Visual Arts Electives

Nightmares of Hieronymus Bosch

As part of a unit on Medieval Art, students will become familiar with some of the works of Hieronymus Bosch. They will identify symbols and imagery of fear and will be able to relate this to some of their own fears and nightmares.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education)

By Helen Nagan.

Lesson plans on the web

Five artists of the Mexican Revolution

Students research the major events and personalities in the Mexican Revolution and explore how these people and events influenced the art being created at that time in Mexico. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Geography and history in songs

Students look at some historical paintings on the Internet and describe the things the paintings reveal about the places depicted in the paintings. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)

Provider: National Geographic

Gods, heroes, and other celebrated Greeks

This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, is designed to help students shape a frame of reference for examining specific areas of ancient Greek influence on Western thought and culture. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and English Language Arts)

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Monsters

In this lesson, from ARTSEDGE, students use Beowulf to investigate views about “monsters” in society. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 12 Visual Arts Education, Music Education, and English Language Arts)

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts