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An American scene painter: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about American artist Charles Burchfield and his style of painting. Following Burchfield's example, students capture information and sketches in a personal journal, then use these ideas to create an original watercolor. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Visual Arts Education); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Artistic elements: Exploring art through descriptive writing: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students become engaged in the studies of both art and written language as they create descriptive writing pieces. Using the book Anna's Art Adventure as the basis for discussion, students are led through a scaffolded... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Media awareness: Helping a product cross the finish line: In this final lesson of the Media Awareness unit, students will complete their advertisements, adding in details (such as color and symbols) and background/foreground space on the picture plane. Students will also share their advertisements with the class.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Media awareness: The basics of advertising: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students discuss why they like the particular toy they have chosen to bring to class. They brainstorm, making a list of different categories of toys, and then discuss reasons for valuing particular toys. They begin to explore the... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing words and pictures: In this EDSITEment lesson, the second of a two-part curriculum unit on Rudyard Kipling's story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” students demonstrate comprehension of plot events and character motivations, describe the author's purpose and evaluate the techniques... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink