Lesson Plans

“A” is for Apple, “A” is for Art

Grades: 
K to 1
Discipline(s): 
language arts, visual arts
Tags: 
Impressionism, reflection, Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, food, still life
Program: 
Distance Learning
“A” is for Apple, “A” is for Art (864.31 KB PDF)

The Art of Adornment: Avenue to Personal and Social Identity

Grades: 
6 to 8
Discipline(s): 
language arts, visual arts
Tags: 
body art, cicatrization, matrilineal, melanin, realism, rite of passage, scarification, tattoo, fashion, labret
Program: 
Distance Learning
The Art of Adornment: Avenue to Personal and Social Identity (1.38 MB PDF)

Senufo Teacher Workshop Presentation

Grades: 
6 to 9
Discipline(s): 
art history, English language arts, language arts, social studies, visual arts
Tags: 
Africa, Senufo, sculpture, mask, mother
Program: 
Teacher Resource Center
Senufo Teacher Workshop Presentation (668.71 KB PDF)

Repeat, Repeat, Pattern, Pattern

Grades: 
K to 6
Discipline(s): 
language arts, mathematics, social studies
Tags: 
pattern, line, shape, repeat, motif
Program: 
Art To Go
Repeat, Repeat, Pattern, Pattern (1.05 MB PDF)

Only the Shadow Knows! – The Science of Shadow Puppetry

Grades: 
6 to 8
Discipline(s): 
language arts, physical science, social studies, visual arts
Tags: 
shadow, light, color, transparent, translucent, opaque, eye, vision, optic, puppet
Program: 
MHJ
Only the Shadow Knows! – The Science of Shadow Puppetry (1.92 MB PDF)

Native North American Art

Grades: 
2 to 6
Discipline(s): 
language arts, science, social studies
Tags: 
Native American peoples
Program: 
Art To Go
Native North American Art (674.9 KB PDF)

Museum Zoo: Animals in Art

Grades: 
K to 3
Discipline(s): 
language arts, science
Tags: 
animals, zoo, myth, legend, folk tale, bear, beaver, cat, elephant, praying mantis, snake, horse, tiger, early childhood
Program: 
Art To Go
Museum Zoo: Animals in Art (2.7 MB PDF)

Masks: Around the World

Grades: 
2 to 6
Discipline(s): 
language arts, social studies
Tags: 
masks, Japan, Indonesia, Africa, Alaska, garuda, ceremony
Program: 
Art To Go
Masks: Around the World (243.7 KB PDF)

Gods and Heroes of the Maya

Grades: 
6 to 12
Discipline(s): 
language arts, social studies, visual arts
Tags: 
Mesoamerican, Maya, anthropomorphic, cosmology, maize, palma, Popol Vuh, quetzal, stela, supernatural, underworld, yoke, Yucatan Peninsula, zoomorphic, hieroglyphs, fresco, Mayan ballgame, Na Kan Ajaw, Hero Twins
Program: 
Distance Learning
Gods and Heroes of the Maya (1.09 MB PDF)

Gods and Heroes of India

Grades: 
6 to 12
Discipline(s): 
language arts, social studies, visual arts
Tags: 
Ramayana, Rama, India, Sri Lanka, Amitabha, incarnation, mudra, oral tradition, Rakshasas, sage, Sanskrit, Narasimha, Vishnu, ganesha, Nirvana
Program: 
Distance Learning
Gods and Heroes of India (1.56 MB PDF)

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