In this lesson, students will select one piece of Islamic art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website and complete an art analysis worksheet. Students will be able to recognize characteristics of Islamic art, compare them to non-Islamic art, and explain why Islamic art often looks different from non-Islamic art.

Students consider the social and political motivations of David Alfaro Siqueiros to help them analyze his self-portrait. With his writing as their guidance, students write and deliver a persuasive speech and create a propaganda poster about a current issue of interest. Through links included in the resource, students explore an online MoMA feature about propaganda art, view a slideshow and discover Robert Runyon's photographs about the Mexican Revolution, and visit the exhibition feature entitled The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Science created this resource as part of an online workshop series, but you are welcome to use or modify it for your classroom. It includes a video and written directions for creating nature journals and tips for incorporating them into your classroom. For information on taking any the Nature Neighborhood online workshops for CEUs or EE credit, visit: https://naturalsciences.org/learn/educators/online-workshops.

Students learn more about shoes of the past and shoes of the future by learning about Chinese foot binding and Nike shoe designer Tinker Hatfield before working collaboratively with a partner or group to create a shoe of the future that has a greater purpose using manila paper, scissors, and tape. Students will view and discuss Nike ads from Japan and Kenya before designing their own advertisement to "sell" their new design to the class. This lesson was developed by Laura Mitchell as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

This resource from the Brooklyn Museum of Art teaches students about the work of El Anatsui’s and his first solo exhibition in a New York museum that features more than thirty works made of metal or wood found objects. After learning about Anatusui, his work and his process, students make a communal class artwork in his style.

Students explore the power of the visual image to convey a message. They examine the portrait of George Washington on American dollar bills. They next use the featured article, 'Prolific Chinese Painter Is Anonymous No More,' to learn about a famous portrait of Mao, and what the artwork reveals about the People's Republic of China. In small groups, students next examine images of important personages in various cultures throughout the world and, finally, create their own portraits that convey messages they wish others to understand about themselves.

In this lesson from The New York Times Learning Network, students explore the power of the visual image to convey a message. They examine the portrait of George Washington on American dollar bills. They next use the featured article, 'Prolific Chinese Painter Is Anonymous No More,' to learn about a famous portrait of Mao, and what the artwork reveals about the People's Republic of China. In small groups, students next examine images of important personages in various cultures throughout the world and, finally, create their own portraits that convey messages they wish others to understand about themselves.

This free website provides more than 600 adaptable lesson plans written by teachers in collaboration with the Denver Art Museum for more than 130 objects from the museums world-class art collection. Lesson plans and resources focus on inspiring students to think and problem-solve creatively. Organized in an easy way so that teachers can pick the topic they would like to explore or enhance, then use works of art to teach that subject.

High resolution images are included. Museum visits are not necessary to implement lesson plans. Includes professional and student development tools such as teacher workshops and webinars, virtual classroom courses, career videos, educator blogs and creativity tools. Easy for teachers in language arts, social studies and visual arts to provide a curriculum rooted in the arts while also meeting 21st Century Skills.

Students learn about different types of religious art; they then select representative works from different faiths to create their own exhibit.

In this lesson from The New York Times Learning Network, students learn about different types of religious art; they then select representative works from different faiths to create their own exhibit.