This drawing lesson from the Andy Warhol Museum teaches students how to use Andy Warhol’s early drawing technique that incorporates a very basic printing process. Critical thinking skills are used to judge commercial advertisements and students make decisions on what they will include, embellish and edit out of their own drawings to gain a desired effect. This fully developed lesson plan is available as a PDF and includes handouts, worksheets, rubric, and a slide show with images and student examples.

Students will identify, recognize and apply the elements of art in an aesthetic composition based on Keith Haring´s "Dance" series.

Students will create an individual work of art based on Keith Haring's style with the intent that they are empowered to have a future without the negative influence of drugs.

Students will engage in learning activities of 'Creating and Making' and 'Exploring and Responding'. The 'Creating and Making' activities include: plein-air drawing; creating a tour itinerary; digital landscape; sights and sounds journal; and making a film. 'Exploring and Respondin' exercises include: art and science; painting pictures with words; imagining a new land; building on the landscape tradition; perspective; compare and contrast; the legacy of von Guerard; and appropriating von Guerard.

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 will create a realistic shoe drawing of their personal shoe including a background that visually explains where they have been, where they would like to go, or how they got to where they are now using the Elements and Principles of Art and Design (ex. line, shape, texture, space, form, emphasis). 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.            

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.            

Students work both individually and in groups using art materials and technology to create animations that bring in inspiration from Keith Haring's life and work.

This this resource from the Keith Haring Foundation introduces students to the work of Keith Haring, and focuses on his semiotic messages. After viewing "Above the Influence" commercials, students create their own semiotic symbols to communicate a positive message that is important in their lives.

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.