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Ansel Adams,
American Artist and Activist In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the work of acclaimed photographer Ansel Adams. |
Visual & Performing Arts CA Standards |
9-12 | |||
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Ansel
Adams and the Nature of Expressive Portraiture In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the portraiture work of acclaimed photographer, Ansel Adams. Adams, best known for his black and white landscapes of Yosemite National Park and the California coast, did not confine himself to just one subject area. |
Visual & Performing Arts CA Standards |
6-8 | |||
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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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Elements of Visual
Art In this four-session lesson, students will be able to identify the elements of art (line, shape, and texture) in works of art and will sort them into categories. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts, Mathematics CA Standards |
K-2 | |||
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Elements
of Visual Art - Line In this one-session lesson, students will be able to identify different types of lines in pieces of artwork and in the environment. Students will then create a painting using different types of lines. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards |
K-2 | |||
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Exploring Color
Combinations In this one-session lesson, students will mix secondary colors from primary colors and will describe the process in writing. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards |
K-2 | |||
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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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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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Printmaking for
Grades K-2 Using geometric and organic shapes, students will design and create their own stamps as well as practice the art of printmaking in this one-session lesson. |
Visual & Performing Arts, Mathematics CA Standards |
K-2 | |||
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Printmaking for
Grades 6-8 In this lesson, the students will create a relief print. The chosen image for this print will be a setting from a novel that played an important role in the plot of the story. The students will conclude this lesson by writing a literature response explaining the importance of the selected setting. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards |
6-8 | |||
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Three Dimensional
Portrait In this three-session portrait lesson, students will choose characters from a recently read novel and turn two-dimensional artworks into a three-dimensional portrait that can be viewed in the round. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards |
6-8 | |||
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