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Silicon Valley Art Museum: Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self Portrait Lesson [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf art activity caled "Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self-Portrait Lesson", in which you are guided through a creative activity with discussion.
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Silicon Valley Art Museum: All About Me: Self Portrait Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf activity "All about Me: Self-Portrait Lesson", which guides students through the creation of their own self-portrait with a little bit of art history mixed in.
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Silicon Valley Art Museum: New Clothes: Self Portrait Lesson With Crayon Rubbing

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf activity "New Clothes: Self-Portrait Lesson with Crayon Rubbing" which teaches the technique of making rubbings.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, young scholars will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students look at how non-human images can be used in a self-portrait to portray aspects of a personality.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Drawing [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Closer Look at Value: Self Portraits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan that utilizes Photoshop to teach students about proportion and the grid drawing technique in order to create self-portrait drawings.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students create a visual representation of themselves using collage with magazine cut-outs and write a detailed description of it.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraiture 101 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st
In this lesson plan, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
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PBS

Pbs: Thomas Eakins (Lessons About the ?American Rembrandt?) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find four lesson plans developed for the PBS documentary "Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life" about the life and work of the man who would become known as the ?American Rembrandt.? The lessons touch on all the essential qualities of...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Narrative Necklaces and Beyond! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will create a piece of art that will identify an artist, but is not a standard self-portrait with traditional facial features. It will be a collage incorporating images, colors, symbols, and text to help describe...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Making Friends With Franklin

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is an introduction plus a series of three lesson plans that explore Franklin's portraits plus aspects of his work in science and writing.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Two Faces of Paul Gauguin

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to learn about the individual who created them and consider how first-person art forms (self-portraits, diaries, letters, journals) aid the process of self-discovery. Then,...