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Abstract
Portrait In this two-session lesson, students will observe and experiment with color theory. The students will also compare realistic and abstract portraits. Finally, using geometric shapes the students will draw an abstract self-portrait and write a descriptive poem using similes and metaphors. |
Visual & Performing
Arts, English-Lanugage Arts, Mathematics CA Standards |
3-5 | |||
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Ansel Adams
and the American West In this two or three-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and the photography of Ansel Adams. |
Visual & Performing Arts, History-Social
Science, Engligh-Language Arts CA Standards |
3-5 | |||
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The Art of Photo-Collage In this one to two-session lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of photo-collage. Photo-collages allow students to combine different pictures into one new composition. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 4-8 | |||
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California Landscape
Mural This one-session lesson deals with the visual art standards of using complementary colors and contrast successfully in an artwork. In this lesson, students will create a collaborative mural of a landscape. |
Visual & Performing Arts, History-Social
Science CA Standards | 4-5 | |||
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Color Chart In this one-session lesson, students will integrate their knowledge of geometric shapes and measuring to create a chart displaying primary and secondary colors. |
Visual & Performing Arts, Mathematics,
English-Language Arts CA Standards | 2-4 | |||
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Globalization - Cultural
Viewpoints of Symbols In this two-session lesson, the students will examine artwork that discusses cultural convergence, and create a mixed-media collage that represents this concept. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Investigating Light and Color In this one-session lesson, students investigate the properties of light. They begin with an exploration of the visible light spectrum and follow up with an investigation into the primary colors of light. |
Science, Visual & Performing
Arts, Mathematics CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Investigating Shadows In this two-session lesson, students investigate the properties of shadows. Through a series of hands-on activities, they will become familiar with the formation of shadows and understand that the shape and length of shadows are dependent upon the position of the light source. |
Science, Visual & Performing
Arts CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Line and Portrait
Drawing In this two-session lesson, students will learn the correct proportions of the human face. Students will sharpen their observation skills while creating blind contour drawings and self-portraits. Students will also examine images of portraits, and discuss the components and their significance. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Objects as Identity In this one-session lesson, students will use basic one-point perspective to make a perspective drawing of their own room (or an imaginary room) that houses objects of significance to them. As in Rochelle Costi's Quartos, their artwork will include a set number of objects that together are a portrait of the room’s occupant. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Painting
101 In this lesson, students will be introduced to color mixing, primary colors, and secondary colors. The students will also create tints and shades and learn how painting is different from drawing. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Personal
Portraiture In this one to two session lesson, students will combine aspects of composition, vantage points, and text to create a personal portrait expressing thought and emotions. Students will explore selected images while considering the concepts of portraiture and self-portraiture. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Photography and Vantage
Points In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and vantage points. Using photographs from a variety of time periods, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and photographers’ angles. Students will also record their ideas and reflections. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Photography Portfolio
In Session One of this lesson, the students will use their knowledge of photographic vantage points to take photographs for a portfolio. In Session Two, the students will begin to design their portfolios, select photographs, write captions, and write personal narratives or expository artist statements. In Session Three, the students will assemble their portfolios and view their classmates’ work. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Portrait in Fruit
In this two-session lesson, students will examine images of portraits, and discuss the components and their significance. Students will then create a two-dimensional self-portrait in the style of Arcimboldo. The students will also write poetry and conduct a class survey about the usage of fruit and vegetables in their self-portraits. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts, Mathematics, History-Social Science CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Portrait Sculptures
In this four-session lesson, students will identify characteristics that they have in common with animals. Based on these similar characteristics, the students will create a self-portrait sculpture combining the body structures of different animals. The students will create the sculpture armature, plaster the armature, and then paint the sculpture. The students will also write descriptive paragraphs about their sculptures. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts, Science CA Standards | 3 | |||
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Recycled Sculpture In this one-session lesson, students will use recycled materials to create a sculpture using additive and subtractive processes. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts, Science CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Self Portrait on
Paper In this one-session lesson, students will be guided into creating their own self-portrait in steps using colored pastels. They will also use their self-portraits as a springboard to write a personal narrative. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | 3-5 | |||
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Sketchy
Business In this two-session lesson, the students will identify and describe characteristics of contemporary artwork. Then, they will create gesture drawings, a drawing technique used to express the action of a subject in a short period of time. Visual Art Vocabulary will be introduced and students will be asked to reflect upon and interpret artwork, verbally and in writing. |
Visual & Performing
Arts, English-Language Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Sunprints
In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and will create sunprints. Using photographs from a variety of time periods, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and photographers’ angles. Students will also record their ideas and reflections. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Sunprints for Grades
K-3 In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), discuss the subjects in cyanotypes, and create sunprints. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | K-3 | |||
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Think IT, Draw
IT, Make IT In this one-session lesson, students will identify and describe characteristics of minimalist sculpture. Students will then work in groups to create an original minimalist sculpture, using careful written and mathematic documentation. |
Visual & Performing
Arts, English-Language Arts, Mathematics CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Time
- Art and Permanence In this three-session lesson, the students will use natural and recycled objects arranged in a plastic container to create a gelatin cast of the objects and the negative space around them. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
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Transforming Space
Most people are familiar with artists using traditional materials to paint and sculpt with like oil paint, stone, and clay. However, many contemporary artists have been known to use unconventional art materials. Some artists use everyday objects like toothpicks, pencils, and bottles to create beautiful sculptures. In this one-session lesson, students will use an unconventional material to create installation art. The students will also identify and describe characteristics of contemporary artwork, both verbally and in writing. |
Visual & Performing
Arts, English-Language Arts, Mathematics CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
 | Turning a Room into a Camera Obscura In this one-session lesson, students will turn an ordinary room into a camera obscura. | Visual & Performing Arts, Science CA Standards | 4-6 | |||
| Visual Thinking
Strategies The main purpose of the VTS is to teach students ways to examine and think about works of art and construct meaning from them. In this one-session lesson, students will look at different photographic images and begin to develop a sense of connection to art and build critical and creative thinking skills they can use for the rest of their lives. | English-Language Arts CA Standard | K-12 | |||
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