Students will analyze modern artists' interest in travel; discuss modern artists' radical and unusual use of artistic materials; look at the ways in which modern artists were inspired by unusual artistic sources.

Students will compare portraits, two of which are self-portraits, focusing on artists' choices, such as medium, or the materials an artist uses to create a work of art, and composition, meaning the arrangement of different elements upon the surface of a painting, drawing, etc. Students will explore the characteristics that these portraits convey about the sitter.

Students will learn to broaden their descriptive and analytical vocabulary through comparisons and close analysis of works of art; discuss changes taking place in the modern world and the psychological effects on the artists discussed in this guide.

Students will learn that the bronze used to make this sculpture is an alloy of copper and tin with small amounts of antimony, lead, iron, silver, nickel, and cobalt. They use the periodic table to research the chemical formulas of compounds used to make bronze. After learning about oxidation-reduction reactions that occurred in the statue, students speculate about the conservation techniques needed to conserve the bronze sculpture.

Students will study an object from antiquity that was found in the sea off the coast of Italy in order to understand how conservators remove and prevent corrosion on bronze statues.

Students study an ancient bronze statue, analyze its pose, and discover how conservators remove and prevent corrosion.

This article examines the spread of Islam and its influence on art. With the spread of Islam outward from the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century, the figurative artistic traditions of the newly conquered lands profoundly influenced the development of Islamic art.

Students will take on a mystery, Sherlock Holmes style, to uncover the secrets, history, and deeper meanings of Moyo Ogundipe's painting Soliloquy: Life's Fragile Fictions.

Students will be able to: explain why Ogundipe used particular colors, patterns, and images for his painting; discuss what the snakes and birds symbolize in the picture; and express in their own words at least three reasons the different elements of the painting are a treasure.

Students are introduced to the first African American Regiment that fought in the Civil War through a memorial sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. They compare and contrast the experiences of these soldiers through their portrayal in letters, films (the motion picture, Glory, and a documentary film), and poetry, before writing their own poem using the sculpture as their inspiration.

Students will study "Flamingo Capsule", a painting by James Rosenquist drawing on the Apollo 1 training disaster. Students will try to connect the painting to the event by deconstructing the painting. Students will consider Rosenquist's composition and discuss the level of success the artist reached in portraying two opposite concepts within a single work. Students will research newspaper accounts of the Apollo 1 tragedy and create their own work responding to the event. Students will also experiment with scaling-up, the technique Rosenquist used to produce very large works.

Students will create a timeline outlining various groups' struggles for equal opportunity and create a 30-second radio or video public service announcement (PSA).

The teacher will divide the class into small groups. They will collaborate with each other as a group.  Also, they will plan, design, and choose materials for their Power Point project. They will work a Folksong Project together at the school or online in Zoom meetings. The students will find one folksong from a different country other than USA.  

Students will be able to discuss and analyze the subject and compositional elements of a three-dimensional portrait bust; use multiple techniques for creating a portrait bust with their hands and simple tools; experiment with additive techniques in sculpture; create a three-dimensional portrait that communicates the characteristics of a friend, through the position of the head, facial expression, and movement; and articulate in writing the processes undertook to create a portrait bust.

Students consider Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism and photograph-based iconic images, such as Shepard Fairey's poster of Barack Obama. They then develop their own photo-based images and write artists' statements and photograph analyses.

In this lesson from The New York Times Learning Network, students consider Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism and photograph-based iconic images, such as Shepard Fairey's poster of Barack Obama. They then develop their own photo-based images and write artists' statements and photograph analyses.

Students will compare and contrast works of art; learn observational techniques; become familiar with buildings in their community; learn the terms foreground, middle ground, and background, as well as terms for describing objects such as line, color, shape, form, and pattern.

Students continue learning and researching their country's culture to complete a mandala. In their mandala, they will use the symbols, colors, landmarks, and history of their country's culture to complete a radial balanced mandala. A mandala symbolizes the wholeness and unity of the universe. Students will look at examples of rose glass windows, research hinduism and buddhism culture's to become inspired to create their own take on a mandala representing their own country's culture. This lesson was developed by Danielle Gaimari 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 are going to be redesigning the google logo to represent their country through the use of symbols, landmarks, colors, etc. This lesson was developed by Danielle Gaimari 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 are continuing learning about their country's culture and will continue researching their country's landmarks from the Country Traveling Research Question Handout from the previous lesson. In this lesson, students are going to choose one landmark and create a collage using the collage art making technique. This lesson was developed by Danielle Gaimari 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 will embrace and become a person from their researched country. They will create a video production about where they are from in a poem outline to help guide the listeners into understanding the culture of their country. These videos will be presented to the class to see what different cultures are around the world. Students will write down facts they did not know or found interesting about all of the different countries researched in the class. This lesson was developed by Danielle Gaimari 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.