Students create kaleidoscope drawings using computer program or drawing paper.

Pupils, in groups, view original artworks by Joseph Holston in a gallery space. They create a genre work of art that emphasizes the use of the artistic elements line, color, and shape.

Learners research women's roles in agriculture's history and how they have changed. They create a paper "crazy quilt" using a variety of colors and pattersn to help them explain the role of quilts in women's history.

High schoolers discover the techniques of creating Japanese Tanka poetry through in-class discussions and a fun group competition. This instructional activity is an excellent introduction to Japanese literature and/or poetry.

Young scholars discuss the conception of beauty by considering and contrasting the appearance and use of Chinese and Japanese ceramics in this lesson for the middle or high school classroom.

Eighth graders use the internet to research the development of the Canadian flag. In groups, they discuss the idea of a community that can be changed based on its members ideas. They work together to create a new design for the...

Students view examples of Robert Harris' artwork to identify and describe the ecosystems in them. In groups, they work together to discuss how ecosystems breakdown and create solutions to keep this from happening. To end the lesson,...

Students identify subtle messages advertisers send (often unintentionally) about age in the course of trying to sell products; to analyze the consequences, both positive and negative, those messages have on the American audience; to...

Students explore how different roofing materials can have an impact on the temperature inside a house through box houses. They compare/contrast different materials in Wisconsin and South Africa. In groups, they build a box house (shoe...

Fourth graders compare and contrast Fudge and Peter, two main characters from "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing". They use a software template to analyze and compare the characters in a rough draft, edit their work and then produce a...

Young scholars identify three of the essential elements of music: rhythm, melody and harmony. They discover a simple song which will illustrate these three elements separately and bring them together in a final form. They analyze and...

Students compare postcard samples from Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX. They examine them to find common elements they share (tone, mood, romanticized themes, artistic elements, etc.) They create postcards to show the "real" Austin.

Students study family structure. In this family structure lesson plan, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Students create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance and...

Students examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Students journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...

Students develop a business card to market them.  In this developing a business card to market them instructional activity, students design a business card to represent them.  Students create a logo or graphic design that is...

Fourth graders examine how trees help to absorb the pollution that is emitted from automobiles. They review the process of photosynthesis and determine how forest management is important on their reservation. They think about the...

An exploration of Chinese Aesthetics. Includes images and descriptions of artifacts, the history of Chinese art, and lesson plans.

This lesson is designed to give students a conceptual understanding of cultural diffusion and the notion that ideas change people and people change ideas. It involves a teacher demonstration, student role-play, and an activity that...

This lesson unit on Mayan culture focuses on Mayan art. It can be adapted to various grades and features classroom activities, student resources, a bibliography, and the like.

The Mbeere live in Embu District in the Eastern Province of Kenya, East Africa. The name "Mbeere" means "first," referring to their belief that they were the initial occupants of their territory. Aesthetics center on the verbal arts,...

"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...

Guide to African art answers key questions of interest to any student of the subject. Covers diversity of the continent's geography and cultures, the functions of African art objects, the aesthetics of African art, and traditional and...

Browse this large collection of Hogarth's prints to find examples of all of his favorite subjects, including eighteenth-century views of London.

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.