Students, after taking a field trip to a museum, use paint to try to restore old objects.

Students complete a unit on the cultural significance of textiles in the Japanese culturre. They analyze cotton, line, silk, and wool fabrics, examine various fabric creation and decoration techniques, select an object and write a...

Learners use clustering to write short paragraphs called vignettes.

Students become responsible and involved citizens. In this t-shirt printing lesson students design and create a teeshirt with a message about citizenship and responsibility. Natural objects are used as stamps.

Forget the romantic view of the Middle Ages. What was it really like? Lesson plan focuses on exploring the lives of the peasants, craftsmen, and monks. Hyperlinks lead to great illustrations.

From paintings, frescos, and manuscripts the middle ages was full of art and literature. This site contains information about the art and literature during the Middle Ages and Medieval times.

This illustrated lesson plan could easily fit into social studies or art unit on European castles. Students create a pop-up castle with construction paper and other art materials.

This lesson plan encourages children to use painted paper to make a collage using the style of Eric Carle as inspiration.

This is an educational portal which contains learning activities in the area of visual arts for middle school age students.