- Egyptian
Cartouche- Students create their own Egyptian Cartouche with clay
using Hieroglyphics.
- Emily
Carr's Trees- To learn about Flowing Lines and Form.
- Exploring
the Bill of Rights- Students will work in small groups to create
a cut paper demonstration of one of the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
- From Bondage to
Freedom: A Story Told in Art- How have artists depicted slavery
in the African-American experience?
- Great
Migration- Based on the book Great Migration by Jacob Lawrence,
students will create a wall hanging depicting the migration north by
African Americans in the early part of this century.
- Henri Rousseau
Jungle- Students will discuss the life and artistic style of Henri
Rousseau.
- How
to Recognize a Painting by Frida Kahlo- Recognizing the difference
between artists' paintings in art history class can be difficult.
- Impressionistic
Landscape- Students will learn about Claude Monet, and make their
own impressionistic landscape.
- Inspired
by the Aboriginal Art- For students to learn about Australian Aboriginal
art and to be inspired to produce their own art work.
- Integrated Thematic
Unit on Ancient Egypt-Art- Students will demonstrate an understanding
of the difference between traditional Egyptian style paintings and the
Amarna style associated with the Pharaoh Akhenaton.
- Introducting
Marc Chagall- Students will be able to identify the paintings of
Marc Chagall when presented with ten prints, three of which Chagall
painted.
- Japan:
Images of a People- After learning how to look at paintings, your
students can make paper screens that resemble Japanese screens.
- Kukamunga
Water Resist Painting Ocean Animal Adaptations- Students will write
a short story about their Kukamunga, including an explanation of the
usefulness of their body parts.
- Live Paintings-
Students will, learn about various art styles.
- Meeting
the Masters- To understand how the great master painters used the
elements of design to create famous paintings.
- Murals,
Memories and Making Art- Students will study artworks by famous
artists. They will use various tools to learn about the artist, and
they will present their information by writing and speaking about the
artist.
- Norval Morrisseau-
In this lesson, you will have an opportunity to look at some of the
works created by Norval Morrisseau.
- Painted Shoes-
Canadian artist Theodore Dragonieri paints, collages and reconstructs
old shoes to represent great artists of the 20th century. Its a great
idea, one that is fun to try for both kids and adults.
- Picasso's
Guernica- Students will examine the painting, Guernica, by Picasso.
- Portraiture
and Technology- Students learn about portraiture in art history
through the use of technology tools.
- Protest
and Persuasion: A Unit on Printmaking or Mural Making- This secondary
level unit includes a sequence of five core lessons and several extension
lessons.
- Remembrance
Through Public Art- Students will: understand that memorials of
important events and people are often subjects for public art.
- The
American Flag- The students will learn about the American Flag and
about the woman who made the first official American Flag.
- They
Put On Masks- Mask making is an activity which can be utilized in
higher learning and disseminating knowledge of art history. Students
learn the reverence of mask making from several cultures, besides their
own.
- Tibetan
Monk Sand Paintings- In this activity, students learn about mandalas
and create sand paintings.
- Tissue-Strip
Windows Design- Students will learn how primary colors mix to create
secondary colors by making tissue-strip windows using only primary colored
strips of tissue.
- Van Gogh's
Painting Style- The students will identify and apply painting skills
used by Vincent Van Gogh.
- Vincent
Van Gogh Art History Lesson: Three Layered Landscape- Focuses on
the elements of space and line in creating depth.
- Vincent's
Flowers- To become aquainted with Vincent Van Gogh. To learn that
pastels can be used to create a variety of lines and textural effects.
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