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Egyptian Mummy Cases

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is an activity I'd like to do with my class! They researching the ins and outs of Egyptian culture, hieroglyphs, symbolism, and art, then use what they know to create realistic or stylized Mummy cases. These cases need to include...
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African Ecology and Art

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Explore Samburu culture as students examine art work by many artists and compare and contrast their styles. They view Kenyan images and find Kenya on the map. Students identify conflict in the animal world and draw animals and record in...
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Me, Myself, and I

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars visually express their personalities using writing and PhotoShop. They manipulate imagery to illustrate their written description of themselves. Students display their creations.
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Give Me A Museum and I'll Fill It

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view pieces of Pablo Picasso's art. They discover art can have images and words to express meaning. They create their own piece of art and share with the class.
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We Are Different; We Are Alike........

For Teachers 1st
First graders explain that everybody is unique in their own way by participating in this lively, art and language based series of lesson plans. They would greatly benefit from engaging in these plans in the beginning of the year as an...
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D¿rer Watercolor - Patterns and Texture

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create watercolor paintings using their knowledge of elements of design, value, and texture, discuss concept of art reflecting time and place, review art-related vocabulary, and reflect on their work.
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Super Bucks

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine paper currency for its artistic value. They design their own piece of currency based on the artistic methods used in the design of real money.
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Rulers For a Day

For Teachers K - 6th
Students design and create foil coins with images that symbolize students' imaginary leadership in the ancient world. They model their coins on those made for Alexander the Great. They discuss what made him an important historical figure.
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NGA Kids Inside Scoop Spring 2008

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students view the artwork of Martin Johnson Heade.  In this Heade artwork lesson, students answer questions about the sensory images in the artwork.  Students design a series of designs for a postage stamp in the style of Heade.
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Emotion in Art & Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to famous works of art and begin to discuss the artist's work. Use art to explain and reflect their own emotions. The write about feelings in a work of art and make connections between art and other...
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Discovering Fall

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars explore the American landscape during fall. After viewing paintings of fall, learners imagine themselves there and what it would be like. They then build an understanding of the painter's use of detail and color before...
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Topsy Turvy Kids

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the artwork of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith before creating their own. In this painting lesson, 6th graders examine two pieces of work by Jaune Quick-to-See from the online collection of the Missoula Art Museum and read a...
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Primates

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners explore different primates. In this primate lesson, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games. 
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Lesson: Emory Douglas: Art and Activism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Visual literacy can be experienced in many different ways. Learners discuss the times, graphic art, and cultural significance of activism in art as they explore artist and Black Panther, Emory Douglas. This is a discussion-based lesson...
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Global Oneness Project

Exploring the Creative Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Launch a discussion of the creative process with a short video that features the daily ritual of Slobodan Dan Paich, a San Francisco artist. Slobodan models his approach to tea painting and shares his reflections on the creativity.
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Abstract to Real: The Human Form in Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and evaluate the effects of abstraction and realism on depictions of the human form in ancient and modern-day cultures.
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Face It!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment with proportions and drawing in this excellent Art lesson for grade 5-8. The lesson includes a PowerPoint slide show and requires the use of the educational software entitled "MatchWho". Students are required to use...
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Biography of Robert Arneson

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and analyze the clay sculpture art of Robert Arneson and create their own clay sculpture. In this clay sculpture instructional activity, students create a three-dimensional relief sculpture of a face and experiment with...
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Using Fabrics in Your Art Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use a dicut machine to do block printing on fabric. In this fabric lesson plan, students draw, carve, and print onto blocks for this art project.
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Reflections in the Mirror A Visual Journal and Mural Inspired by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine and analyze works of art by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. They create journals that follow the form and content of Kahlo's diary, and murals in the spirit of Rivera.
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Catherine Opie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the artwork of Catherine Opie. They participate in a instructional activity that exposes them to her art before visiting an art exhibit at The Orange County Museum of Art in California. They create their own...
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Sonya Clark

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners make a hat that symbolizes special things about them after they explore hats from around the world and see those created by Sonya Clark.
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Eyes From the Past

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners view examples of classical Victorian artwork. Using a painting, they discuss their own opinions about what they believe the artwork is trying to tell them. In groups, they compare and contrast the artwork of Robert Harris and...
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Putting Things in Perspective

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students synthesize their knowledge of perspective/point of view with written and visual experiences to produce pieces of art and writing. They discover how one's perspective influence thoughts, decisions, and actions.

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