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Architecture Is Elementary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite and create their own 3D structures in this Art/Art History lesson for fourth through sixth grade. The lesson includes a book resource list for...
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Turkey Centerpieces

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create "turkey centerpieces" in this easy elementary art lesson using apples, toothpicks, construction paper, and gumdrops. The lesson includes a materials list and a step-by-step list of instructions to create the turkey...
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Architecture is Elementary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn the four orders of architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. They create their own 3d structure and work together in groups. They create basic geometric shapes. # Have fun learning about art history,...
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum - Lesson 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Explore the artistic elements in artworks with an original and reproduction instructional activity. As learners recognize the difference between an original and a reproduction, they discuss the artist elements used in the...
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Trot Out the Creativity with Turkey-Themed Art Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Take the traditional handprint turkey to the next level with art activities that integrate writing, color, poetry, and family involvement
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Egyptian Symbols: What story do they tell?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a stele to represent what symbols are the most important to them. In this symbols lesson plan, students learn about Egyptian symbols, and then put their own important symbols into model magic clay according to their size...
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Focus on the Art of Photography with Photography Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the world around them through the lens of a camera with these photography lesson plans.
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Take a Look at Nature With Landscape Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Let local nature inspire original art with these landscape lesson plans.
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Warm Up to Weaving With the Right Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Explore the process of creating the fabrics, cloths, blankets, and rugs that warm the chilly months of winter with weaving lesson plans.
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The Fun Art of Pasta!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Interesting shapes make noodles and other pasta a creative medium for children’s art
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Winter Art Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Here are some fun art activities to do in the winter time.
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Valentine's Day Art Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Fun art activities with a Valentine's Day theme.
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Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Words: Art, Art History, Language Arts, Creative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a story inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and then try their hand at their own rendition of this famous piece of art. In a twist, students incorporate the stories into their paintings.
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Modern Art Styles of Matisse

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students study the history of Matisse as an artist and focus upon his influences upon the style of art that he was famous for. The learners perform research about the life and works. Then they create a work of art that is similar to the...
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Scratch Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils create a piece of art using crayons, black paint and toothpicks. They cover a paper with bright crayon color, paint over the crayons with black paint and then scratch a design over the black paint in a an outline of their choice.
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Advanced Scribble Pictures

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Scribble art allows learners of any age to problem solve in order to express their creative thinking skills. They create a simple scribble, then elaborate on it by adding color and shape. Full instructions and extensions are included. 
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Daydreaming with Marc Chagall

For Teachers K - 6th
Explore the concepts of surrealism and cubism that Marc Chagall portrayed in his art. Your elementary artists will read articles about the artist and practice the methods used in surrealism and cubism.
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Same and Different

For Teachers 1st Standards
A take on "If You're Happy and You Know It" opens a lesson about similarities and differences. Scholars speak in-depth on the unique characteristics that make up their classroom. The teacher or counselor records responses. Class members...
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St. Patrick's Day Art Projects

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Activities to make March 17th more than just a day for the wearing of the green!
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Dr. Seuss - Make Time for Rhymes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read the story Green Eggs and Ham to practice phonemic awareness, rhyming, and writing skills with emerging readers. They will match oral words to printed words, create a graphic organizer, and the use rhyming words in an...
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Antonyms, synonyms and homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Shed light on what antonyms, synonyms, and homophones are. In this lesson, upper elementary schoolers create pairs using an antonym, a homophone, and/or a synonym. Then they play an antonym matching game.
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Faux Fossil Fun

For Teachers K - 8th
Elementary schoolers investigate how fossils are created by reproducing the process of creating an impression and filling it with a hardening material. The art lessons from this source are just fantastic! The lesson plan is well-written...
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Talking in Sculpture

For Teachers K - 5th
Elementary schoolers take a look at the work of sculptor Roxanne Swentzell. They pay particular attention to her work, Mud Woman Rolls On. Then, the young artists use clay to create a sculpture of their own which has the theme of a...
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Story Stew

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the elements of a story. In this reading and writing lesson, pupils read the book, Tyrone the Horrible by Hans Wihelm and then identify the characters, setting, and plot of the story.This lesson includes adaptations and...

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