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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Dinosaurs Before Dark

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Young readers travel back to the time of the dinosaurs in this literature unit based on the story Dinosaurs Before Dark. Intended for use with upper-elementary special education students, this resource provides reading...
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A Curriculum for Digital Media Creation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Consumer technology has made it possible for filmmakers to create entire movies from the comfort of their home computer. Guide high school film buffs through the process of designing a documentary with an extensive unit published by...
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Music Class

Sound Habits

For Teachers K - 5th
Hear ye! Hear ye! Encourage your young keyboard/piano players to develop sound habits with a resource packet that introduces a dynamic learning method. The free sample lessons, part of a for-purchase program, are designed to be used in a...
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The Voice of the Individual

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young learners explore the role of the individual within society. They view art work, design calling cards, and display their work. Additionally, learners document an imaginary trip, create sculpted self-portraits, create a class play, a...
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Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning

A Foundation for Implementation

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Color is the focus of this amazing resource packed with math, social studies, science, and language arts activities. Kids create a color word wall and post symbols, graph the number of objects they find of each color while on a...
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students practice looking skills as they reflect upon the differences between viewing original works of art and reproductions. In this art viewing lesson, students interpret a work of art using formal analysis and research done for...
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Photo Opportunities Lesson plan 3: Cropping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the concept of creating art outside the frame. In this art lesson, students finish artwork as they add their own details to cropped photographs.
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Picture Writing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create symbols. In this visual arts instructional activity, 4th graders study cave drawings, Native American pictographs, and Aboriginal Drawings prior to creating their own communication without using words.
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Group Headdresses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a headdress design. For this visual arts lesson, students work cooperatively in a group and create a headdress design. Students are encouraged to use the conceptual framework of philanthropy while working as a team to...
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Recycled Robots

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars create recycled art. In this visual art lesson, students use recycled products to assemble robotic pieces of art. Young scholars also write stories about their robots.
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Handprinted Card

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create environmentally friendly art. In this visual arts lesson, students use their thumbprints to create greeting cards to send to family and friends.
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Conceptual Art

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the different ways language is used in conceptual art. In this conceptual art lesson, students analyze artworks that emphasize ideas over form and the methods used in conceptual art. Students work in pairs to read and...
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Bird Feeders

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create environmentally friendly art. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided instructions to create hanging bird feeders.
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Pop Art Ice Cream Painting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create paintings of ice cream treats using Pop Art as an inspiration while developing skills in painting in this 4th through 6th grade Art lesson. Included with the lesson are possible extensions and suggested evaluation rubric.
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Near and Far Snow People/an Art lesson

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the concepts in art of near and far by drawing landscapes and snowpeople. They first draw and later do watercolor and oil pastel paintings.
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Abstract Art: Line, Shape And Color

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create abstract works of art using techniques learned from the artwork of Piet Mondrian, construction paper, pre-cut shapes, and glue in this early-elementary Art lesson. A great lesson to introduce the concept of Abstract art.
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Midwest Hospitality

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create snowflakes using the ideas of symmetry, perpendicularity, and regularity in this Art instructional activity that incorporates Mathematical concepts and artistic design. The instructional activity includes a materials...
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Spin Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
The best part about spin art is that is demonstrates the concept of centrifugal force. Explore the magical spin of gravity as you make colorful art. This lesson idea is short, very simple, and requires a spin art machine.
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Informed Drawing Through Observation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners practice observation techniques to improve their drawing skills. In this drawing technique instructional activity, students assess drawing as an art media and discuss realism. Learners view examples of animal drawings and...
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The Power of Mental Images: Visualizing Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Looking for a powerful reading comprehension method? Try visualization! Learners use this strategy to increase comprehension of a chapter book selected by the teacher. As an assessment, individuals or small groups draw pictures of the...
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Art Folder and Two Point Perspective

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how to create a 3-D effect on a flat surface and draw in two-point perspective. They view and discuss elements of design, analyze artwork by M.C. Escher and Roy Lichtenstein, and design and create an art folder.
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Family Portraits

For Teachers K - 7th
Students discuss, analyze, and interpret "Portrait of a Dutch Family" by Fans Hals and then create subject specific projects for assessment. This cross-curricular lesson is well-suited for Language Arts or Visual Arts classrooms and...
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Visualize and Draw to Increase Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Improve readers' comprehension with a pair of visualization opportunities. First they listen, eyes closed, as you read a description from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, and discuss ideas about what they "see." After you read...
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Symmetrical Design: Pennsylvania Barn Signs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain and apply the visual arts elements and the design principle of symmetry and apply media, techniques, and processes. In addition, they describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different...

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