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Forest Dwellings: Toad House
What a great project to use as part of an exploration of animals or habitats. Learners design a clay model of a home for a forest animal. This could be a great way to cement what your class has learned about habitats.
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Poetry in Triple Textures
Learners compare and contrast visual and tactile textures. They create a painting that highlights one or more textures. Students express these textures in a poem to accompany their art. They recognize that words can express the visual...
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Paper Coil Baskets
Have your class learn about basket making with this resource. Learners talk about the techniques used to make baskets in Native American cultures. Then, they make baskets using paper coils. The results are attractive.
Polk Bros Foundation
Picture the Main Idea
Invite your learners to represent the central idea of a text visually. Individuals note down the main idea and then have the opportunity to draw four pictures that show the idea. Consider working out the main idea together and then...
Arteascula
Terracotta Army Printed with Foam
Art projects are always great for bringing subject matter to life. Here is a visual step-by-step for making a foam print terracotta army. In China, the Terracotta Army was a fantastic find and is great fun to read about. Now your class...
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Music Tutor (Sight Reading Improver)
Elegant in its simplicity, this app accomplishes precisely what it sets out to do: improving the user's sight reading of musical notes. Taking the concept of flashcards to the next level, the designers also add in the element of sound so...
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Milk Carton Houses
Create a village and learn about recycling at the same time! A materials list is included, as well as instructions for what you need to do to create a recycled carton village with your kids. Two great book links are included.
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Season Sarcophagus
Young scholars analyze a sarcophagus art and create a similar piece of art. In this sarcophagus art instructional activity, students investigate possible meanings of the Season Sarcophagus and create a work of art that is similar to the...
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Holiday Greeting Cards
Pupils create holiday greeting cards using digital images and Photoshop elements in this great holiday art activity for the elementary school classroom. The lesson includes step-by-step procedures, a student example, and resource links.
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Carrying on the Storytelling Tradition
Students examine the art of Clementine Hunter, a Creole folk artist. They compare Hunter's Folk Art style with Grandma Moses' Primitive work. They then draw an important memory in Hunter's style, and describe their drawing orally for a...
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Harvest Skies
Students engage in a lesson that is about the art of Vincent Van Gogh. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information and images are used to create the context for creating art with the theme of Harvest Skies.
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Hues and Bridges: Claude Monet's Waterloo Bridge
Young scholars investigate the artistic work of Claude Monet. In this art analysis lesson, students observe Monet's painting Waterloo Bridge, while identifying the blue hues used throughout. Young scholars create their own...
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Paul Klee - Swiss Artist
Bring the art of Paul Klee, the famous Swiss artist, into your classroom. Ten of Klee's most-famous works are featured throughout the presentation. Learners will be able to analyze the composition, line, color choice, and his modern take...
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Complementary Color Experiments
Students experiment with color mixing and differentiate between primary and secondary colors. They use their observational skills in visual experiments with complementary colors to gain an understanding of the interrelationships of art,...
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Magical Oaxacan Animals
Students engage in a lesson that is about the imaginary creatures that are made with Oaxacan wood. They conduct research in order to view samples of art to create the context for the lesson. Students decorate their own animals in the...
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Modern Mondrian
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the art of Mondrian and research is done using a variety of resources. Students create a template background and then cut strips and design them for the picture. Then the strips are...
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Modern Mosaics
Students examine how native peoples used ceramic pieces to create art. Individually, they create a design of their choice using erasable markers and trace over it with a pencil. To end the lesson, they use shapes and colors to complete...
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Places of Performance
Students explore and analyze the architecture of performing arts facilities to create a replica of a theater. They identify the interior and exterior characteristics of these types of facilities and create a replica of a real or imagined...
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The Eyes Have It
Young scholars create a bulletin board using a digital camera. For this creative arts lesson, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Young scholars try to match the eyes to the face.
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Fabric Beads
Practice using a different art medium by making fabric beads. These colorful beads can be used for necklaces, earrings, and other jewelry. They can also be used as decorative touches on photo frames, candles, and more! A long list of...
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How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch
Students perform a play based on a legend. For this performing arts lesson, students read the legend Kangaroo Gets a Pouch and brainstorm ways to turn the story into a play. Students prepare for a short play, including costumes and...
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The World Around Me
Combining visual and language arts, here is a resource that prompts middle schoolers to write stories based on pictures of their surroundings. They use digital cameras to take pictures of favorite areas in the school. Next, they choose...
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Commas in a Series; Making an Advertisement!
Language arts learners practice using commas in a series while designing their own advertisement! This creative assignment calls for learners to create their own visual advertisement describing a product of their choice. Their poster...
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Book Banners
Pupils practice sequential story retellings with colorful, collaged book banners. They listen to a story that contains a clear sequence of events and in groups choose a scene from the story to depict in a collage. Each group visually...
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