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Celestial Reflections: See Yourself in the Sky!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a mirror/mirror frame using glass mosaic tiles, grout, and various other mosaic supplies.
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Tree in Spring

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use examples of Joseph Raffael's art of nature to create an all-school mosaic of a tree in spring using clay.
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Picture This: People Getting Along Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze various mosaic murals by the artist Charles Alston. They view and discuss ways to show a family of people, how art expresses relationships between people, and create a painting that demonstrates how people get along with...
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Fused Glass Landscape

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research and recognize work of several glass artists such as Chihuly, Tiffany, and Wright, define landscape and other relevant vocabulary terms, and create full fused glass plate/bowl using landscape and/or nature as subject...
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Canadian Winters

For Teachers 6th
A cross-curricular series of lessons on winter in Canada is here for you. The six lessons invite learners to explore the role of the winter season on the lives of Canadians. They explore winter sports, other winter activities, and create...
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Animals in Ancient Rome (Grades 7-8)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the role of animals in ancient Rome through the interpretation of a fictional account.
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Understanding Europe: A Cultural Mosaic (Theme 1)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the cultural similarities and differences found in Northen Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and create daily journal entries charting their discoveries. This lesson is the First Part in a Four...
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Eggshell Mosaic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students break up eggshells and draw a picture on a piece of paper. In this art lesson, students put glue on the design and sprinkle bits of the eggshells on the glue.
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How Do you Feel?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover how moods and perceptions can be affected by colors. As a class, they create their own color wheel and identify primary and secondary colors. They draw their own cool and warm color mosaic and discuss how each one of...
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Easter Petal Pathways

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils discuss Guatemalan Easter rituals and customs. They comprehend Guatemalan traditional color and design. Students create a mixed-media representative piece using paper mosaics, layered crayon, and glitter glue. They celebrate...
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Make Your Own Flower Garden

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Get into art with a little lesson on flower parts. The class reviews basic information regarding flowers and then they use a paper mosaic technique to create visual representations of the lovely plants.
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Household Decoration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare two ancient artworks to determine how they originally functioned in private Roman homes. They compare and contrast the Fallen Warrior fragment and the Mosaic Floor to determine how each functioned in a private Roman...
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Dolphins

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...
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The Ancient Maya

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the culture of the Mayans through a variety of activities. In this instructional activity about Maya, students analyze pictures in books and on websites, produce scale models of Maya architecture, and create Maya...
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Valentine's Day Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students choose various shapes and colors to create a Valentine's 'person'.  In this Valentine's Day lesson, students design collages, make prints and mosaic pictures.  More advanced students create a Tessellation using geometric shapes.
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Tiles Or Repeated Pattern on the Computer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a square design on the computer and repeat the square several times to create a pattern.
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Islam or Christianity?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design a mosaic depicting the city of Constantinople during determined periods of history. They include historical evidence that shows whether the city was under Muslim or Christian rule.
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Islamic Art/ Eraser Prints

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are shown examples of mosaics found on mosques. We discuss background information on Islam and relate it to social studies units. This is also a great unit to integrate math skills.
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Let There Be Peace On Earth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discuss the concept of peace and brainstorm ways to show peace. They read "Sadako & the Thousand paper Cranes" and discuss the theme of the story. After watching a video of "A Thousand Paper Cranes peace Project 1977,"...
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Alligator

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a model of an alligator out of clay using both artwork and research to guide their finished work.
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Making A Dot, Without Making A Dot

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create Dots without making dots in this interestingly entertaining Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson emphasizes the use of the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. Links for products and more...
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Mother's Day Craft

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a flower pot for their mom on mother's day. They use pictures found in magazines to create a collage on the flower pot. They are to follow instructions to complete this lesson.
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Living Art-i-facts: Technology Takes Us There!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create living artifacts dealing with different times and cultures. They explore Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, Islam, Africa, and the United States.
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Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students construct tesselations that fosters their ability to create, transform, and critique their own piece of work. This allows them to become aware of repeated patterns in math, and connect these patterns to artwork.

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