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Style Myself Batisse
Third graders explore the artwork of Henri Matisse. For this Matisse lesson, 3rd graders recognize the characteristics of Henri Matisse. Students create a pastel collage self portrait in the style of Henri Matisse.
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Expressive Self Portrait Montage
Young scholars create self portraits similar to the Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe portraits using digital images.
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Create a "Hero" Trophy
Students identify American heroes. In this research skills instructional activity, students discuss the characteristics of heroes and examine society's definition of heroes. Students research selected American heroes of the 20th century...
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Art of Mask Making
Students make an African mask. In this culture and heritage lesson, students view samples of African masks and learn about the importance of these masks. Students visit the African Art Museum website to view the styles of...
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Celebrating Nature: The Landscape
Eighth graders identify and explore the painting style of Fauve artists. They examine the works of Matisse and Derain. Students discuss the non-traditional use of color in Fauve paintings. They create a landscape painting representing...
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Tissue Collage with Oil Pastels
Students demonstrate how colors are mixed and how repetition, unity, and emphasis are used when creating a colorful collage.
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Brian Murphy ¿¿¿ Sleeping Self-Portrait¿¿¿
Students examine and discuss the painting, "Sleeping Self-Portrait," by Brian Murphy. They answer discussion questions, mix various paint colors, and create a self-portrait using the primary colors and white.
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Joseph Stella Art: Line Designs
Students discover the focal point in pictures and create their own images using lines and space. In this art analysis instructional activity, students create a black dot on a white paper which becomes a focal point for the lines...
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Pinwheel Modern Art Styles
Students explore artistic design by creating pin wheel models in class. In this modern art activity, students examine historic art work of Van Gogh, O'Keeffe and Mondrian before emulating their work on construction paper. Students...
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Clay Sculpture: Relationships
Students explore art history by conducting an in-class activity. In this sculpting lesson plan, students examine previously created art sculptures in a textbook. Students utilize clay, sculpting tools and grey paper to create their own...
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Vocabulary Collage
Fourth graders discuss collages. They view examples that were made by famous artists. Students create a collage using vocabulary words from their reading and materials. They explain their collage to the class. Students cut out pictures...
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging
Students complete activities to study the propaganda elements from various war times. In this war propaganda lesson, students compare and contrast works of art from various viewpoints about war from varying social periods. Students...
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Romare Bearden: Piecing Together A Viewpoint
Students examine the history of Romare Bearden and her artwork. The lesson consists of some virtual field trips and projects. The lesson is designed to be taught as either a social studies or art lesson. The teacher could also teach this...
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Novel Guides
Students create a timeline listing major historical events of the years 1860-1960. They discuss concepts central to the novel, such as freedom, self-respect, courage, and responsibility.
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Tread Lightly: Visualizing Footprints
The student reflects on concepts of ecological footprints and climate changes. In this Art lesson, learners will produce a visual representation showing understanding of how ecology and climate affects the world.
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Tall Tales Folded Envelope Book
Learners create a book using art, problem solving and language skills. They illustrate and write a tall tale. They sculpt a character from their tall tale.
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The Coral Reef
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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Upcycled Garment or Art Work
High schoolers explain the importance of recycling waste products. In this art lesson, students research different upcycled fashion designs and accessories. They design their own product and present it in class.
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Contrast- Printmaking- The Fin Art of Science
Learners explore the art of printmaking. They discuss relief prints and the art of fish printing (Gyotaku). They view examples of the artwork of Gyotaku and also observe the various characteristics of different species of fish. Finally...
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Lesson on Wayne Thiebaud
Fourth graders view Theibaud's work in order to form opinions and share in class discussions. They also critique some of the artists work using the Linderman method and recreate the artist's style of work with their own paintings.
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Looking Blue
Students participate in a research project that is exclusively using the internet. The author states that traditional labs are hard to conduct for a light lab. This one uses the internet with the intention that students can manipulate...