Students will engage in a virtual tour of the Cave of Chauvet to see the remains and the cave paintings which were discovered in the 1990's. This site also has detailed explainations of the archeological work being done at the site and the observations of the people who have been inside the cave.

Students will look at Oldenburg's "Late Submission to the Chicago Tribune Architectural Competition of 1922: Clothespin" and discuss scale, function, and form. Students will consider Oldenburg's reimagining of every day objects into monumental works of art. Students will then create their own "late submissions" for the world's most beautiful office building.

Students will look at Oldenburg's soft sculpture "Soft Pay-Telephone, 1963" and compare it to a real telephone. Students will consider materials, scale, and shape. Students will also look for and discuss any anthropomorphic characteristics in Oldenburg's work. Students will comment on an Oldenburg quote about art and humor. Finally, students will use Oldenburg quotes as drawing prompts.

Students will make word associations while looking at an American flag. Students will then compare the American Flag with Oldenburg's "The Old Dump Flag, 1960" concentrating on proportions, materials, color, movement, shape, etc. Discussion will proceed to Oldenburg's idea of "grand symbols". Students will then collect recyclable items, flatten them, and sculpt a "grand symbol" of their community by tearing, crumpling, folding and spray painting the work. Students will divide into groups and create a performance piece incorporating all the objects made by group members.

Taking inspiration from the printed fabrics used in the Pratt Family Album Quilt, each student will create their own printing block and five prints. They will then swap prints with other students. After swapping prints, each student will assemble a quilt that is unique and personal.

Students examine and analyze two sculptures located in New York City's Financial District that have artists and art appreciators locking horns in a sticky debate about art, commercial intent and public spaces.

Students learn about primary and secondary colors and the order they fall in in the rainbow.

Students identify relationships between art and concepts from other disciplines, such as language arts and science.

After learning about how a community functions and looking at how our local community works on a day to day basis.  Students work together to create an imaginative community including all the elements that make a community run smooth.  Students will use Google Draw to learn how to "draw" a house on a chromebook for the mural as well as using Kahoot! to take a survey about the naming the community, what materials to use, and what would students want to include to take the community complete.

In this lesson, students create their version of Lady Liberty in a fun and artistic way. Students will draw their own Statues of Liberty that reflect their ideas about what she represents.

Students will:

* Learn about The Highrise of Homes Project and James Wines (architect) and his design firm SITE (Sculpture in the Environment).
* Work in groups as "city planners" and "architects" to create a proposal for a home construction.
* Research examples of high-rise housing by other architects and compare them to the Highrise of Homes project and high-rise housing where you live.

From Creative Living: Residential Architecture in MoMA's Collection: The Curved House--Endless House
Project (unbuilt). 1950-60

Students will:

* Learn about The Endless House project and Frederick Kiesler (the architect).
* Compare the Endless House with other homes from this guide and in your neighborhood.
* Build the Endless House
* Research Kiesler's vision for the Endless Theater.

Students will:

* Learn about Farnsworth (the house) and Ludwig Mies van deer Rohe (the architect).
* Conduct research on the Bauhaus movement.
* Write a report about the artists and intellectuals, like Mies van deer Rohe, who sought asylum in other countries to escape censorship and the suppression of individual and political rights under Hitler in the 1930's.

From Creative Living: Residential Architecture in MoMA's Collection, A Guide for Educators

House Three: The House on Stilts--Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France, 1929-31

Students will:

* Discuss the particulars of the Villa Savoye.
* Discuss the Le Corbusier's "Chaise Longe" chair.
* Learn about the occupants, the Jeannerets, of the Villa Savoye.
* Analyze and evaluate "home" and "home atmosphere".
* Compare and contrast, through a series of writing exercises, the qualities of Villa Savoye with their own.
* Learn about Le Corbusier's "Five Points of Architecture" and the "International Style".

From Creative Living: Residential Architecture in MoMA's Collection, A Guide for Educators

House Two: The Red and Blue House--Schroder House, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1924

Students will:

* Discuss the particulars of the Schroder House.
* Discuss the "Red Blue Chair".
* Learn about the occupants, the Schroders, of the Red and Blue House.
* Analyze and evaluate "home" and "home atmosphere".
* Compare and contrast, through a series of writing exercises, the qualities of Schroder home with their own.
* Learn about the "De Stijl" movement.

Students will examine Remington's "The Cheyenne" and identify the challenges he faced in creating a horse that appears to be airborne. They will then work with a partner and go through a similar problem-solving process to create their own airborne sculpture.

This interactive resource encourages students to consider the fact that artists have a special role to play in the global struggle for peace, development and human rights.

Students will explore different artistic techniques for communicating motion; analyze how a work in series can depict narrative and motion.

Students will examine the ways in which an artwork is innovative or daring for its time; investigate how a new style was furthered by the exchange of ideas between Picasso and Braque; compare and contrast Cubist works depicting the human figure.