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Artful boomerangs
Students will review three different types of boomerang shapes, use stencils to draw and cut out these shapes, and use various art materials and mediums to design their surfaces.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Visual Arts Education)
By Susan Wittig.
Clown portrait
Students will create a clown portrait using tempera paint, oil pastels, and collage. They will look at prints of clowns from famous artists
You can even dress as a clown if you wish.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
By Michelle Harris.
Collaging symmetry
Students will create a symmetrical artwork with construction paper, glue, and yarn. This lesson will allow students to use critical thinking to create an original work. They should learn that there is more than one solution to a creative problem.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
By Marion McClure.
Critical thinking and art with The Snowy Day
This lesson will focus on the illustrations from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The students will describe what makes illustrations worthy of a Caldecott Award. In addition, the students will complete an art project that will allow for creative critical thinking to compliment the illustrations in the book.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and Information Skills)
By Caryn Levy.
Faces tell feelings - Part 6 - Emotions collage
Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Jan Kimosh.
Looking back - An Art/English interdisciplinary unit
This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. Students learn to understand the relationship among society, art, and literature, and then draw on that knowledge when they interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and an oral presentation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
By Julie Osmon.
Thanksgiving cornucopia
Students will create a cornucopia using pages from magazines to cut the fruit, vegetables, and nuts to fill the cornucopia.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)