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Grades K – 4 |
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Art has the power to bring the difficult issues of society into full view and to motivate change. This lesson plan first references the game and sport-themed artwork of contemporary artist Derek Fordjour then describes steps for spotlighting a social issue as a board game. As in sports, there are both offensive spaces that move a team towards a goal and defensive spaces that block the way. |
3 – 12 |
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A whole new perspective on the landscape! Create map-like art using readily-available satellite imagery. ![]() |
3 – 12 |
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The Japanese version of the family crest is called a “mon.” Learn about graphic design with a modern, Western mon that can be displayed on a locker or on the family vehicle or refrigerator |
2 – 8 |
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Artist’s Challenge Coins (ACC’s) Challenge Coins are specially designed and minted for service personnel to recognize an achievement, enhance morale, or to signify membership in (or experience on) a particular mission. Create a personal Artist's Challenge Coin (ACC) by making a small print, collage, stamp, or photo appliqué one side of a coin-shaped wooden disk, and a challenge or message on the reverse. ![]() |
K – 12 |
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Students select a commercial business and consider images, symbols and colors that will best represent the company. The repeated “wallpaper” patterns are made with a stamp designed and carved by the students. This fun project will help children understand how simple images communicate a message, whether in business or elsewhere. |
4 – 6 |
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Turn a black and white photo into a "riot" of color! Tinting is a simple technique that challenges students of all ages to pay attention to detail, and even young children can do it with success. In this project, class pictures are enlarged, printed in black-and-white and tinted. The use of non-traditional colors is encouraged. |
K – 6 |
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This is a whimsical introduction to nutrition and graphic design that invites students to make up an imaginary soup. National studies indicate that children eat about anything if the advertising is "crazy" or attractive to them, including vitamins and vegetables. Now its students' turn to entice peers to "buy" their soup! Anyone for Alligator Soup? |
K – 6 |
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Create classroom fun with magnetic puzzles, a great exercise for classroom art history discussions. Each student can take home a masterpiece for their refrigerator. |
K – 4 |
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Grades 5 – 8 |
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NEW! Data and Design Forget bar graphs and pie charts! Data recorded as design creates a STEAM-y relationship between art, math and science! ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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NEW! Posterized Clay Portraits “Finger Paint” with clay and create a modern selfie-style portrait with the look of ancient pottery. ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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Art has the power to bring the difficult issues of society into full view and to motivate change. This lesson plan first references the game and sport-themed artwork of contemporary artist Derek Fordjour then describes steps for spotlighting a social issue as a board game. As in sports, there are both offensive spaces that move a team towards a goal and defensive spaces that block the way. |
3 – 12 |
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A whole new perspective on the landscape! Create map-like art using readily-available satellite imagery. ![]() |
3 – 12 |
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The Japanese version of the family crest is called a “mon.” Learn about graphic design with a modern, Western mon that can be displayed on a locker or on the family vehicle or refrigerator |
2 – 8 |
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Artist’s Challenge Coins (ACC’s) Challenge Coins are specially designed and minted for service personnel to recognize an achievement, enhance morale, or to signify membership in (or experience on) a particular mission. Create a personal Artist's Challenge Coin (ACC) by making a small print, collage, stamp, or photo appliqué one side of a coin-shaped wooden disk, and a challenge or message on the reverse. ![]() |
K – 12 |
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Students select a commercial business and consider images, symbols and colors that will best represent the company. The repeated “wallpaper” patterns are made with a stamp designed and carved by the students. This fun project will help children understand how simple images communicate a message, whether in business or elsewhere. |
4 – 6 |
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Turn a black and white photo into a "riot" of color! Tinting is a simple technique that challenges students of all ages to pay attention to detail, and even young children can do it with success. In this project, class pictures are enlarged, printed in black-and-white and tinted. The use of non-traditional colors is encouraged. |
K – 6 |
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This is a whimsical introduction to nutrition and graphic design that invites students to make up an imaginary soup. National studies indicate that children eat about anything if the advertising is "crazy" or attractive to them, including vitamins and vegetables. Now its students' turn to entice peers to "buy" their soup! Anyone for Alligator Soup? |
K – 6 |
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An introduction to the basics of Claymation and media production using a familiar scientific theme — the metamorphasis of a butterfly. |
5 – 12 |
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This process takes any computer image and turns it into a 3-dimensional sculpture. ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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Hand-altering photos is a practice nearly as old as photography itself. Here are some new ideas for embellishing digital prints, featuring Blick Studio Art Markers and Scratch-Art Tools. |
5 – 12 |
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Grades 9 – 12 |
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NEW! Data and Design Forget bar graphs and pie charts! Data recorded as design creates a STEAM-y relationship between art, math and science! ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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NEW! Posterized Clay Portraits “Finger Paint” with clay and create a modern selfie-style portrait with the look of ancient pottery. ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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Art has the power to bring the difficult issues of society into full view and to motivate change. This lesson plan first references the game and sport-themed artwork of contemporary artist Derek Fordjour then describes steps for spotlighting a social issue as a board game. As in sports, there are both offensive spaces that move a team towards a goal and defensive spaces that block the way. |
3 – 12 |
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A whole new perspective on the landscape! Create map-like art using readily-available satellite imagery. ![]() |
3 – 12 |
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Artist’s Challenge Coins (ACC’s) Challenge Coins are specially designed and minted for service personnel to recognize an achievement, enhance morale, or to signify membership in (or experience on) a particular mission. Create a personal Artist's Challenge Coin (ACC) by making a small print, collage, stamp, or photo appliqué one side of a coin-shaped wooden disk, and a challenge or message on the reverse. ![]() |
K – 12 |
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In this lesson, students “paint” with torn paper using a limited number of values found in a grayscale image. Using torn paper instead of direct painting requires them to visually divide the gray areas into separate shapes and define each shape individually. |
9 – 12 |
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This lesson plan recognizes the correlation between the two art forms as students create a band T-shirt using visual descriptions of particular music styles. |
9 – 12 |
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Incorporating New Media with traditional art, this process challenges students to use digital images to create a mask or 3-dimensional portrait. |
9 – 12 |
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Students learn the basics of silk screening. |
9 – 12 |
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An introduction to the basics of Claymation and media production using a familiar scientific theme — the metamorphasis of a butterfly. |
5 – 12 |
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This process takes any computer image and turns it into a 3-dimensional sculpture. ![]() |
5 – 12 |
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Hand-altering photos is a practice nearly as old as photography itself. Here are some new ideas for embellishing digital prints, featuring Blick Studio Art Markers and Scratch-Art Tools. |
5 – 12 |
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Special Education |
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Artist’s Challenge Coins (ACC’s) Challenge Coins are specially designed and minted for service personnel to recognize an achievement, enhance morale, or to signify membership in (or experience on) a particular mission. Create a personal Artist's Challenge Coin (ACC) by making a small print, collage, stamp, or photo appliqué one side of a coin-shaped wooden disk, and a challenge or message on the reverse. ![]() |
K – 12 |
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