Students compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression. They examine the similarities and differences of how various artists worked.

Students listen to the story, The Legend of the Bluebonnet, and discuss their most special possessions. They illustrate and label a picture of who or what is most important to them.

Students are encouraged to use gentle persuation rather than bullying and recognize how their behavior affects others. Students reflect to themselves with provided questions, read a story and reflect about how the characters acted, and...

Students discuss feelings about being teased about being a gifted student. In this feelings lesson plan, students then toss balls to each other and give responses based on questions asked.

Learners consider the effects of color on moods and feelings. They participate in a variety of demonstrations to explore the role of illusion and suggestion in human perception. They consider which color best represents their personality.

Students are introduced to the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Individually, they are to create a color wheel with all three levels of colors in a creative way. To end the lesson, they present their wheel to the class and...

Students choose subject of composition and do sketches in computer lab of flora and fauna contained within their environment.

Fourth graders explore the artistic ideas of landscape, foreground, middle ground, and background through a creative painting project. While this is written for North Carolina, teacher may adapt for any state/region.

Students investigate oceanography by painting sea life. For this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Students design their own sea...

Sixth graders utilize Excel or other spreadsheet software to create both text and numerical valued columns to produce a Christmas or birthday wish list. They study the difference between text and numerical values for column use and...

For this sentence fragment worksheet, students are presented with 16 sentences. Students must determine whether the sentence is correct or a fragment.

Students draw a chair from five different perspectives. After using the shapes from their drawings to create a cubist collage, students paint their collage monochromatically.

Students watch segments of a video to explore portraits. They create a self portrait using mixed-media.

Students discover the effects of color.

Students each create a small piece of a larger picture. When assembled the final piece match a photograph of a famous individual.

Students explore the rotation of the earth. In this science lesson, students view photos of various places around the world. Students conduct an experiment in which they can see how the earth's rotation creates shadows on the earth.

Artlex's definition of value and how it applies to black and white and color in art. There are links to other sites to further explain the term and also related terms to explore.

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on tints and shades and the work studied is from Frank Stella. The animation demonstrates the difference and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes color value and the differences between tints and shades. It provides examples, websites and questions for review.

An informative site that explains Value as an element of art using examples of Rembrandt's work. This is a good juxtaposition between the works "Night Watch," and "The Anatomy Lesson," by Rembrandt.

This site from the University of Evansville is a great place for the aspiring artist to visit. Receive free professional advice and tips on basic drawing techniques. The site focuses on perspective drawing and shading.