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

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.

Students will demonstrate the ability to draw vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, recognize the difference between inside and outside, and will create a picture of themselves.

Students will analyze how a portrait reflects the events and trends of its time and then create a portrait of a public female figure today. Students will be able to research the effects of European expansionism and colonialism on different groups of people during the Age of Exploration; discuss the notion of "exoticism" as it relates to a 19th-century painting, the burgeoning of stereotypes, and modern-day stereotyping in the media; and create a portrait of a female public figure from a different culture.

Students will learn and apply the basic fundamentals of weaving as they use construction paper to create a woven mat. They will incorporate basic measurement and geometric concepts as they create their individual projects.

Students will be able to discuss and analyze the sculpture Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel by Francesco Antonio Franzoni; consider current styles of home interiors; create studies in 2-D and 3-D for a decorative overmantel for the celebrity patron of their choice; research and read about the life and style of an arts patron and create a design for an overmantel that reflects the patron's life; and articulate in writing the processes they followed to create their overmantels.

Students are introduced to the Greco-Roman myth of Diana and Endymion by critically analyzing a painting by Fragonard. They then write and illustrate their own myth to describe a natural phenomenon or social custom. Included in this resource is the interactive matching game "Ancient Arcade" that tests knowledge of gods and goddesses.

Photography, as a nonverbal language, allows students to increase their visual perception and provides a medium for creative expression. The history of photography will be evaluated in the context of historical, social, cultural and artistic developments. Students learn to understand the artistic qualities of the photographic medium while acquiring the techniques for utilizing photography for expressive purposes. Instruction includes studio and field techniques, photojournalism, fashion photography, and commercial, portrait, scientific, nature, wildlife and sports photography. In producing their own works and by studying the photographs of others, students will develop a base for making informed aesthetic judgments. Integrated throughout the course are career preparation standards which include basic academic skills, communication, interpersonal skills, problem solving, workplace safety, and technology and employment literacy.

This website gives great insight into the artist Keith Haring. There are multiple sources for grade-level project ideas as well as knowledge on Keith Haring himself.
This site provides various projects that allow students to incorporate their own style while also manipulating Haring's style into their work.

Students will be able to discuss depictions of the civil rights movement; analyze the effectiveness of juxtaposing image and text; create an image that addresses a social, economic, or political problem in their community; and write accompanying text to an image that addresses a social, economic, or political problem in their community.

Students will be able to respond in written and/or visual form to photographic stimuli; create a movement theme (phrase) based on elements perceived in a photograph; and choreograph a solo composition based on chosen photographic stimulus.

In this lesson, students examine fine art reproductions and discuss the various artists' interpretations of what they saw. Then students will participate in a blind line drawing exercise.

In this lesson, students examine Roy Lichtenstein's artwork. Students will then either replicate a Lichtenstein artwork or create an original one in his style.

Students explore life on a nineteenth-century farm by analyzing a painting of Mahantango Valley farm and researching the Manual of Agriculture (1862). They then write a journal entry of a day in the life of a young person on this farm. Included in this resource is the interactive SmartFun Online where students can learn more about life in earlier America.

Using Abcya!Paint, and NickJr. Free Draw, students will become digital artists as they create artifacts, using web based painting tools

In this lesson, students examine Henry Matisse's artwork, making note of how his art changed throughout his career. Students will then work collaboratively to either replicate a Matisse artwork or create an original one in his style.

Students will be introduced to artists who developed new visual forms through experimentation; consider artists' choices of material; introduced to the term "Constructivism."

Students will be introduced to the principles of the Bauhaus; consider the elements of chair design; introduced to the printmaking technique of lithography; consider how technological progress affects art and design.

Students will make connections between two design objects intended for different purposes; be introduced to the ways in which artists can affect social and political behavior through design.

Students will compare two different designs for theatrical costumes by artists Oskar Schlemmer and Lissitzky; consider how these artists applied their artistic ideals to theater design.