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Sargent Art

Improvisation: Dada and Surrealism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Images of works by Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, and Man Ray launch a study of Dada and Surrealism. After critiquing works by these and other artists, class members gather their own images and arrange them into a cohesive composition.
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Cool Commercials Critique

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate advertising by critiquing commercials in class.  In this media lesson, students view several commercials on their computers while completing a worksheet which helps them critique the ads.  Students define several...
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Protesting through Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experience critiquing, analyzing, and comparing different works of art from different eras. They discuss how these works can or can't be considered a form of protest and assess how to evaluate their own judgments and values on...
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Diego Rivera: Art as the Universal Language

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the work of Diego Rivera. They participate in a class discussion, critique various paintings, write a short story based on a Rivera mural, and create a class mural.
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Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine literary arts. In this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Students create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...
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Exploring Our Cultural Heritage Through Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the art of selected cultures. In this visual arts lesson, students compose essays after they conduct independent research on the art of a culture. Students also create art proposals that feature the attributes of the...
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Painting with and Learning From Art History - Extend the Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a painting based on an artist from a chosen period in history. They research a modern artist and write a critique.
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ANCIENT ART/ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTING

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore Aboriginal art and how it is used in communication and story-telling. They create their own Aboriginal art out of brown paper, incorporating designs and patterns.
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Black and White Still Life

For Teachers 10th
There isn't a lot to this lesson, but it could provide some guidance. It outlines a five-day drawing lesson where learners view a presentation on the importance of drawing in art history, practice pencil skills, and compose a black and...
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Heroes Portrait

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate art appreciation and Renaissance portraits through time. They create a portrait.
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Denver Art Museum

Putting Images into Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Engage your class in art analysis of Indian Look-Alike by Melanie Yazzie. Using this work of art as inspiration, writers compose a poem or short story. After a peer review session, the teacher conveys information about the work of art as...
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Chance Art: Pollock, Cage and Cunningham

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students clearly identify commonalities and differences between dance and other disciplines with regard to fundamental concepts such as materials, elements, and ways of communicating meaning.
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What to Wear: Career Day! Suit of Armor From Japan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners understand that some jobs require workers to wear special clothes or a special suit. In this art appreciation activity, students observe the Suit of Armor and discuss how a samurai is requires to wear armor to work. Learners...
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Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students create to pieces of artwork using two primary colors and tessellation techniques. This is an excellent lesson plan that can be accomplished using standard art techniques or educational software such as Adobe Photoshop or...
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NPR

Theatre Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
From actor to volume, the 90 terms on a theatre vocabulary list are must knows for any student of the dramatic arts.
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Successful Art Class Critique

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students follow a teacher directed process to complete an Artwork Critique Form. They select another student's work to critique. After jotting their ideas on the worksheet, they consult the teacher. When the teacher has determined there...
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Where journalism meets art

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners pick out the different techniques in photographs taken. In this photographs lesson plan, students critique patterns, shadows, reflections, and more in the photographs.
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Sargent Art

Color Value Study

For Teachers 9th
I love geometric art because it applies mathematical reasoning to an artistic endeavor. Creative kids use scale values to highlight their complex, repetitive, geometric designs. Symmetry, angles, and congruence are three concepts that...
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Transfer Collage

For Teachers 10th
Complete with a vocabulary list, this five-day lesson outline may get you on your way. Your art class will research Collage technique and famous collage artists. They then create a collage using a gel transfer technique. Steps and...
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Sargent Art

Picasso and Beyond!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After reviewing the life and art of Pablo Picasso, learners set out to create abstract, cubist, relief portraits. They'll draw, color, paint, and cut out portraits just like the ones Picasso created. The instructional activity is...
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Norfork School District

Habits of Mind

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Why do artists create? To solve a problem, of course. Young artists work individually and then in groups to create observational, imaginative, and narrative drawings in response to an assignment that requires them to employ all 16 Habits...
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Artist Research

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research an artist of their choice on the internet. They are provided with questions (worksheets included with the lesson) as a guide for their research. Students choose an artwork by their artist to critique.
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Learning to Resist: Watercolor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Consider wax resist drawings as a way to bridge art and science. Learners view, discuss, and practice drawing insects or animals using waxy crayons. They pay attention to the creature's features as they create images with watercolor and...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Scientist, Inventor

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the connection of art, science, and history during the Renaissance Period. In this art instructional activity, students watch a PowerPoint presentation with examples of da Vinci's work. To finish this instructional...

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