The Emperor's New Clothes: Creating Costumes Students will create a costume for the emperor to wear. By examining paintings of famous monarchs and costume books, students will sketch out their costume designs.. http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Totems, Personal and Historical In a brief essay, students describe any animal that represents them or their family. The teacher gives examples of characteristics associated with specific animals... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Making a Hornbook Students will make a hornbook out of cardboard to show how students learned to read in the Colonial period of history. They will also give a short presentation on hornbooks to the class.. http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Learning from Lyrics/Music & Society Students research contemporary songs (alternative, country, metal, pop, rap, and rock music) to study current social issues... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Murals, Memories and Making Art Students will study artworks by famous artists. They will use various tools to learn about the artist, and they will present their information by writing and speaking... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Newspaper of the Colonial Era This lesson will be used over several days. After their study of the colonists, students will work in groups to create articles and artwork that depict colonial life... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Architectural Clues Grades 5,6,7,8. Students identify meaning in visual form, understanding that there is visual as well as verbal language. Students discover some of the conventional arrangements of visual form ..., http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Drawing from Observation Through observation-drawing, students will create images of their running shoes. Students will focus on the elements of line, tone, shape, texture, and color... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
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