Lesson Plans - Grades: 3,4,5
Recycled Sculpture
In this one-session lesson, students will use recycled materials to create a sculpture using additive and subtractive processes.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
Medium: Mixed Media, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
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.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 90 minute session
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.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
Sunprints, Intermediate
Sunprints are photographs made without cameras. Technically called cyanotypes, they are made by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper and then exposing the paper to light. The resulting image is unique and shows white shapes against a blue background.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Mixed Media
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
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. Working with photographs that have been taken or found images, students will create photo-collages as a means of creative expression.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Mixed Media, Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
