High schoolers explore Italian Renaissance artwork. In this visual arts lesson plan, students examine "Madonna, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Saint Paul'" by Bernardo Daddi. High schoolers investigate the use of space, scale, and proportion...

Young scholars observe images of amazing places, either real, or imagined by Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and Ansel Adams. They think about a time when they wanted to escape and where they wanted to go. They draw their getaway and then...

Students learn to appreciate art. In this early childhood lesson plan, students read about different artists and imitate their style to develop creative thinking, and language and literacy skills.

 Students explore the likelihood of events.  In this logical thinking lesson plan, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or...

Students create quilts with shadow effects, that create three dimensional effects that make the pieces appear to float right off the surface. They use several techniques to create the shadows such as; color and value, piecing, applique...

In this angles in alphabet letters worksheet, 3rd graders study 6 capital letters and answer 8 mathematical questions relating to the angles of each letter.

In this decimals worksheet, students evaluate a set of 100 small cubes, some of which are shaded and some which are not. They then answer the first 6 questions by writing the decimal for the shaded and unshaded regions on the spaces...

In this connecting dots worksheet, students see a specific number of dots in a box. Students connect as many dots as possible and on a table, record the number of lines used. Students see a pattern.

Students build and construct unique wood sculptures in order to develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and fine-motor skills. For this construction lesson, students receive a variety of wooden shapes and use glue or other fasteners...

Sixth graders engage in a visual arts lesson featuring still life sketching and watercolor painting created by individual students.

Students effectively gather and use information for research purposes. They comprehend the visual arts in relation to history and culture. Students practice note taking skills, and summarizing skills. They know and compare the...

Fourth graders listen to a recording of a string quartet and ask questions about what kinds of instrument they think they are listening to and describe what they think the instruments look like. Then they discuss musical ideas such as...

Students respond to visual text. In this visual text lesson, students respond to the text, If God Gives You Lemons by making a poster advertising a lemonade sale. They listen to the story before decorating the posters with geometric...

Fifth graders study the artists and artwork of the Westward movement. In this Westward Movement lesson set, 5th graders examine the characteristics of the art of this era. They look at the lives of the artists and think about how the art...

Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life. Students emulate...

Students critique the symbolic structures created by other students. In this visual arts activity, students display completed sculptures and drawings. Students analyze the symbolic elements in each others work, relate their art to...

Young scholars explore different painting techniques. In this visual arts lesson, students use various materials to create different textures in their paintings. Young scholars use wax paper and foam boards to create unique art pieces.

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...

Third graders identify the rhythms and movements found in different works of art. In this visual arts activity, 3rd graders view samples of art work and use hand gestures to demonstrate the movement of the image. Students pick one art...

Students analyze the sculpture "Rearing Horse" by Adriaen de Vries. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the sculpture and then draw and sculpt animals from life, trying to capture a moment frozen in time.

Students work in groups of two to develop questions and sample answers that are relevant, accurate and use higher level of thinking skills about a literary unit. Students present their questions and answers to the class as a review of...

Young scholars complete a collage depicting what they would like in their Dream House. They think about the home of their dreams and pretend that they can have anything and everything that they want in a house. Find pictures from...

Stduents reinforce pitch recognition. Changing passing tones to hums and later to just thinking them in the mind s ear, the pitch phrase is reduced to the skip or interval desir

Learners employ art as a means of communication. The meaning of the communication comes out in the design of a unique room that is 3 dimensional. The use of the imagination is encouraged as well as visualization skills.