Exploring other Cultures: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas

Tent and Canoe Projects (Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Vocabulary: Pattern, pictographs, diorama, landscape, cone shape  Materials: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Plains tribes pictograph handout (for woodland homes reference), manila paper, …

Collage Art For Conversations around Food, Hoagie Project

Image by Wooden Trays Huge Hoagie or Monster Sandwich Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper), scrap paper, construction paper, glue, markers, scissors, paper plates and napkins …

Collage Art For Conversations around Food, Ice Cream Cone Project

Ice cream Cone Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing that is age appropriate for preschool through elementary school.   Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, all over pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper work well, too), scrap construction …

Collage Art For Conversations Around Food, Pizza Project

Pizza Project Collages: A group project that inspires team building. Age appropriate for preschool through elementary school.  Project Ideas: responsibility, health, non traditional materials, interpersonal, team building Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Large brown paper (large paper bags or butcher paper), scrap construction …

Harold and the Purple Crayon Bookmaking Project

Project Title: Harold and the purple crayon bookmaking project Description: Book making Author: Mary Hager Grade level or Target Age Range: Preschool  Vocabulary: imagination, problem solving Materials: Large construction paper, crayons. Anticipatory Set: Read Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Story line: The protagonist, Harold, is a curious …

Clay Oysters Lesson Plan

Level: Elementary School Duration: 2, 45 minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin and France (For Adults: Judy Chicago) Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques. Vocabulary: positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: clay, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, water containers, …

Oyster Paper-making Lesson Plan

Title/ Description: Papermaking and paper casting Level: Middle School and High School Duration: 5, 45 minute class periods Historical Overview: Japanese Paper Goals and Objectives: To introduce papermaking process and the importance of recycling, reusing and recycling paper. Vocabulary: deckle, pulp, cotton, recycling, molds, press, iridescent Materials: paper making screen, …