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Lacy Clay Ornaments
Students research fabric lace and metal filigree and their origins in ancient civilizations. After researching, they create and decorate an ornament or pendant out of Crayola Air-Dry Clay that looks similar to the traditional lace or...
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Royal Letter Seals
Students discover people long ago hand-carried letters to recipients, to keep the letters private, they folded the letter and put a spot of melted red wax over the edges. They make their own seal from a tiny ball of Crayola Air-Dry Clay,...
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Where's My Mummy: Preservation Techniques
To observe preservation techniques firsthand, learners dry a flower in sand and compare cucumber slices soaked in salt water for a week with slices left out to dry in the open air. Video resources (not attached) include one about mummies...
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Casting Coins
This wonderful art instructional activity 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...
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Gargoyles: Ceramics
Study the symbolism and significance of Gargoyles throughout the Gothic era, and then make one. Kids visit three different websites to learn about these goolish protectors, then hone their sculpting skills while making one. They make...
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Let's Create a Sculpture!
Young scholars examine pictures to unearth the objects that were connected together to make the sculptures. Information about the artists and the history of the pieces created are discussed.
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Pottery-making Methods
Students become experimental archaeologists using three methods of pottery making before the invention of the pottery wheel.
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Your Attention Please: Iatmul Orator's Stool
Students investigate art by observing historical sculptures from New Guinea. In this art history lesson, students observe pictures of the "Orator's Stool"from Papua New Guinea, while identifying the small details that make it unique....
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Visions of Liberty
Students explore the concept of Lady Liberty. In this Statue of Liberty lesson, students discover what she stands for and why she looks the way she does. Students also discover how copper oxidizes and changes color.
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Remembrance Through Art
Students examine the design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They assess art's role in history. They demonstrate their knowledge by planning a memorial for a public space.
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From the Heights to the Depths
Students create a relief map of Asia and Australia. They work in small groups on sections of the map to make one complete map of the continents.
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Basics of Archaeology
Students identify what and how to complete an Archaeological excavation is conducted. They identify the transition from one layer to the next more easily if the colors of the layers are different. When creating a dig, the teacher...
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Japanese Noh Masks
Eighth graders create Noh masks. In this Japanese art lesson, 8th graders research Noh masks and their special connection to Chinese theater, and then make their own.
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