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Haring's Heroes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students collaborate to create a painting in the style of Keith Haring. For this subway art lesson, learners study the distinct style of artist Keith Haring and design a large scale canvas on styrofoam. They study the details of Haring's...
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Keith Haring and Graffiti

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students appreciate the art of the artist Keith Haring. They design and implement Keith Haring-like images for a wall mural and explain and experience a project containing many different compenents and processes from beginning to end.
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The Keith Haring Car

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine Keith Haring's artwork. In this art lesson, students paint a car using his style of art known as Pop Art.
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Keith Haring Painting Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students paint a picture based on the work of Keith Haring including Haring people. In this painting lesson plan, students also look and discuss the art of Keith Haring.
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Keith Haring Name Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners study Keith Haring's works and then create a drawing of their name filled with lines.
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Pop-Art Heart Card

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils recognize the work of important 20th-century artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Keith Haring. They explore the differences between realistic and abstract art forms. Afterwards, they create a piece of abstract art...
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Haring Art Truck

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the work of Keith Haring and graffiti art in general. They work together to design and paint a car imitating Keith Haring's style.
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Haring Art Work

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study Keith Haring and his paintings, and then create their own pastel haring posters. In this haring people lesson plan, students also write their opinions of Keith Haring and his work.
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Haring Lampshades

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students enter a creative competition where they create a Keith Haring inspired lamp shade. In this lamp shade lesson plan, students discuss functional art.
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Character Traits in Fables

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Combining art, music, dance, and reading comprehension, this lesson is geared to reach all ability levels. After reading a variety of fables and discussing story elements and character traits, class members select a moral to use as the...
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Subway Drawings & Semiotics

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students examine Keith Haring's subway art. Public art vs. graffiti is discussed and students create images that convey self-expression. They chose and load images onto Adobe Photoshop thereby investigating the photoshop program.
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Creating a Personal Symbol

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students inquire about visual arts by creating an artistic etching. For this symbolism lesson, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the web and analyzing images. Students utilize linoleum or wood to create an etching...
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Haring Inspired CD Covers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars create CD covers from their music-inspired drawing sessions. They compare what they drew while listening to classical, punk and rap music. They scan their drawings into Adobe Photoshop and design their cover.
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Heart Collage

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the visual arts by creating a construction paper art project. In this collage lesson, young artists research the Internet to examine styles of famous artists including Keith Haring. They create cut-outs of hearts using...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students view selected works of Keith Haring, discuss artist's life, brainstorm words to illustrate, emphasizing words that have emotional impact, practice drawing figures in style of Keith Haring, and paint figure(s) and background,...
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Friends Mural

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the art of Keith Haring by creating their own artwork.  For this art analysis lesson, students identify the artist Keith Haring and discuss his artistic works.  Students create their own murals similar to...
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Chalk Drawings

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students create their own chalk drawings on a chalk board inspired by the work of Keith Haring. For this chalk drawings lesson plan, students draw symbols and lines in different colors.
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How To Create A Mural

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm ideas and come up with a concept to portray into a mural. In this painting lesson plan, students base their mural off of the work of Keith Haring.
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Monkey Mosaic

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use tiles to create a mosaic of haring people based on Keith Haring. In this mosaic lesson plan, students first draw the design and then create the same design with tiles.
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Posters for a Charity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine Keith Haring's work. They create posters influenced by Haring that aim to inspire awareness and change.
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Colorful Dogs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make dog collages using triangles and rectangles. In this collage lesson plan, students use cut-out triangles and rectangles to make a dog collage after looking examples of Keith Haring's work and listening to Emma Dodd's, Dog's...
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Haring Mural

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
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Tools For Discussing Haring's Work

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine artwork by Keith Haring and discuss his drawing techniques and process. They write a group story as an interpretation of one of Keith Haring's drawings, and create their own posters.
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Haring Mosaic

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders design and create a tile mosaic in a public place inspired by the work of artist Keith Haring.  For this Haring Mosaic lesson, based on an actual project in Germany, 8th graders study the artist's work, design and...