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In Depth: Pearblossom Highway
Young scholars analyze a photograph and a photo-collage showing the same highway. In this visual arts lesson plan, students write a descriptive paragraph about both images and identify one-point perspective in art. Young...
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And Then What Happened?
Students analyze paintings by using verbs, adjectives, and nouns. In this visual arts instructional activity, students view a painting of a storm and a calm sky. Students use various verbs and adjectives to discuss the characteristics of...
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Romare Bearden Collage
The students study collage as it is used in works of art. They create a collage based on a masterpiece. They critique student art work and research the work of Romare Bearden.
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Alphabet Book
Students create their own alphabet book using clip art in a publishing program. They are read Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss as an "attention grabber."
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Story Books
Students discuss a narrative work of art, then write stories describing the action and publish their stories and illustrations in books.
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Thirty-Second Look
Students articulate why more than 30 seconds is required to examine a work of art, in order to gain an understanding of it. They give reasons why discussing a work of art increases their understanding of it.
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My Getty Vacation Travel Log-A Set of 6 Activities
Students take an imaginary vacation at the J. Paul Getty Museum. They participate in six activities while writing, observing and sketching works of art.
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Shadow Pictures
Students discover the power of lights, shades, and shadows in this Art lesson intended for upper-elementary/middle-level Art classrooms. Older students may want to experiment by adding more than one silhouette to the Bristol board used...
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimension
Young scholars explore sculpture. In this lesson about finding sculpture ideas in movement and rhythm, students make 3-dimensional shapes. Young scholars create a sculpture paying attention to balance, rhythm and repetition. Students...
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Engaging English: Create Alliteration Wall-Hangings to Excite Young Learners
Students explore the concept of alliteration. In this sound devices instructional activity, students use educational software to create alliterative phrases that are accompanied by appropriate clip art, design tools, and graphics.
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Lucy's Literacy Legacy
students examine three local public arts portraits of Lucy Stone. They study her role in the women's rights movement through comparative readings, Internet research, and children's literature. In addition, they gather and organize...
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Making a Child's Play of "Antigone"
Fourth graders make studenT books to share with elementary students that teach a universal rule that obeys both conscience and authority.
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Taking Roll
Students personalize the task of taking roll by thinking about colleges and laminated the names on cards. They have to meet the criteria from five areas: group must have 5-7 members, must be co-ed, must include students from at least 3...
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Tell Me About It: What is Design? Creating a Design Workshop Part 2
Students create a workshop on basic design to introduce the concept to elementary students. In this design workshop instructional activity, students view two videos that provide basic design concepts. After discussing the concepts as a...
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Back to the Future
Students imagine what it would be like to travel back in time. In this creative writing activity, students watch parts of the film Back to the Future and examine artifacts from the past. Students write a short story in which they travel...
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Self-portrait Poem
Students practice naming various features or parts of their bodies using similes and vivid adjectives. The format is extended to poetic expressions as they develop a self-portrait and extend the creative experience through art.
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Speech Therapy Students Interact Between Schools
Students use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, students attain their speech...
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Thank you!
Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.
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Musical Instruments - Percussion
Learners research and analyze various percussion instruments from different countries and cultures in this Music lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on internet research and hands-on drumming techniques from...
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Musical Instruments - Woodwinds
Students assemble and examine typical European orchestral woodwind instruments, determine how the instruments change pitch, identify common orchestral woodwind instruments by sound, and research a non-Euro-centric woodwind instrument in...
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Musical Instruments - Strings
Learners explore various string instruments in this multi-week music lesson for the upper-elementary grades. Emphasis is placed on group violin lessons, listening to and identifying string instruments, and researching non-European...
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Letter C Word Search
Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter C lesson, students identify 4-8 words with pictures and use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.
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Enhancing Literacy with Podcasting
Students write stories, print hard copies, and use the GarageBand program to add music and record the narrations. A handout to download, of instructions is included in this early-elementary lesson.
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Post-Secondary Checklist
Twelfth graders answer the question what is next for them and identify how life is going to be different after high school. As a class, they share their life experiences in elementary and middle school and then predict how it might be...
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