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Line and Shape Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a picture of an actual scene or overlap the called out lines or shapes into a space-breaker. If someone calls out a line or shape a student had not planned to use in the art, they have to figure out some way to use it...
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Rock It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students dance in lines to "Baby Likes to Rock It" by The Tractors. They begin to learn dance formation: Lines or scattered facing same direction, and learn counts while rocking out to country music.
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Reflecting Culture Through Coins

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research and recreate coins from ancient civilizations to determine how the imagery reflects the cultures which originally made them.
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Recognizing High and Low Pitch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students distinguish a high pitch from a low pitch, and demonstrate high/low pitch recognition by creating contrasting movements to high and low music, and use instruments to represent the characters in The Three Little Pigs.
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Rock It

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice and perform a dance to the song, Baby Likes to Rock It.
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Eating Fruit

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners select a piece of fruit from a central table. After some discussion on ways of representing form and proportions students record as accurately as possible, the entire fruit.
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Sculpture -Assemblage -Art of Mexico

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create imaginative creatures are called Alebrijes.
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Portrait Detectives

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students distinguish portraits from other forms of art and develop their own criteria for analyzing portraits. They discuss what is unique about a portrait, why artists create portraits, and the style of portraits.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 19: Hey, Hey, Whaddaya Say!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students rehearse scripts by recording themselves on audiotape and then playing it back to self-assess strengths and weaknesses.
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Drawing from Life: Tissue Paper Collage

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students watch a video about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and discuss her work. They draw flowers plants and fish and use collage techniques imitating O'Keeffe's style.
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A Pair, A Panel, A Presentation: Creating an Image for Your School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a screen for the school. They work as a group to create a screen using various scenes from the school. Once they have finished their project, they explain why the artist chose to use the scenes from his time period.
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Warrior of the Church: St. James on Horseback

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the life and significance of Saint James. They identify details and features of New Spanish sculpture that make it unique.
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Build a Bargueno

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a decorative drawer front concealing student treasures. This be accomplished by exploring the functions of a bargueno (writing desk). The discover how cultural influences impact the artist's motif.
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Computer Applications - 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the basic tags that are used to make web pages. They consider the factors that make a well-developed web site and web page and use the basic elements of HTML to code a simple text file.
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Computer Applications - 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define terms related to the World Wide Web and Netscape. They identify the key components of the Netscape browser and evaluate web sites after determining which characteristics make up a well-designed website.
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Melody Words

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose a melody by placing words on the music staff. They play their melody words for the class.
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Insight Arts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view a mural and identify, describe, and discuss what they see. They are introduced to and demonstrate the functions of key structural elements of poetry by writing a poem about themselves that highlights their interests and...
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SIMPLY STARS

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students produce quilting stars that challenge students with unusual piecing situations, and the sampler format allows quilters to create freely with unusual fabric combinations.
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Banners with a Message II

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study the work of Keith Haring to explore how art can make social statements. They use a phrase with a positive theme and create an image that depicts the theme, in the Keith Haring style. They work collaboratively to create the...
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Dance Observation Sheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers assess their classmate dance sequences.
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Spice Container

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine and identify classic Greek and Roman motifs on spice containers. They analyze the process of casting and chiseling silver, and design and create a spice container using classic Greek and Roman design elements.
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Hollis Sigler & Symbolism

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students create a symbolic drawing that represents an important event or person in their life.
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Lesson 3 - Songs for Soldiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars reflect on their own musical preferences, and how those preferences may be incorporated into self-expression.
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Education of the Artist: An Investigation into the Ideas that Defined aGeneration of Artists in late Eighteenth-Century Britain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore training of artists as professionals, and identify the many different types of jobs that require art training.