Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Learners will discuss opinions on criteria for what makes a work of art and then debate whether Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes can be considered art. Then, students will use everyday objects from their homes as the basis for a new work of art.

The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...

This is the website of the North Dakota Museum of Art. The museum focuses on contemporary art and art that shows the visual history of the region, including a focus on Native American art. Collections and exhibitions can be viewed...

Where do we get our notions of art vs. craft? Laura Morelli traces the history of how we assign value to the visual arts. [5:30]

Use this activity from Crayola as part of your Kwanzaa celebration. The lesson plan incorporates social studies and visual arts as students learn to create the traditional Adinkra weaving patterns used on Kente cloth. Combine several...

Lesson plans about interpreting art aimed at kindergarden students. Uses portraits of mothers and children by Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt as insiration.

This multi-media visual and language arts instructional activity offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4...

Making connections between art, math, and the real world helps students understand integers in our daily lives.

A great lesson idea! This site from Artlex walks you through a lesson on Constructing (Assemblage) sculpture. It is based upon the work of Deborah Butterfield and there are great images of some of her sculptures of horses. There is also...

A great lesson plan in an unusual art technique. The idea is to color puzzle pieces separately and then reconstruct the puzzle for a finished work of art. Some experimentation may be needed, but the idea is great and can be modified for...

On first glance, the painting "Las Meninas" ("The Maids of Honor") might not seem terribly special, but it's actually one of the most analyzed pieces in the history of art. Why is this painting by Diego Velazquez so captivating? James...

Is she turning towards you or away from you? No one can agree. She's the subject of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring," a painting often referred to as the 'Mona Lisa of the North.' But what makes this painting...

This is a student led activity utilizing visualization and association to memorize the parts of animal and plant cells. Young scholars will work cooperatively to develop drawings to connect the parts of cells to one of their favorite...

A fun approach to introducing visual texture to primary young scholars. This lesson plan reinforces the different between actual and visual texture in a tangible way.

Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...

Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...