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Historical Narrative Using Silhouettes
Connect art and history with a series of activities inspired by the work of contemporary artist, Kara Walker. After watching an Art 21 video about Walker and examining the images in a PowerPoint presentation, class members use...
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Celebrate With Silhouettes
Students explore history of silhouettes, and help create keepsake silhouettes, frame them, or use them to make a special Mother's Day card.
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Silhouettes
Students explore the challenges of creating a silhouette. In this silhouette lesson plan, students learn to produce a silhouette from a projected image. Students compare and contrast the making of a silhouette to a drawing or painting.
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O Greek Shape! O Fair Pose!
Everything old is new again. The Los Angeles J. Paul Getty Museum presents a lesson on how Greek black-figure painting influenced eighteenth century Neoclassical artists. After looking at a series of examples, class members create their...
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Shaded Bottles
Learners draw, and then paint three-dimensional bottles to practice shading which shows shape and perspective. The step-by-step process for creating dimensional still life art is outlined, which makes teaching art an attainable task. Oil...
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1920s Variety Show
To better understand the cultural achievements of the Harlem Renaissance and become familiar with its major figures, class members examine a painting by Aaron Douglas and a poem by Langston Hughes and compare how the artists develop...
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Salty Snow Silhouette
Students research outstanding artwork, from fine art to advertising, that is created with snow scenes silhouettes. They experiment with how to depict various weather conditions, such as snow, when creating a painting. Afterward, they...
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Project-Based Learning and the Arts
What's so great about Project-Based learning? Read to learn how projects can help kids apply higher-order thinking skills, conduct thoughtful investigations, and make cross curricular connections. This short article includes five...
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Silhouettes and Interiors
Middle schoolers create a multimedia piece that integrates drawing and collage. Students learn about metacognition and the discovering of self through genres of art and literature by using these steps: inspiration, brainstorm,...
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The Ancient Art of Shadow Puppet Plays
Shadow puppetry has an ancient past, it is also a great way to build oral expression and reading fluency. Young thespians research folk tales, compare and contrast reality and fantasy, then create and perform a shadow puppet play based...
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Kirigami: The Ancient Art of Paper Cutting
Young scholars perform inquiry into the ancient art of Kirigami. The research provides a context for the instructional activity and how it is related to History. Students also appreciate the art for the sake of its contribution to culture.
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Maple Leaf Silhouettes
Students investigate the images used for the Canadian Flag and focus upon the maple leaf. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students collect maple leaves and then trace them onto paper as prints. Then they color them to...
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Dancing Silhouettes
Students study the art of Keith Haring and attempt to replicate it. In this art lesson, students work on a series of dance lessons where they learn to be a statue in different positions. Students look at Keith Haring pictures, trace...
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Sunset Silhouettes
Young scholars create "SUNSET SILHOUETTES" using primary colors, black construction paper, and glue in this elementary-level Art lesson. The lesson extension included with this lesson involves creating a nativity scene and might be...
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Silouettes of New York City
Second graders create a New York City silhouette. In this visual arts lesson plan, 2nd graders view the picture book, Uptown, and identify the silhouettes. Students use construction paper, paint, and a flashlight to create artistic...
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Make a Van Gogh-Style Self-Portrait
Learn by doing! Young artists try their hand at creating their own self-portraits in the style of Vincent van Gogh. This worksheet contains a brief explanation of the essential qualities of van Gogh's art: complementary colors and...
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Communicating Feelings through
Sixth graders use subjects, themes, and symbols to communicate meaning in their own works of art. They describe the origins of specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work of others.
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Line and Pattern
Young scholars create a silhouette of a simple figure and repeat it to create a pattern drawing with rhythm.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 5
For this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students read 2 fictional selections and respond to multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also read 2...
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Sunset Silhouette
Students create sunset silhouettes using watercolors, construction paper, glue, scissors, and paintbrushes in this early-elementary Visual Art lesson. The lesson includes a vocabulary list and a definition of silhouettes for use in the...
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Silhouette Outlines
Students create a silhouette by directing light at a person. They change the light, distance from the person and angle to make the shadows different. They are to describe the relationship between the light source and the object.
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Water: A Source of Life and Culture
Students explore water as a feature of culture. In this visual arts lesson, students consider the necessity of water in every culture. Students select water symbols and use their artistic skills to create water symbol silhouettes.
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O Greek Shape! O Fair Pose!
Students analyze the black-figure painting style of ancient Greece and its influence on Neoclassical artists during the 18th century, as seen in drawing, painting and silhouettes, or shadow portraits. In this ancient art lesson...
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Arcimboldo Style Self Portraits
Learners view and discuss Renaissance art, including the work of Arcimboldo. They create their own self portraits through imagery and symbolism in the Arcimboldo style.