Students describe colors. In this descriptive writing lesson, students brainstorm color descriptions using all of the senses except sight. Students write poems including similes, sensory images, and interesting word choice. Examples are...

Students investigate life up close by using macro photography.  In this photography lesson, students examine minor details in objects around their campus using their artistic integrity and a camera.  Students create a display...

Young scholars study the Subway drawings by Keith Haring and create their own class mural. In this art lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions provided.

Students are given a small detail of a painting, give it a title, and try to guess what the whole painting is. In this painting lesson plan, students put all of their details together to make the full painting.

Third graders listen to a read aloud of a chapter of a book while creating a mental image that shows comprehension. They draw pictures of their mental images. Next, they read a passage of a book silently and sketch the images they create...

Eighth graders explore the pottery traditions of North Carolina through a progression of investigation and hands on experience. State Standards are addressed during this two to three week lesson on regional pottery techniques.

Students become acquainted with the art and literature of artist/author Faith Ringgold.

Fifth graders study self-portraits done by Andy Warhol and other artists. They define Pop Art, printmaking vocabulary, and create a series of screen prints using the art principle of repetition.

Students analyze pop art and discuss artists' choices for materials, line, color, and scale. In this art analysis lesson plan, students consider artists' choices and compare works. Students make a two or three dimensional work of art...

First graders express the words of Autumn through creative dance movements.

Young scholars study the historical figures and symbols of U.S. patriotism depicted on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter coins and learn that artists designed the portraits and other images on the coins. They research Texas symbols...

Students study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins, especially the quarter. They research Texas symbols online and create a design for the obverse and reverse sides a Texas quarter in a choice of media.

Students appreciate the art of the artist Keith Haring. They design and implement Keith Haring-like images for a wall mural and explain and experience a project containing many different compenents and processes from beginning to end.

Young scholars examine and discuss art by Roy Lichtenstein and the Pop art movement. They discuss the phenomenon of popularity, list what is popular today, and create a piece of art using professional looking graphic design style.

Learners examine the Russian culture under the Czars and how there was a demand for intricate and beautiful objects. They attempt to create a "jewel-like" object out of an egg using a Spring template supplied by the teacher.

Young scholars study the artwork of Chuck Close to examine Photorealism. They create a pixel painting using a monochromatic color scheme.

Students compare and contrast the ways in which human figures are portrayed in rock art made by ancient Native American artists and in the drawings and paintings of historic European and American artists. They use images to identify...

Students create a sun tin relief sculpture. In this Mexican art lesson, students incorporate line and form into a relief sculpture that they create of the sun.

Students examine the works of Holocaust artist Samuel Bak. In this Holocaust lesson, students analyze and interpret the works of Bak that feature his first-hand childhood experience of the Holocaust.

Young scholars examine the different artistic styles of three artists and the stereotypes of women they represent in their art. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art of Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, and Richard...

Students explore emotions and memories in preparation for poetry writing. In this poetry lesson students use a graphic organizer and prompts to begin to describe a specific memory which they will turned into a poem.

Students create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art lesson plan, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Students cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels then sew them...

Students use tiles to create a mosaic of haring people based on Keith Haring. In this mosaic lesson plan, students first draw the design and then create the same design with tiles.

Students study Keith Haring and his paintings, and then create their own pastel haring posters. In this haring people lesson plan, students also write their opinions of Keith Haring and his work.