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Friends Mural

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars discover the art of Keith Haring by creating their own artwork.  In this art analysis lesson, students identify the artist Keith Haring and discuss his artistic works.  Young scholars create their own murals...
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Palette Knife Painting Inspired by the Works of Brian Rutenburg

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the works of Brian Rutenburg. In this art instructional activity, students create a work of art using acrylic paint and palette knives inspired by the works of Rutenburg. Students write about their artwork.
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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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Completing Sculptures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students express aspects of their identity in their artwork, use subject matter or symbols to express meaning, organize mass and space with attention to multiple viewpoints and write titles for their work.
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Color

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students learn the effect that warm and cool colors have for those who see them used in visual art. They create a collage of variety of colors. They participate in a gallery walk to view the artwork of others.
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Looking At Portraits: Literary Monuments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine artworks, research literature, and create study drawings and a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. They discuss and analyze the sculpture Model for a Monument to Alexandre Dumas p??re by Albert-Ernest...
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Learning To Look

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Jacques-Louis David's Telemachus and Eucharis and Dorothea Lange's photograph of a migrant mother and consider how artists communicate ideas across time. They look closely at, and think creatively about artworks.
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Boosting Rap's Rep

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the negative image that some have of rap and hip-hop music through discussion and reading an opinion piece from The New York Times. They create CD cover artwork reflecting these messages.
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Living the Dream?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the stories of two immigrants and translate their past, present and future into original pieces of writing or artwork.
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Making Memories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write reflective essays discussing some of their most poignant holiday memories. They illustrate their writing with original artwork and photographs to contribute to a class-designed holiday memory book.
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Name Illustration Portfolio Covers

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design a portfolio for their class artwork. They artistically incorporate their names into the portfolio cover design.
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Choosing the Lincoln Statue

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research photographs or artwork depicting Abraham Lincoln during the time when he was traveling the 8th Judicial Circuit and practicing law in Champaign County. They develop a Powerpoint presentation of the results of the...
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Sculpture: Statues, Monuments, and More

For Teachers K
Students explore some of the components of sculpture through a variety of artists and their artwork. The six lessons of this unit utilize the sculptures experienced when students were studying American history and the Native Americans.
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Pixel Painting

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students study the artwork of Chuck Close to examine Photorealism. They create a pixel painting using a monochromatic color scheme.
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Multi Media "self" Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a three-five minute presentation that visually illustrates major aspects of the their lives. Using Movie Works software as a base, they integrate video, photography, artwork, graphic elements, and sound to produce...
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Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Chuck Close

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and analyze various works of art by Chuck Close. They listen to a book about Chuck Close, discuss images of his artwork, and create original paintings in the style of Chuck Close.
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Myth-Conceptions

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars examine the myths and misconceptions surrounding early European colonists in the New World. They analyze images, artwork, and media relating to the early colonists and discuss their accuracy.
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Math is Beautiful

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore how geometry is used on the composition of artworks by artists from different cultures. This lesson is equally suited for a Math or Art classroom at the late-elementary or early-middle school level.
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All About Trees

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the artwork of Robert Harris and discuss how trees are an important part of their lives. In groups, they discover how people's use of the environment has changed over time and describe the climate and vegetation...
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Issues of Gender

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students develop their own orginal artwork that represents their own ideas about gender. In groups, they discuss and design a tableaux that shows society's view on gender over time. Using any item in popular culture, they discuss what...
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Picasso Faces

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the artwork of Abstract artist Pablo Picasso. They create a collage of Abstract and/or Cubistic Faces emulating Picasso's style. Students are allowed to let their imagination run wild with the many possibilities.
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PAINTING COLORFUL STORIES INFLUENCED BY JACOB LAWRENCE

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research the background of Jacob Lawrence and study the music, poetry, and spirit of the Harlem Community that was present during Jacob Lawrence's formative and subsequent art productions. They create a piece of artwork...
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The Civil War and Viet Nam are they Related?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify and explain Civil Rights as they relate to the Civil War and Viet Nam eras. They explore civil rights through literature, artworks, news coverage, video and Internet sites. Students work in a group to develop a...
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Things That Make Us Want To Scream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create a drawing of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and draw items that make them want to scream in this creative Art lesson for the Middle or High School classroom. The lesson includes resource links for artwork and background...

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