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Out and About-Creating Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate the elements of design by creating a digital photography portfolio of photos taken in and arond the scool. The edit photos using Photoshope to emphasize the element of desing in each phot.
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Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 3: Brainstorming the Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the process of designing a book and identify the steps necessary to publish a book. In small groups they analyze ABC books, and discuss the similarities and differences between the books. Students then brainstorm...
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Joseph Stella Art: Line Designs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover the focal point in pictures and create their own images using lines and space.  In this art analysis instructional activity, students create a black dot on a white paper which becomes a focal point for the lines...
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Problem Solved!: Design Solutions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers learn about charrettes. In this arts lesson, students use creative problem solving processes used by design professionals and then investigate the role of problem solving in the world of design.
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Learning Paragraph Structure Through Design

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine paragraph structure, the writing process, and then design a model for the process. In this writing skills lesson, students explore paragraphs using the SmartBoard. Students create a class T-chart about paragraph...
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The Night Chanter Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars sketch a design based on "The Night Chanter." In this art design lesson, students listen to the Native American prayer, "The Night Chanter" and illustrate their personal vision of the chant. Young scholars critique the...
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Designing a Bus Stop

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate visual arts by creating a design for a small building. In this art analysis lesson plan, students identify the work of Keith Haring and discuss his uses of color and expression. Young scholars...
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Tell Me About It: What is Design? Creating a Design Workshop Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a workshop on basic design to introduce the concept to elementary students. In this design workshop lesson, students view two videos that provide basic design concepts. After discussing the concepts as a class, students...
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Functional Classroom Design

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students work in groups to design an effective and functional classroom. In this classroom design instructional activity, students discuss community and make a mental map and sketch of their classroom. Students complete a handout about...
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Zen and the Design of Homework Desks

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate zen. In this design lesson, students use ideas from zen to create a study area. Students understand how different environments affect work habits. Students research how students in other countries study and write...
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Designing a Quilt Pattern

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create and color a one-patch quilt design based upon a regular hexagon. They examine quilts and photos of quilt designs, read a handout, and complete their quilt design on a worksheet.
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An Exploration of Automotive Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
learners research varied aspects of car design, and create a new design for the exterior body of a car. Students conduct Internet research, respond to writing prompts, and analyze, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple...
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The Voice of Voting: How do We Judge Design

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine various methods of judging popular culture and compare them to the judging of the People's Design Award. In this popular culture and design activity, students research different ways of voting in popular culture,...
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Stained Glass Designs

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars, using white glue for lead and chalk pastel for glass, create stained glass designs.
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Open Your Eyes To Art!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students help create a colorful bulletin board for classroom art displays in this short lesson for the early elementary classroom. The lesson, which can use a variety of items, includes product ideas and resource links to find very...
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Pop Art People

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students research art history by creating an illustration in class. For this popular art lesson, students identify Keith Haring by researching information on the web. Students draw people in different athletic poses and mount their...
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Haring Art Truck

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students are introduced to the work of Keith Haring and graffiti art in general. They work together to design and paint a car imitating Keith Haring's style.
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The Very Busy Spider Art Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students listen to the story The Very Busy Spider  and participate in an art activity related to the book. In this story inspired art instructional activity, students use a Very Busy Spider printable and cut out the spider's...
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Mixed Breed Animals Art

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create an animal in the tradition of medieval animal combinations. They choose components from various animals and design a new animal from those parts. Students draw their animal with careful attention to surrounding...
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Medieval Art

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Gothic architecture on the Internet and create a mug with a gargoyle figure on it.
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Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Advertisers want us to believe we would be accepted if we wore the right clothes or owned the right stuff. This assumption forms the heart of an exploration of the impact of advertising on teenagers. A safe classroom environment would...
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Total English Elementary: The Arts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students consolidate key vocabulary from a unit of study as they classify terms by unscrambling words and identifying 6 films based on the categories listed.
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Scaling Up Art

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students measure a sculpture of a human and measure other students. They determine the average size of humans and create a life size image of the sculpture. They work with percentages as they create the images.
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"Now You Hear Me, Now You Don't!" Growing Independence and Fluency Design

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Help young learners unlock the joy of silent reading by explicitly teaching comprehension methods such as cross-checking to figure out the meaning of unknown words. Practice and model expectations for behavior, and then set the class...

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