Lesson Plans

Learn about Kwanzaa and traditional Adinkra weaving patterns used on Kente cloth.

Inspire students to create an unusual view of their artwork as they use diagonal folding, rotating and flipping to compl

What feels better than lending a hand to a good friend? Students share great ideas as they work with a partner to design

Celebrate Chinese holidays and the country's ancient culture with animal zodiac kites. Happy new year!

Get to know characters of Raven legends from Pacific Northwest America’s native nations. Create puppets with a theatre t

Make learning about state facts fun! Hold a classroom pageant of state birds dressed up like you have never them seen be

Greet school and classroom visitors with special occasion painted cloth wallhangings.

"When Marian Sang" by Pam Munoz Ryan, a picture book that deals with following one's dreams and persisting in the face o

How do boats move?

Bring attention to good causes with an awesome fundraising container. Turn the container into a reusable surface with cl

Learn about Chinese culture, celebrations, and traditional symbolic writing then include characters and images in an ori

Which memories do you remember the best? Use Crayola® Washable Markers to create artwork that tells a story in the trad

Leif Ericson and his Vikings may have been the first Europeans to come to Newfoundland. Sail on a legendary journey in y

Display the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in a one-of-a-kind accordion window book.

Introduce, or refresh, the concepts of 3-dimensional shapes and volume with your students. Investigate Joel Shapiro’s us

Pretty purses and bulging backpacks and all around us! Design a distinctive bag with special features to accommodate a s

Study the many organic shapes of flowers through the eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe. Create a drawing inspired by local plant

Research Chinese New Year and create dragon puppets to use in a parade.

Design and decorate a symbolic carp streamer in the Japanese tradition of Kodomonohi (Children's Day).

Around the world, women are accomplishing wonders! Create a 3-D game to highlight notable women in sports, science, poli

Explore the sights of New York City by creating a storyboard and characters from a favorite book.

Design a box to hold yummy recipes from diverse family food traditions. Collect them in the classroom and around the wor

Link the visual and language arts! After drawing memories in the style of folk artist Clementine Hunter, classmates tell