Perceiving Place

Upper graders explore the concepts of landscape art, man, nature and their inter-relationship. This is a critical thinking and analysis activity intended to prepare the class for an up coming trip to a local art museum. They analyze,...

Explore color through an examination of pointillism and light. Class members view Georges Seraut's famous painting on a computer, zooming in and out to see the details and effects of the technique. They then cover how light and color are...

Get your pupils ready for a mind-blowing, enlightening experience with Sound Uncovered, an interactive book which introduces us to the incredible world of sound and the mind's ear. Did you know that there is an entire branch of...

Learners are asked to consider how and why people perceive places in different ways. They write paragraphs describing their perceptions of a specified place and compare notes to see the variety of ideas and feelings toward this place.

Pupils develop a basic understanding of how color is perceived by the eye. They utilize the technique Seurat used to paint A Sunday on La Grande Jatte to create their own paintings.

Paintings from The Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence launch a study of the various push and pull factors responsible for the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North from 1900-1925 and the reverse...

The cut-up technique invented by surrealist artist Tristan Tzara is the focus for today. Young artists examine the technique and analyze its use in relation to expressing and viewing the world. They then use a newspaper to create a...

Students, within this lesson, merge masterpieces with technology and are able to see themselves as great works of art like the Mona Lisa. They assess how to imagine entering and becoming part of a historical work of art; perhaps, like a...

Eighth graders examine a free-form sculpture technique and produce a sculpture of wire, pantyhose and plaster.

Students examine the significance and symbolism of The Green Man. They create a Green Man using a monochromatic color scheme.