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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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Design a Hat for a Cat

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this drawing worksheet, students use a pattern to design a new hat for the cat in The Cat in the Hat. In the book, the cat had a big red and white striped hat.
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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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Parts of Speech

For Students 3rd - 6th
Although designed for a college-level writing lab, this worksheet provides excellent practice for all learners in identifying and using the parts of speech.
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The Cure: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prepare class members for a discussion of Sonia Levitin's dystopian novel The Cure, by leading them on a guided imagery exercise designed to encourage visualization of written descriptions.
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Language Arts

For Teachers 5th
In this literacy worksheet, 5th graders practice putting sentences in order, use words to complete sentences, and rewrite them correctly for the 25 questions.
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New York State English Language Arts Test" Listening Selection Grade 7

For Students 7th
An article about Dr. Robert Metcalf's work to create solar cookers is the subject of an article used in 2010 on the New York State listening exam. Although no questions are included, the passage is ideal for such an exam and questions...

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