Duration: 30 minutes Level: K-8th ESL students Objectives: To illustrate maintaining and making connections across the world through writing. Materials: 3”x5” index cards, pencils, coloring materials Procedures: Teachers hand out materials and explain postcards as a way to let people who live somewhere else know where you are, what it’s …
Duration: 30-45 minutes Level: K-3rd Materials: Brown, white, orange, and white construction paper, paper white and black circles, glue, scissors, and orange and black markers/crayons/colored pencils. Procedures: Cut an 8”x11” piece of construction paper in half, length-wise. Fold into thirds Cut the part of the paper that when folded, rests …
The following list of projects creates a curriculum of healing. These can be used to assist anyone through the healing process – all ages, genders, and manners of identity. These ideas for projects and the artists that go along with them provide the opportunity to work on issues of independence, …
Title/Description: A Mural for Martin Luther King Jr. Level: Middle/High School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Martin Luther King Jr. and racial prejudice Vocabulary: Mural, boycott, character, prejudice, mosaic Materials: Butcher paper, pencils, markers/crayons/colored pencils, scissors, white computer paper Procedures: Day 1 Anticipatory Set: Ask preparatory questions about …
Questions to consider when creating and preparing to teach an art lesson plan: Why do I want students to experience this? Why do I think that this is worthwhile to teach? What will I accomplish through this lesson? (artistic and educational goals) How do these goals coincide with the local, …
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Title/Description: Screen Printing Posters and T-shirts Level: Middle/High School Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: To introduce silk screen printmaking and graphics techniques Materials: Silk screen, 250-watt photo bulb, poly gloves, letter set, squeegees, photo emulsion, textile ink, t-shirts, poster paper, brush, cardboard Procedures: Day 1 Students make their …
Title/Description: Ancient Egypt Level: Middle/High School Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: Hieroglyphic symbols Goals and Objectives: To introduce printmaking and carve and print hieroglyphic stamps Vocabulary: Hieroglyphics, cartouche, papyrus Materials: Safety cut carving blocks, linoleum knives, papyrus, wood dowels, ink brayers, stamps, pads, alphabet charts, block printing press, …
