepts of the visual art's perceptual component - such as shape, line and color. They create tessellations that foster problem solving and reflective thinking.
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The Real Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and explain who they are and communicate that person to the viewer through the use of the visual arts. They think about themselves and try to find five things that represent who they are and what they feel is...

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