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Calico Watercolor Cats

For Teachers K - 2nd
A fun art project, this instructional activity incorporates math and listening skills as young artists play with a new painting technique. First the teacher models how to draw a cat using shapes, an oval for the body, triangles for the...
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Replacement and Probability

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Middle and high schoolers explore the concept of probability. In this probability instructional activity, learners conduct an experiment with a bag of marbles. Pupils draw marbles from a bag and determine the probability of drawing a...
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Symmetrical Masks

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine symmetrical and asymmetrical balance while making a mask using a variety of colored pencil and marker techniques. They use the process of revision and design as they complete their masks.
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Exploring the Art of Leonardo da Vinci

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use a web worksheet to gather information about the Italian Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci. They look at the front and back of the Mona Lisa, Leonardo's most famous painting. Students learn about the painting...
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Persuasion in Print

For Teachers 9th
Advertisers target teenagers. Groups select three magazine advertisements for similar products, analyze the appeals used in each, create a poster that features the persuasive techniques used, and present their findings to the class. The...
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Percussion Composition

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create and present a short composition. Using skills, techniques and processes, students select, combine and manipulate sound and silence.
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Northwest Native American Art

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders first study the art of the U.S. Northwestern Coast Native American peoples. They select an image or make their own and make a drawing and then make a 6-inch linoleum block print.
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Around the Bend

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners examine the art elements of the Inca "Large Jug." For this visual art lesson, students identify the colors, pattern, and shape of the Inca "Large Jug." Learners then draw a design on a flat and curved surface and discuss the...
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Analyzing Sonnets

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Model for your class how to craft an analysis of a sonnet by examining the literary techniques used, the background of the poet, and critical reviews of the poem. As guided practice, learners are assigned a sonnet, complete a preliminary...
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If You Take a Mouse to School Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
The book If You Take a Mouse to School is sweet, enjoyable, and so fun to read. Little learners hear the tale of Mr. Mouse and all the trouble he causes. They discuss the book as a large group and then split up into smaller groups to use...
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Concepts Of Spacial Depth

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners create a dynamic composition by repeatedly drawing found objects using the techniques of perspective, diminishing scale, and receding lines. This lesson includes rubric for assessment.
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Narrative Cartoons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create narrative cartoons based on the activities of the Peace Corps. For this narrative cartoons lesson plan, students create comic strips where they draw and write about various activities that the Peace Corps is involved in.
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Angry Feelings (Responsible Personal Conduct)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review proper classroom behavior and anger management techniques.
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Pete And Repeat

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students draw a picture of a person from popular culture, then "clone" it using printing techniques in this Art instructional activity that tackles the questions surrounding cloning, DNA, and current scientific techniques. An emphasis is...
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Warm Sun And Cool Moon

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Discover the art and art techniques of George Seurat (1859-1891). Your class will create their own multimedia examples of visual art in this Art lesson for the 3rd and 4th grades. The lesson includes a short vocabulary list and...
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Does it Measure Up?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Use this fun activity with youngsters learning how to use rules for measurement. Each is provided with six steps that direct them to draw specific things with specific heights or lengths. For example, they start by drawing a tree that is...
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Town Along the Chesapeake Bay

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make a drawing of a town along a river off of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Upon completion, they give an oral description of their town, including its houses, stores, businesses, farm area, government, etc., and will...
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Geomnemonics: Facilitating the Teaching of Social Studies Content with Geography Skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore how to draw a world map by hand and how to locate countries.
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It's All In How You Look At It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work collaboratively to create artistic renderings of digital photographs using a color value scale and grid techniques in this late-elementary school lesson based upon Ted Rose's book Discovering Drawing. The lesson includes a...
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Filter It!

For Students 3rd - 4th
Elementary schoolers who are learning about filtration and mixtures could use this worksheet to gain practice in filtering techniques. In it, they are asked how to manipulate a container in a way that would lead to properly filtering...
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The Human Head and Picasso

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Fabric Dimensions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners create original examples of the trapunto quilting technique in this middle-level lesson sutied for the Art classroom. Assessment and discussion questions are included for this lesson.
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Gallery Walk Questions on Rivers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A Gallery Walk is a technique that allows small groups to visit different stations, where they examine and discuss materials about an overarching topic. Questions about rivers and fluvial processes are available in this resource;...
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Art Folder and Two Point Perspective

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how to create a 3-D effect on a flat surface and draw in two-point perspective. They view and discuss elements of design, analyze artwork by M.C. Escher and Roy Lichtenstein, and design and create an art folder.

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