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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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X-Ray Style Australian Aboriginal Art

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this Aboriginal art worksheet, students create a work of art in the x-ray style of Australian art. They read a short paragraph about the history of the art form. They draw an example of the art that shows the bones of a traditional...
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Honey Bee Communication

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a role play to show how honey bees communicate with one another. For this honey bee lesson, students learn that honey bees communicate with dance. Students create the honey bee environment and role play the dances...
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Technology - Identity - Watercolor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a grayscale digital photo of self and draw the texture of their hair in a linear fashion. They create a background which relates to the PTA Reflections contest using the internet as a resource.
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St. Michael, Prince of the Celestial Armies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe this work of art as reflecting the beliefs of Mexicans in the viceregal period. They create their own sculptures in a lightweight material that shows themselves in an active pose.
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Accessories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the types of accessories available in fashion. In groups, they are given a piece of clothing and are to accessorize it properly. As a class, they use this same reasoning and apply it to an interior room. To...
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Acadie: Alive and Well!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine artwork by Canadian Robert Harris. They research the Acadian culture, write letters, create a mural, and develop and perform an old-fashioned radio show.
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Phenomenology Lesson Plan #6: Theme Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils practice differentiating between categories of art and entertainment. They also practice telling the difference between character themes and universal themes. They find a text to relate to themselves and write about it.
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Eurovision

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore Europe's comples cultural identity. Students consider if one song could represent all pop music tastes of Europe. In groups, students plan an evening of entertainment. They design posters to promote the event.
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Dr. Seuss Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read classic children's books. In this Dr. Seuss instructional activity, students read the Seuss classics The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham and Horton Hears a Who. Students create models based on story characters and...
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Scaling Up Art

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students measure a sculpture of a human and measure other students. They determine the average size of humans and create a life size image of the sculpture. They work with percentages as they create the images.
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Cartoon Creation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create four to six illustrations that produce sequential movement and change when rapidly flipped through, and demonstrate that motion and change can be shown in a series of illustrations by sharing his/her original cartoon...
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Quilting Our Diverse Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore diversity and race by creating art. In this ethnic background lesson, students discuss their family history, where their relatives lived and how it affects their life today. Students create pieces of a quilt representing...
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Tissue Paper Bows

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create holiday gift bows using tissue paper. They demonstrate creativity in making holiday bows using tissue paper. They demonstrate the ability to follow directions.
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Good and Evil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the art of Henry Darger as an impetus to discuss the concepts of good and evil. They investigate why people have been fascinated with good and evil from biblical times to the present.
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Imagery: Symbolic/realistic

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize and use the visual arts as a form of communication. They use the computer as a visual arts tool to gather images for a story they are telling. They discuss related stories that differ in their realistic images. They...
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Portraits in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

For Students 7th - 11th
In this art gallery set of worksheets, students examine a set of portraits that are located in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. They answer a set of questions about each piece of art which is pictured on the worksheets.
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Barbie Girl: Gender Equity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine gender bias and strategies to overcome it.  In this gender equity lesson, students discuss what gender bias is, identify the presence of bias and discrimination and examine vocabulary that indicates the presence of bias. 
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Lessing meets Haring

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students create a challenging mural that functions as visual storytelling and encourages graffiti prevention. They examine the history of their town, pose questions about public art and view artwork by Keith Haring for inspiration.
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Portraits

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study examples of portrait art. In this portrait lesson, students read about the technique of portrait art and study examples of the portraits. Students then practice portrait art.
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A Fresh Twist on Fabric Folding

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice different ways to fold fabric. Using different types of fabrics, they create 3D fabric models to be used in quilts or clothing. They share their designs with the class and critique their classmates design.
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Hats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a read aloud of "Hats, hats, hats," by Ann Morris focusing on the variety of hats. They play a file folder game categorizing hats from the book.
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Composition With Red Hat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a work of art that includes a red hat, either as a focal point or as an accent in the picture. The picture could be in color or black and white with the hat in red and they choose the medium that they want to use.
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Using Math to Draw the Mayflower

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders access information from a website about the Pilgrims trip on the Mayflower and discuss the number of people on the ship and the time they spent on the ship. They draw, label and measure the Mayflower to perspective.

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