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Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use Play Doh to make a color wheel. In this color wheel lesson plan, students use primary and secondary colors of Play Doh to make a color wheel.
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Technology - Self-portrait -Design - Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast styles of portraits thru time and gain appreciation for the work of John Singer Sargent. They also demonstrate craftsmanship in cutting and gluing portrait.
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I Like It: Discovering Your Personal Style

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore design options and styles to discover their personal style. In this personal style lesson, students reflect upon personal taste and style preferences and explore the link between color and mood. Students create a...
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Running Colors

For Teachers K
Students play a game with mats of different shapes and colors spread out over a playing area. As a shape and color is called out students run the the corresponding mat and stand on it.
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FUN-damental movement!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students move within the gymnasium area while working on color/shape recognition, change of speed and directional movements, and cooperation/teamwork. In this FUN-damental movement lesson, students work in partners on a treasure chest...
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Home Sweet Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities with the books Color Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, and The Great Migration North.  In this literature/History lesson, student read the story and discuss the plot. They analyze photographs taken...
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Cut Up Painting

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work on color planning and painting skills and reinforce principles of design. They alter a work of art to create a low relief assemblage.
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Timbre: Identifying the Tone Color of the Saxophone

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the concept of timbre. In this timbre lesson, students experience timbres produced by saxophones in contemporary music. Students explore the science behind the music.
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On the Other Side of the Color Barrier: Segregation and the Negro Leagues

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars study segregation that occurred in the past and that is currently occurring. For this equal rights lesson, students use primary source documents to student segregation of the past. In a culminating activity, young scholars...
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Biggest Boat

For Teachers K - 1st
In this boat worksheet, students color the biggest boat in the picture. Students have 2 boats to choose from to determine which one is the biggest.
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The City in Black and White and Color: An interdisciplinary approach to teaching life in the city using literature, social studies, art, and photography.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design an artistic and literary collage of contemporary urban life that seeks to interpret, analyze, and evaluate its mettle. They integrate their impressions of urban life with established views, thereby enriching their...
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Art From Map-Abstract composition using map and primary colors

For Teachers K - 6th
The learners use a map to create a Mondrian-like artwork. They put to use his severe simplicity in line as well as in color (of course, no green, which was a color he reportedly hated). Shapes created were more organic rather than...
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2oth-Century Painters: Master of Color

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe how the work of the artists reflected the their lives and times, and how they inspired new artistic movements. They compare and contrast the works of the two artists at different periods in their lives. Students view a...
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Monochromatic Painting

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a piece of monochromatic art. In this monochromatic art lesson, students design a piece of art and analyze their painting objectively. Students connect color and emotions.
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Primary Color Mixing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify secondary colors that are created by mixing primary color paint combinations, and make paintings of their own.
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Rainbow Fish

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this color word recognition worksheet, students analyze the words printed in each of 10 small fish in an undersea picture. Students color each fish according the color word printed on it. Then students color 10 blank fish so that each...
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Mixing Primary Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners demonstrate ways to mix primary colors. In this visual arts instructional activity, students use gelatin and food coloring to create various color mixtures. Learners also use tempra paint to mix colors together.
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All the Colors We Are

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners make a hand print mural. In this painting lesson, students read the book All the Colors We Are and describe the color of their skin.  Learners learn how to mix paints to create various skin tones, create their personal...
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3-D Design - Painting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain elements of relief sculpture. They create a sculpture from foam. They identify characteristics of the art of Clayton Pond and Pop Art. They develop skills in working with color.
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Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a class alphabet book. In this letter recognition instructional activity, students use line and color to draw an object whose name begins with a specific letter. Students use adjectives to create a sentence describing the...
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Spicy Hot Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the importance of primary colors by reading a book in class.  In this art lesson, 1st graders read the book Spicy Hot Colors, and discuss the three primary colors and the numerous combinations they can make....
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Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students differentiate objects based on contrast in physical characteristics such as color, texture, size and shape. They also recognize and sort objects by color families.
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Eating Over the Rainbow

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their own diets, and then redesign the USDA's Food Pyramid to reflect nutrition experts' latest advice. They read and discuss The Color of Nutrition: Fruits and Vegetables, which is an article imbedded in this plan.
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Modern Mona

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use contour drawings of the Mona Lisa. Students turn the drawings upside down and cover 3/4 of the drawing with a sheet of construction paper. They "erase from their minds" what the drawing is, and complete the quarter section...

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