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Tony Cragg-Evidence

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students demonstrate an understanding of basic elements and principles of art making such as unity, variety, movement, and meaning found in daily experiences. They also describe the meaning of students¿ own artwork in a written statement.
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Writing Through Art

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Examine the works of visual and performing artists with upper graders. Using the works, they identify the comparisons among the techniques used. They will also review the six traits of effective writing and keep a writing journal...
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Using Pre-reading Strategies: Infer

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Use this resource to support your class practicing inference with poetry and visual art. The plan calls for an examination of "The Scream" by Edvard Munch and the "Mona Lisa" to promote speculation about artist's intent. From there, it...
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Art, Inc.

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are connecting the year that their piece of art was created with the historical events happening in America at that time. They also conduct research to prepare for looking into Art History.
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Using Art to Draw Us Together

For Teachers K - 6th
Students build their own bridges or make connections to other peers, teens, adults/parents, senior citizens and people from around the world through various art mediums. Through this type of lesson students attempt to communicate in...
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars display the two still-life paintings that they created in previous lessons, along with their artist's statements. They write a review of a peer's work and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique.
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Model Community

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore what it means to create miniature models, and apply what they create a miniature version of their local community for a class exhibit. They write artist statements explaining their models.
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The Life and Work of Marc Chagall

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The background and work of the artist Marc Chagall can be a great way to teach students about history and art.
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So, So Surreal Self-Portraits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take virtual trip back in time to 1924 when a Dada manifesto sparked the Surrealist movement in Europe and the United States. They explore about the history of Surrealism and visit online galleries of notable artists of the past...
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The Art of Violence

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Violence and human suffering, as represented in art and film, are the focus of an investigation of the power of visual images and the moral implications of such representations. Class members examine “Guernica,” Pablo Picasso’s massive...
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Keeping Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compose lyrics to songs for a music festival to promote issues in their community. They write artists' statements explaining the issues they chose to write about.
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A Look at Life of the Plains Indians through artists like George Catlin

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify and interpret the life of the Indians on the Plains during the 1800's through artworks of George Catlin and others during this time period. Students examine life of the Pawnee Indians and interpret conditions that...
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Book Illustrations and Their Illustrators as Artists-4-6

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students construct relationships between written narratives and book illustrations, and between the narratives in formal visual art and the subject of the visual art. The use of picture book literature provide a context for the...
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The Roots of the Afro-American Culture: The Artistic Approach

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the geographical structure of the continent of Africa. They discuss how and why there are so many tribes and kingdoms of Africa and dsicuss customs and traditions to determine how they come about in any ethnic group.
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Famous Dead People Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Despite the slightly off-putting title, the instructions and activities detailed in these project guidelines for researching a noteworthy figure will serve as a fantastic supplement to your next famous person research assignment. 
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Syllabus Template

For Teachers Higher Ed
Designed for a college-level course, this syllabus template, in addition to course information, contains sections on policies detailing academic honesty and integrity, intellectual property rights, and course expectations.
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Getting Down to Business

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students develop a business plan to serve as a road map that ultimately help them achieve business goals. They create a description of the business and their work.
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Ed Paschke

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine and discuss the artistic style and techniques of the artist Ed Paschke. They analyze various works of art by Ed Paschke, then choose an icon from art history and alter a photocopy of it using scissors and collage materials.
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Political Cartoons: Thinking Broadly, Communicating Succinctly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students think broadly about the tsunami disaster and its aftermath through studying cartoons. Students critically think about the literary devices the authors/artists use, such as satire, metaphor and personification.
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Art and the Berlin Wall

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study the relationship between Cold War politics, the people who were affected by it, and the artists who examined it. They create their own "walls" using a spray paint graffiti procedure.
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Editorial Cartoon: Intolerance

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyse the role editorial cartoons play in expressing opinions about our society. In this intolerance and expression lesson, students examine and discuss how different artists have used political cartoons to show the concept of...
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Heroes of Harlem

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students explore the artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Their research culminates in a Harlem Renaissance Fair celebrating the movement's cultural and artistic contributions to society.
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An Exploration of Impressonist Painting With Edouard Manet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Edouard Manet was an artist whose life and work provides a wealth of educational opportunities for students.
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Leonardo da Vinci

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students select appropriate tools and technology to perform tests, collect data, and display data. They construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative statements about the relationships between variables.

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