The intent of this unit is to demonstrate some of the traditional arts of the Middle East. Extensive background information on the religion, culture, and nature of Islamic art found throughout the Middle East is provided. Each of the...

Practice symmetry and patterns with this Mid-Eastern art project. Your class will create beautiful, reflective mosaics that will brighten up the classroom! A list of necessary materials is included.

Students explore painting.  In this Thanksgiving art lesson, students trace their hands on 4 cloth napkins sent from home and use fabric paint to decorate them as hand print turkeys.

Students trace images on paper with glue and then sprinkle on colored sand they have made to create sand art pictures.

Students make a paper turkey. In this art lesson, students draw a large turkey body and feet on paper and write one thing each are thankful on the colorful feathers.

Studens create turkey napkin holders. They discuss how Thanksgiving originated and why we celebrate this holiday. They create their napkin holders using craft sticks, glue guns, construction paper, feathers, and glitter.

Students sing a Thanksgiving song called "Five Fat Turkeys." For this holiday lesson, students create a Turkey acrostic poem then memorize and sing a turkey song. Students will focus on singing on key, pitch , and seeping a steady...

Fourth graders explore the music of Buenos Aires as they hear and then dance the Tango. They practice basic Tango rhythm, learn to sing the song, "Any Turkey can Tango," then practice a few Tango-riffic dance steps with a partner....

Young scholars create paper bag versions of turkeys using old newspapers, paint, brown paper bags, and pre-cut turkey "heads" in this Art lesson for the pre-Kindergarten to 2nd grade classroom. The lesson can be used prior to...

Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey.  In this vocabulary lesson plan, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body,  Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and identify...

Students create "turkey centerpieces" in this easy elementary art lesson using apples, toothpicks, construction paper, and gumdrops. The lesson includes a materials list and a step-by-step list of instructions to create the turkey...

Students work on an art project. In this following directions lesson, students must listen carefully and follow the teacher's instructions in order to make a picture of a turkey.

Students create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday instructional activity, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.

Students use turkey feathers to count. In this turkey feather counting lesson, students find the correct number of turkey feathers to correctly show the number.

Students create a monogram, based of the idea of a Turkish Tughra. They examine the connection between writing for communication and writing as an art form. They explore the vocabulary related to the use of art media in the classroom.

Students make a tree trunk and branches using brown construction paper. They make thumbprint turkeys using a choice of ink color. Students make the eyes from wiggle eyes and of black ink. They make the beak out of any color foamie triangle.

Students try different mediums to create works of art. Have students then decide what colors to put onto the glue. The colored sand can be sprinkles on by hand of shaken on by using salt or pepper shakers.

Students analyze Pop artists and their art. In this art analysis lesson, students consider the choices and mediums Pop art artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Jasper Johns. Students make connections between...

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.

Students use their hands and create the feathers of a turkey. In this Turkey activity lesson students use construction paper and their hands to create a turkey.

Students complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...

Students investigate types of aid needed to help Turkey recover and rebuild in the wake of a devastating earthquake on August 17, 1999. They create a plan for a fundraiser or project that they can do to offer assistance to victims of...

This wonderful art lesson plan invites students to design and “mint” coins bearing their own symbols. A simple carving andcasting process using Blick Wonder-Cut®linoleum and modeling clay is described in the plan. Coins can be one or...

Students create "Blessing Boxes" to show what they are thankful for in this Art lesson ideal for the Thanksgiving holiday. The materials needed include empty (and clean) milk cartons, brown construction paper, and magic markers.