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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum

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Reflect on the art your class can view at a museum. In this art history lesson plan, students draw six elements of art. They discuss original art versus reproduction artwork and write about their thoughts of a museum. It would be wonderful if this lesson plan could be used after a field trip but you could modify the lesson plan to include good resolution pictures projected onto a wall, and smaller tangible reproductions for the students at their desks.

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K - 5th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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