Build class community with an art project. Learners first examine and discuss works of art. They then contribute to a class mural by tracing their hands and decorating them in relation to their own cultures. The final mural...

Seventh graders research a culture and art produced by the people of that culture. They create a PowerPoint presentation to explain their findings. Students make a sand painting depicting the art of that era.

Fourth graders create three-dimensional paper African masks. They analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Africa. they discover that masks were worn for various ceremonies.

Students make replicas of African masks. They also express what attributes they would want to have as an adult and put that into their mask.

Learners analyze the influence of Japanese art on French art between 1860 and 1910 in this ideal lesson for the high school Social Studies, Humanties, or Asian Studies classroom. Research itechniques are emphasized.

Fourth graders imagine what North Carolina looks like from the air. Looking at a map, they list the different kinds of views we might find, (i.e., beach, mountains, cities, farms, etc.) then attempt to draw their own version of a map.