Instructional Plan: Where Am I?
(View Complete Item Description)Students will explore the creation, types and uses of maps, the process of map-making and cartography as a career. Students will create a personal map.
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Instructional Plan: Storytelling Through Greek Pottery
(View Complete Item Description)Much of what we know about ancient cultures comes from their artwork. What would can we learn about our students through their artwork? Students will create a two-dimensional work of art that is inspired by Greek pottery that also communicates a story.
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Instructional Plan: Portraying Heroes
(View Complete Item Description)Students will learn that artists honor their heroes by creating portraits of them. Students will first brainstorm who is a hero in their life (answers can be specific names, jobs, or even animals). Then students will create a work of art that memorializes the heroic qualities of this important person.
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Instructional Plan: Iconic Identities and Collaborative Prints
(View Complete Item Description)In this printmaking project inspired by the work of Virginia Beach native and artist, Ryan McGinness, students will learn about simplifying complex imagery into basic symbols and design a personalized symbol stamp. They will also get a glimpse of artists working together in a studio environment. Students will print their symbols on a collaborative work of art in addition to creating individual prints.
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Instructional Plan: Choral Listening Journal
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will learn to watch and listen critically to choral music performances.
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Instructional Plan: What Don’t You See When You Look at Me?
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine portraits of diverse artists to inspire unique self-portraits. Using proportions and mirrors to draw self-portraits, students will enhance photocopies of their pencil drawings by adding visual representations of their likes, backgrounds, hopes, and dreams, as well as color. The first pencil portrait will be glued on the outside of an envelope, while the second colorful portrait can be slipped out from inside to reveal a deeper look at the student’s identities.
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Instructional Plan: Architecture Then and Now
(View Complete Item Description)Students will compare Ancient Greek architecture with the innovative and abstract contemporary architecture of renowned famous female Iraqi architect, Zaha Hadid. Students will respond to a design challenge and create a small-scale 3-D building model employing vision and originality to showcase their most creative idea of form and function.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 3-5 Sculptures Come to Life
(View Complete Item Description)Sculptures Come to Life. The teacher can facilitate a sculpture project where students make an object using paper mache, modeling clay or cardboard.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 3-5 Virtual Field Trips
(View Complete Item Description)Virtual Field Trips. The teacher will facilitate a virtual field trip with a museum or using other reputable interactive online art or culture experience.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Local Art Collaboration
(View Complete Item Description)Local Art Collaboration. Facilitated by the teacher, students connect with a high school art class to collaborate within a cloud-based platform on a digital work of art. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the work of art. During the process, students will learn from each other and gain insights into new perspectives. Students will have the opportunity to video chat with fellow collaborators when possible, and give each other feedback. At the end of the collaboration, the classes can share their artwork in a digital gallery, along with artist statements describing their ideas and process.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: K-2 Media Exploration Station Rotation
(View Complete Item Description)Local Art Collaboration. Facilitated by the teacher, students connect with a high school art class to collaborate within a cloud-based platform on a digital work of art. Each student has the opportunity to contribute to the work of art.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 3-5 Art Critique With Digital White Boards
(View Complete Item Description)Art Critique with Digital White Boards. Student artists can use digital white board technology as a place to post images of their artwork for feedback from peers and teachers.
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Instructional Plan: Self Portraits Inspired by Ancient Egyptian Art
(View Complete Item Description)Over multiple class periods, students will analyze Egyptian art to identify how it reflects aspects of the culture in which it was created. Students will also compare and contrast contemporary art with ancient Egyptian art. Students will create self-portraits that are inspired by ancient Egyptian art and then explain how the art of ancient Egypt inspired their self-portraits.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Engage With Global Arts and Cultural Connections
(View Complete Item Description)Engage with Global Arts and Cultural Connections using Interactive Digital Experiences. Interactive digital arts and cultural experiences allow students to examine and explore a variety of artistic and cultural perspectives on art, artmaking, and art exhibition. Virtual exhibitions from around the world can be explored on museum websites as virtual tours and virtual galleries.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Identifying Copyright Infringement in Art
(View Complete Item Description)Identifying Copyright Infringement in Art. Students will research prominent cases of infringement, fair use, and appropriation of images in the arts.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 10-12 Student Design Themed Virtual Art Exhibition
(View Complete Item Description)Student-Designed Themed Virtual Art Exhibition. Students will design a virtual exhibition based on a theme of concept and develop criteria for curating works to include in the exhibition.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Digital Discussions Around Art
(View Complete Item Description)Think Critically about Art using Digital Discussions. Students develop critical thinking skills by engaging with artistic works and in describing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating works of self and others.
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Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Video Conference With Professional Artists
(View Complete Item Description)Video Conference With Professional Artists. Use video conferencing tools to engage with and interview professional artists about their creative processes and career pathway.
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Instructional Plan: Linoleum Cut Logos
(View Complete Item Description)Students will take on the role of a graphic designer and create a logo for their dream business relying on symbolism and imagery over text. Students will use linoleum printing methods to print their business logo on multiple surfaces - shirts, bags, paper etc. Utilizing printmaking allows students to see the benefits of using this media when reproduction of a design is desired.
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Instructional Plan: Showing Identity in Stop-motion GIF Artwork
(View Complete Item Description)Students will learn about stop-motion, animation, GIF art. Students will look at contemporary artists who create artistic stop-motion GIFs. Students will then design their own stop-motion GIFs based on an aspect of their personal identities.
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