Students will use their observational skills as they observe and discern different geometric shapes, art elements of line and space, and art principles of emphasis and balance found within the construction of their playground equipment. The students will analyze playground equipment, identifying the various elements incorporated in the construction of the pieces

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Center Posters provide information about common areas of development supported during play centers along with prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions.

PlaytoLearn Planning Guides (also shared on #GoOpenNC) provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Planning Guides provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions can be found on PlaytoLearn Center Posters which are also shared on #GoOpenNC. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

Students will examine architectural structures in paintings and how they are used, also considering the art elements, composition, emphasis, color, and light. Students will be able to examine the use of architectural structures in paintings; consider the use of composition, emphasis, color, and light in paintings; write words, phrases, and a stanza of a poem depicting a painting's mood; draw an interior and write a related stanza of a poem; and draw exterior landmarks and write a related stanza of a poem.

Within the physical science strand of 7th grade science, students focus on the motion of objects. In this task, students assume the role of an animator who must convincingly demonstrate the motion of several objects using point of reference techniques. Students will then write fictional narratives to accompany their “flip book” animations. The interdisciplinary nature of this lesson allows students to creatively build meaningful connections between different science strands (physical and life) using written and visual expression while promoting 21st Century Skills. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This lesson plan offers the unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of the life of a political illustration artist. Students will learn how to use an illustration to express a political point while exploring many art mediums and self--expression.

Students will be introduced to one new medium and one new technique: bronze sculpture and lithography; consider the ways in which popular culture is recorded or disseminated in society; consider the ways in which art and popular culture may be integrated in advertising.

This lesson features a glue relief self portrait and personal portrait image covered with aluminum foil on the outside cover. On the inside are special messages about the "artist" and his or her special image.

Students will be introduced to some of the conventions of portraiture such as costume, gesture, expression, pose, and background; consider how the above elements can communicate information about a person; consider how symbols can be used in a portrait to add meaning.

Students will consider what they already know about graffiti and learn about the pranks and work of a graffiti artist. They then research a famous painting and create original artwork by adding thoughtful graffiti to it.

In this lesson from The New York Times Learning Network, students will consider what they already know about graffiti and learn about the pranks and work of a graffiti artist. They then research a famous painting and create original artwork by adding thoughtful graffiti to it.

The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, the America’s Presidents exhibition lies at the heart of the National Portrait Gallery’s mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it; these models are a selection of Presidential sculptures from the exhibit.

The Smithsonian 3D Program is a small group of technologists working within the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. We focus on developing solutions to further the Smithsonian's mission of “the increase and diffusion of knowledge” through the use of three-dimensional scanning technology, analysis tools, and our distribution platform.

This work is already transforming core functions of our museums. Researchers in the field can now come back not only with specimens, but also 3D data documenting entire sites. Curators and educators are using 3D data as the basis for telling stories and sending students on quests of discovery. Conservators are using 3D data to track the condition of a collection item over time using 3D deviation analysis tools, showing exactly what changes have occurred to an object.

Students will compare propagandistic strategies in artworks to modern-day examples of persuasive techniques and create a propaganda poster for a current political leader.

Students learn the biblical story of Daniel in the lions' den as an example of a man who showed quiet bravery and conviction to his beliefs. They research a quiet hero/heroine from the twentieth century and write an essay about this person's activism accompanying it with an illustration. Then, students write a speech championing a personal cause in which they believe.

Students will construct their own "pieces of the pie" using concepts of primary, secondary and intermediate color.

Students understand that cultural differences may be expressed in a variety of ways.

Students will be able to talk about the original contexts of works of art; explain what the Grand Tour was; and give reasons why people have looked to the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome for centuries as a source of inspiration.

Students will be able to use English–language vocabulary to describe what they see in a work of art; create a collage that communicates their experience of the urban environment; and write about their collage, articulating what they were trying to express through visual images using English–language vocabulary.

This resource contains information about a reading about Chuck Close. After reading and discussing questions about the artist, students will create a image using one of his methods/techniques.