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"First Day of School - Make a Puzzle"
Third graders create a puzzle piece to be included in a class puzzle. They are given one puzzle piece, and they decorate it using symbols/drawings which are personal to them such as hobbies, interests, or self-portrait. The pieces are...
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Fun With Faces: Stuart, Da Vinci and Picasso
Third graders conduct research and review art work to compare the styles of Stuart, Da Vinci and Picasso. They develop and compile a portfolio including masterpieces of these artists and original works. Students compose detailed...
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Biography: 15 Years and Counting
Learners witness the evolution of an episode of Biography from inception to final airing. They follow the procedure used for research, editing and producing the final project.
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Planning a Trip to the North Carolina Art Museum
Students navigate the North Carolina Art Museum website and find answers to questions needed before a visit.
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Commercial Applications
Students identify the different types of artists needed to produce television commercials and the kinds of work they do in this Arts lesson for the high school classroom. The lesson is cross-curricular in nature and includes an example...
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Sailing Vessel Contour Creations
Students explore different types of sailing vessels and the rigging, sails, masts. They discuss contour lines and how they can be used to create a portrait of a sailing vessel then they choose a sailing vessel image as a reference to...
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Elements of Music
Students identify three of the essential elements of music: rhythm, melody and harmony. They discover a simple song which will illustrate these three elements separately and bring them together in a final form. They analyze and critique...
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The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
Students create a set and design a costume for a musical performance. In this Life of Celia Cruz lesson, students study biographical facts about Celia Cruz on the exhibition web site. Then students share their creations with the class.
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SMALL QUILTS WITH VINTAGE CHARM
Young scholars use the book "Small Quilts with Vintage Charm" to utilize the steps and techniques to make a quilt. They focus on accurate cutting, sewing, and fabric selection.
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Access All Areas:'hunting for the moment'
Students understand the professions of record producer and orchestral conductor. They complete musical exercise that includes skills of both conductor and producer. They keeo a diary of a producing project that tracks skills needed to...
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Shape & Form
Students analyze the difference between shape and form. They identify, explain and use the basic elements of design and determine that forms are three-dimensional and shapes are two-dimensional. They sketch it on their paper and then...
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"Laideronette, Empress of the Pagoda" from"Mother Goose Suite" by Maurice Ravel
Students are introduced to the active teacher, composer and pianist Maurice Ravel and his masterpiece "Laideronette, Empress of the Pagoda", from Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel. They utilize aural skills to notate the rhythm of the...
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Family Picture Quilt
Learners explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. In this patchwork quilt lesson plan, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things that are...
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The Crowd
Students compose and illustrate a scene in which a crowd of some kind, (people, animals, monsters, etc.), is reacting to some event happening out of the field of vision of the viewer.
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature
Students examine and discuss still-life paintings and develop a definition for the genre. They paint their own still life paintings from direct observation.
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Watercolor Landscapes
Students explore watercolor paints as a medium for landscape paintings. They use watercolor paints to create landscape paintings.
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City Streets in One-Point Perspective
Students examine the basics of drawing forms in one-point perspective, and linear perspective. They transform their drawings into city scenes using one-point perspective.
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Andy Warhol
Fourth graders discuss Andy Warhol and his art work. They draw a self portrait shoulders up. Each image is colored different with a different background.
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Creating Sacred and Ritual Masks Within the High School Pottery Classroom
Students research sacred masks and what they were used for. They are to create their own sacred mask and present them to the class.
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Family Gathering Collage
Learners explore collages. They observe collages created by a variety of artists. Student create both traditional and computer collages using "family gatherings" as the theme. They manipulate materials and work with various objects.
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Teaching Serialism with Technology
Eighth graders compose serialistic tone-row melodies using music notation software. This instructional activity includes an email address to receive all materials and worksheets involved in the week-long study.
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Our Community- In Sculpture Form
Students use the works of William H. Johnson as the basis for a project. The objective is to use his works as a demonstration of communication to the community. The sculpture is supposed to be made out of clay.
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Adding Snap to Language Arts
Learners take photographs of themselves, animals, and objects and used these photos as springboards for writing stories, plays, photo captions, comic strips, ads for products, and greeting card messages.
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Slide into Achievement
Students take close-ups and people pictures, and to use lighting. They evaluate the quality of their slides as they sequenced them for the three shows.