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Pop Shop 3 - Printmaking (Tee Shirts)

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create Tee shirts with prints based on the images of Keith Haring's work. They investigate color, texture, and flatness.
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Everyday Objects as Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret works of art by Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, and Marcel Duchamp.
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Banners with a Message II

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study the work of Keith Haring to explore how art can make social statements. They use a phrase with a positive theme and create an image that depicts the theme, in the Keith Haring style. They work collaboratively to create the...
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Picture This

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to communicate an idea or concept based on research, environment, personal experience, observation, or imagination.
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Complex Color Wheels

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students design a color wheel which incorporates 12 colors, tints and shades of each color, black and white within a circle.
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Handmade Paper from Plants

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make paper from plant fibers and recycled paper.
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Jin Soo Kim

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine and discuss a sculpture by the artist Jin Soo Kim. They explore and identify basic sculpture techniques, and create a sculpture using found objects, plaster, and cardboard.
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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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Constructing a Planetarium

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners work together to create their own planetarium. They observe the night sky and make a design. They also examine constellations and paint them onto the model of the planetarium.
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Experimenting With Water Media

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars practice 12 different water color techniques and then use at least 5 of the techniques to create a painting of a landscape.
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Express Yourself: Make Art From Your Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze and discuss various sculptures by the artist Andrea Arroyo. They discuss ways artists use symbols to express abstract ideas, design and create a plasticine plaque, and write a journal response.
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Honor Your Special Qualities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view different sculptures from artist Ronald Baron. They discuss what the sculpture depicts. They are to create a thank you trophy for someone they know. They are to focus on that person's special qualities.
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Dirty Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how food, clothing and shelter come from soil after they examine soil from their own backyards. They map soils on the color wheel before making glue and soil pictures and tie-dying T-shirts in red soil.
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Rock Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create replica symbols of rock are found in Wisconsin and work cooperatively to create a rock art panel. They observe rock art to find their meanings and reasons why they were created.
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Creating An African Style Mask

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners investigate the different types of African masks that are found using the internet to perform research. They draw four different images based on the images downloaded. Students must cite sources used using MLA formatting.
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Through the Past, Lightly

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in a variety of activities in the study of Native Americans and the times of the early explorers. They create art, write in journals, and study how art influences society.
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Impact on Your Essence

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the use of symbolism and how it can change one's view of a piece of art. Using a piece of art, they view it as if they were the artist and create a symbol that accompanies it. They discuss the impact of two-...
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A Gathered Garden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to how to create a garden made out of fabric. Using different types of fabrics, they make various types of flowers to be used on their quilts and practice using different methods to attach them. They share their...
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Quilts with a Spin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a quilt with a circular motion in the design. After watching a demonstration, they discuss the techniques used. They use different types of fabrics while practicing the proper needle turn. They share their quilts with...
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More than Masks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners design their own mask using the face as the base. Using pieces of acetate, they mold the material into the shape of their face and turning it into an animal. They must draw their design and calculate the measurements before...
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Creating Cultural Movement Weblets to Analyze a Culture's Impact on Its Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore nature of cultural movements in Western Civilization since the 18th Century by examining various styles of painting, and analyzing impact of culture on its forms of artistic expression. Students then create imitative...
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Adorable Snow Folks

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create "Snow Folks" using children's mittens, rice, wooden balls, and various art materials in this Art instructional activity for grades Four and up. The instructional activity includes picture examples and suggestions for...
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Checkerboard

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create checkerboards using paints, glue, rulers, and masking tape in this upper-elementary/middle level Art lesson. The lesson emphasizes the history of checkerboards, strategies and rules, and the checkerboard as an example of...
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Tennis Ball Prints

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students experiment using abstract art techniques, tennis balls, and tempera paint in this excellent, outdoor art activity for the early-elementary classroom. The resulting art prints can be displayed predominantly in the classroom.

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