Lesson Plans - Grades: 6,7,8
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. Using photographs from his work depicting the American west, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and the relationships between nature, the environment, and works of art.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing, Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, History - Social Science, Science, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
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.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
Related Subjects: Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
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. The students will find and define symbols in artworks that represent different cultures.
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Medium: Mixed Media
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
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.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
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.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
