Students explore current fashion trends. As a class, they discuss the statements that a dress makes, brand names, and cultural trends. Fashions from other cultures are observed and discussed by students. In pairs, students create...

Students understand what complementary colors are. In this painting instructional activity, students review what happens when colors are mixed. Students recognize that the colors oppose each other on the color wheel are...

Young scholars plein air drawing. In this drawing skills instructional activity, students follow the provided steps that require them select natural objects and utilize plein air skills to complete their drawings.

Students identify patterns and what they represent on an ancient Egyptian wall fragment. Artists often repeat shapes, lines, and forms to create patterns. Several examples of repetition and pattern appear in this wall fragment.

Learners create a fabric poncho to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They sample food and drink from Mexico and follow instructions to make the ponhco. They also discover the history of the holiday.

Students examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, students retell the story by creating...

Students observe images of amazing places, either real, or imagined by Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and Ansel Adams. They think about a time when they wanted to escape and where they wanted to go. They draw their getaway and then...

Students make a decoration for their camp cabin out of materials found outside. In this decoration lesson plan, students use twigs, twine, glue, an acorn, and a penny to make a cabin creation.

Students re-create an image from a marine life scene. They are given a single square of the entire picture to focus on. When all squares are completed, the picture is assembled.

Students discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song...

Students create pet rock necklaces. In this craft activity lesson, students tie a wire around the rock and then paint the rock with a face. Students then add beads and a rope to create a pet rock necklace.

Students explore with play dough. In this creating dough activity, students make homemade play dough and experiment with shapes, counting, and manipulation to increase dexterity.

Students create a monoprint. In this printmaking lesson, students use tempura paint on a piece of foil to create a picture. Then, students place a piece of paper against the wet paint and press to make a print of the image.

Students explore perspective while drawing. In this perspective lesson, students discover that faraway objects should be drawn smaller than objects that are closer. Students experiment with perspective as they draw pictures of trees on a...

Students study perspective drawing. They create depth on a flat surface by using size and placement and define horizontal line. They investigate the basic techniques of using watercolors.

Learners watch the teacher demonstrate the process of making paste paper. They create their own wheat paste papers following the example of the teacher. Students make several pieces of paste paper, and use them to make collages.

Students create paper beads from colorful paper recycled from catalogs, magazines, brochures, colored paper scraps, wrapping paper, and junk mail. Students create a colorful necklace from their beads.

Students create a bracelet that has different colored beads to represent different parts of the Earth's environment. The lesson has a short summary to be used by the teacher to introduce the concept of Earth Day. The bracelet is meant to...

Students look at several photographs of animals. They compare and contrast their forms by visually breaking the images into simple geometric shapes. Students draw the simple geometric shapes that comprise the animal. They fill in the...

Students discuss the characteristics that make animals and or people unique. They discuss what characteristics could they combine to make a truly unusual creature, such as an alien or fantasy animal. Students choose at least one point of...

Students create an Avonlea landscape that takes their breath away. They read Anne of Green Gables, students look at pictures of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Students use their Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils to list and sketch the...

Studenets are told that Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Germany. They create their own allegorical painting, think of a favorite story. Students write a summary of one scene in that story, using Crayola Erasable...

In this video clip review worksheet, students fill out a survey with eight questions about the singers and groups they watched on their video clip.

In this TV show review worksheet, students state the name of the show they are reviewing and then answer five questions about the show as well as draw a favorite scene of theirs from the show they watched.