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A New Way of Looking
Students compare and contrast works of art. In this art analysis lesson, students complete art analysis discussion activities and then journal activities.
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Geometry and Symmetry
Students examine tessellations and their geometric properties. The lesson plan and discussions may be used to develop students' understanding of polygons and symmetry as well as their ability to analyze patterns.
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TEXTURE DRAWING
Third graders create a drawing based upon objects found outdoors through rubbing the side of a crayon onto a piece of paper covering the objects, to demonstrate different textures. They share their different drawings and verbally compare...
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Poetry in Weather
Students identify various types of clouds and write poetry about the weather.
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Bands Reunited: The English Beat and Berlin
Students compare, contrast, and reflect on reggae, punk, and ska music, and how this relates to the music of the group The English Beat.
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200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
Students define the term "exoticism" and identify musical elements used by 19th and 20th century composers and modern pop icons to convey exoticism.
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How To Get the Job Done
Fifth graders identify the physical activities that are related to certain jobs.
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Lesson 4: A Field Trip to the Maine State Museum
Learners analyze the Maine State Museum's exhibit 12,000 Years in Maine. They create an artifact and write a description of that artifact that demonstrates their understanding of the way technology shapes culture.
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Poetry in Weather
Young scholars observe and identify the various types of clouds. They compare clouds to clouds on a chart, and in small groups compose and present a group poem about clouds and weather.
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Hanging Scrolls
Students explore prospective content for art, then select and use appropriate
subjects, symbols, and ideas to make art meaningful in this lesson suited for upper-elementary and middle level classrooms.
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Still Movement
Students explore constant motion. Using photography equipment and a dark room, students develop photographs that depict motion. Students demonstrate the proper use of photograph equipment.
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Folding Screen
Students describe a work of art and the function it served in viceregal Mexico. They explore how works of art from China came to Mexico during the viceregal period and influenced art produced in Mexico. They create their own screen based...
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Encoded Meanings
Students explore symbols in art and complete related activities. In this art symbols lesson, students compare symbols they recognize to those of an African culture. Students create a collaborative work of art with symbols that have an...
PBS
Pbs: Off the Map
There are artists around the world making wonderful creations in their own backyards. Come explore these "visionary" or "outsider" artists who create art out of everyday things.
Other
The Electric Gallery: Collections Folk and Outsider Art
This site is a gallery of folk and outsider art from several artists. "Take a walking tour through the Folk Art Wing."
PBS
P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Artistic Collaborations
A small collection of prints made by famous artists who generally work in mediums outside of printmaking. This collection comes from a collaborative printing workshop (ULAE) in New York.
Other
Anton Outsider Art
This page is the personal web page for the Outsider Art works of Anton Haardt. Here you can view a gallery of her work and read biographies of several other artists.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Coke Bottle by Finster
This eight-foot high plastic Coke bottle was a sculpture created for the 1996 Olympics, and is representative of outsider or folk art. The surface is painted with items that had meaning for the artist, Howard Finster. Students can read a...
Other
Delaware Art Museum: Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood
Resources on the history of the brotherhood, along with its aims, interests, artists, and offshoots, from the museum that houses the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art outside of England.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: The Italian Renaissance (1420 1600)
This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything...
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Goya, the Black Paintings
This site from Mark Harden's Artchive provides a thoughtful, intense look at the images painted directly on the walls of the artist's home outside of Madrid. This site attempts to show the viewer what it may be like to enter the house...
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Click to Enter Quinta Del Sordo
This site from Mark Harden's Artchive provides a thoughtful, intense look at the images painted directly on the walls of the artist's home outside of Madrid. This site attempts to show the viewer what it may be like to enter the house...
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Click to Read About the Black Paintings
This site from Mark Harden's Artchive provides a thoughtful, intense look at the images painted directly on the walls of the artist's home outside of Madrid. This site attempts to show the viewer what it may be like to enter the house...