Build a 3-Dimensional Flying Fish in this Clay Art Lesson Plan for High School
A fun lesson plan where students utilize prior knowledge of hand-building & glazing techniques in order to build a detailed 3-dimensional fish out …
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A Hand Built Clay Lesson Plan for Ceramic Sculptures
A fun clay lesson where high school students will use hand-building techniques in order to create a character based on a story of their choice.
Continue ReadingA High School Photography Lesson Using Microsoft Publisher for a Newsletter
In this photography lesson plan, high school students search for information about photography and art history to inspire their own work. The …
Continue ReadingUse Coil Building with Clay to Make Coil Face Jugs in High School Art
Face jugs have been called “ugly jugs, memory jugs, and whimsy jugs”. The jugs were functional, but made interesting by the features used to decorate …
Continue ReadingHigh School Art Lesson: Making Gargoyles Out of Clay
The word gargoyle comes from the Latin word ‘gurgulio’, not only meaning “throat” but also describing the …
Continue ReadingMusic Can Help Teach Student Actors to Move
Theater and acting classes use play to help students explore characters and situations within a script, but young actors can often appear stiff …
Continue ReadingArt Class: Use the Collages of Romare Bearden: Advertising Repurposed to Showcase African-American Culture
This lesson plan introduces students to the work of African-American artist Romare Bearden and engages them in a series of art criticism activities. …
Continue ReadingStudents Create Dandy Ads in this Art Lesson on Advertising
In this four-part series on the art of advertising, students will continue their learning about ad design and further apply what they learned by …
Continue ReadingAll About Advertising: A Lesson Plan on Identifying a Dandy Ad!
In this four-part series in art and advertising, students will learn what a Dandy Ad is, participate in discussions, create collages and brainstorm on …
Continue ReadingThree Simple Tips to Organizing & Managing the Art Classroom
These three tips can help any educator, although they are specifically for the art teacher, who has some special considerations to keep in mind. Keep …
Continue ReadingTeach Improvisation to Drama and Acting Students Using These Scenario Ideas
Great ideas and techniques for teaching improvisation in acting class
Continue ReadingCreate a Zine to Develop Creative Skills in the Classroom
Let your students’ creativity blossom. Work together as a class to create a zine full of poems, stories, songs, art, and photographs. First you …
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