Lesson Plans

What happens when you combine an art technique called sgraffito with the beauty of spiral designs in nature? You get a c

Tie together shaped poetry with watercolor animal sketches to create a cohesive artistic expression with a very silly si

Modern artist Wolf Kahn is well known as a Color Field painter and a landscape artist. He has combined both interests in

Antony and Cleopatra have been the subject of a tale fraught with drama for many years. Cleopatra was always depicted we

Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson not only is a great story about the African American culture and the significance of quil

Our vocabulary and lives are filled with words, sayings and things from other countries. They have become part of our ev

Create a deck of cards using historical people as subjects. Along with the name of the person include fun facts. The car

Students use their knowledge of geometry to skate the Polar Regions with the Arctic animals!

Count the swinging, roaring and munching animals in this wild haiku zoo – and then count the syllables too!

Explore warm and cool colors and glue drawing in these breathtaking leaf watercolor paintings.

“Artists are Masters of Illusion” In this art project a series of simple images, with simple variations, are sequenced

Customs and traditions connect cultures, peoples and families. This art piece celebrates the connective fibers of our fa

In the cold and ice George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River in 1776 in Durham boats to surprise the

Students can create anything 2-dimensional on a Crayola® Dry-Erase Board. Take a digital image and upload to a class dro

Taking art outdoors, this lesson explores shadows and light through contour figure drawings. Students will have fun imag

Inspire discussion of basic human needs and world peace with this mobile design project. Integrate social studies, langu

This Science + Art activity has students incorporating fact-based drawings while using their color illustrations to find

This fun-folding sculpture transforms basic cardstock into a sparkling statement as glitter catches light! Students make

Relax reluctant artists who feel drawings must look like photographs with this exercise in blind line drawing.

Families are on the move—today and yesterday. Explore children’s journeys to new lives through powerful poetry and art.

Create an aquatic scene on glass waving through the sea life with alliteration.

Ed Ruscha is an American pop-artist and one of the many artists supported by FAPE (Foundation for Art and Preservation i

Learn how to mix and apply tertiary colors to flowers in the style of American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe.

George Washington did have false teeth, but were they made of wood? Find out what they were made of and create a poster