Art Lesson Plans
The Kennedy Center
A searchable index of lesson
plans and activities. see also their
Lessons and Activities.
All Curricula at the Getty
A list of units and lesson plans available from the
J. Paul Getty
Museum.
AMACO Lesson Plans
Many ceramic, glass, and craft lesson plans from
AMACO Products.
Lessons and Activities
From the National Gallery of Art. Search
by grade level.
Edsitement Art and
Culture
High quality lesson plans for a variety of arts from the National Endowment for
the Humanities. Use the subject index on the left side of the page to find
lesson plans for painting and sculpture.
Art History Teaching
Resources
Lesson plans,book reviews, image
clusters, classroom and museum activities, etc.
Core Knowledge -
Visual Arts
Downlad free curriculum materials
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Lesson Plans
Many high-quality lessons.
KinderArt
K-12art
lessons by medium or technique.
Art
Online Lesson Plans
A large number of lesson plans from the Illinois State Museum
Resources
for Teachers
Art lesson plans from the College of Education, University of Houston.
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
An incredible number of curriculum units in a variety of subject
areas. This link takes you to the alphabetical index.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Lesson Plans
Art lesson plans organized by topic. Lessons cover such topics
as modern art, African art, and ancient Egyptian art.
Color Theory
A 10-day lesson plan for Art 1.
Crayola For Educators
Information about and lesson
plans using crayons. Use the scroll-down menu to find
the lesson plans.
Aunt Annie's Crafts
Many ideas for crafts projects,
including seasonal and holiday suggestions.
Chinese Calligraphy
& Ink Painting
A lesson plan from The Kennedy Center.
Adjective Monster
A k-4 lesson plan integrating visual art and the language arts.
How To: Paintint Butterflies in Water Color
From Fox & Hazel.
The Art of Baseball
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 from The Kennedy Center.
1,000 Cranes Lesson Plan
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 involving Japanese Oragami.
Make
Yor Own Petroglyph!
An activity from the Exp;oratorium.
Asian Influences on European Art
Elementary and middle grade lesson plans.
The
Folks of Folk Art
A middle school unit complete with background information and 4 lesson
plans.
Islamic Foil Art
This art activity, which is appropriate for many grade levels,
may be just what you need for your multidisciplinary
unit on Islam.
Visual Patterns
in Tessellation
A lesson plan
allowing students to examine the mathematical nature of art, tilings,
and tessellations.
Decades Mural Project
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from The Kennedy Center.
Romare
Bearden Foundation
Three lesson plans.
Exploring the Uses of Art througree
lesson plans.h Latino Murals
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 from
LA Youth.
Hand Contour Drawing
From the Art Teacher.
Color in 3-D:
A Nature Design Project
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 in which students
create a two-dimensional design using two aspects
of Hans Hoffmann's art.
A Study of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night"
A 7th-grade unit involving discussion and painting. See also
Make Monet, Monet!
and
Picasso: Artist Extraordinaire
for other lesson plans from this source.
Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906:
Teachers' Guide
Three lesson plans for middle and high school grades.
Landscape Painting: Artists Who Love
the Land
Two lesson plans for the middle grades and above from
Smithsonian Education.
Frida Kahlo
A teacher's guide from PBS with high school lesson plans.
Ceramics: A Vessel into History
A unit for a high school ceramics course with a studio emphasis.
Joan Miro and Surealism
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Still-Life Painting: Arranging Art
Four lesson plans for grades 9-12.
Looking and Learning at an Art Museum
Lesson plans for grades 6-12.
Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment
A curriculum for the middle and high school grades.
Photographing
America: A Cultural History, 1840-1970
Ten curriculum units!
Representation
of American Culture, 1769 -1969: Art and Literature
Ten more curriculum units.
Racism, Gender, Ethnicity, and Aesthetics in the Art of Graffiti
A high school unit.
Shaping Ideas: Symbolism in Culture
Three lesson plans for grades 9-12.
Impressionism: Reflections of a Culture
A high school unit created to complement the French curriculum.
Art Resources
Artcyclopedia
An excellent source of information and links to sites about artists
and their works.
Glossary of Art Terms
See also
Art
Glossary.
Artist Directory
Search by country.
Art Museums Worldwide
From Artcyclopedia.
Art Museum Links
From Art.Net.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
See their Online exhibits.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York.
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Explore the Collection
Site allows you to view images of all
works on display at the
Getty Museum.
Art Institute of Chicago
See
their collections and exhibitions.
Los Angeles County Art Museum
The largest art museum in the Western U.S.
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis.
Dick Blick
Art Materials
Excellent online source for art supplies.
A. Pintura Art Detective
On-line art history adventure
for kids.
Art History for Kids
Online art history activities
for kids.
The Art History
Archive
A fabulous resource.
Art History
Resources
List of and links to resources on the web.
Eyes on Art
On-line art activities including
elements of design, eras of art, and the works
of unknown artists. Click on
Artspeak
101 for the visual glossary/elements of design. A wonderful
site!!
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