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7th grade art cultural activities for Google Apps
Chinese New Year Art Project: Chinese Ming Dynasty Vase Art Lesson & Sub Plan
Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with engaging, no prep Chinese New Year art projects? This Ming Dynasty vase lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by production of the cobalt blue porcelain ceramics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy playing a roll a dice game to make a vase of their own!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on ancient China. During this art project, your class will learn about pottery, earthe
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5th - 7th
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Ancient Greece Art Lesson: Roll A Greek Vase Middle School Art Project Templates
Ready to liven up your middle school art curriculum with an engaging, no prep Ancient Greece art lesson? This Greek vase project will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by the durability of their pottery which featured athletes from the ancient Olympics. Moreover, they’ll enjoy the roll a Greek vase game to make their own!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on Ancient Greece. During this art project, your class will learn abou
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5th - 7th
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Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skull Art Project, Template, Writing Prompts in SPANISH
Need a Dia de los Muertos art project for your bulletin board in November? Imagine these calaveras de azúcar (sugar skull) drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art, Spanish, and social studies teachers.A fun roll a sugar skull game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash
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4th - 7th
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Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Culture: Famous Spanish artists and paintings - English
This differentiated cultural activity allows students to view images of 8 different famous paintings by Spanish-speaking artists, and choose 4 that interest them to research further. Each picture is linked to a short video describing the painting with 4 questions. I deliberately chose videos rather than readings so that students cannot just copy and paste! The videos and questions are in English, so students can easily complete them independently. Click here for the Spanish version for more adva
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6th - 12th
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Aaron Douglas - African American Art Mini-Lesson & Art Project (Step-by-Step)
This google slides presentation is an introduction to the life and work of African American Painter, Aaron Douglas, who was a key player in the Harlem Renaissance. The presentation is 20 slides long and is suited to the art education of students from Kindergarten - 8th grade. The first few slides give context to the societal context that was relevant to Douglas and to his art-making, highlighting and offering a brief summary of the Harlem Renaissance. Through analyzing his work, students learn a
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K - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month - Art Lesson Package - 3 Mini Lessons
Graffiti & Street Art Project- Ready to Go Slides, Demos, and Resources
Every year, my art students look forward to our Graffiti unit! Teaching graffiti has so many possibilities! Opportunities include teaching about public art, controversy in art, technique, skills, meaning making, communication, art history, and all of the elements of art. This lesson plan is in the format of a Google Slide Show. It has 60 information packed slides that will guide you through a successful Graffiti drawing lesson with tons of options for variation. It starts out with basic informa
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7th - 10th
African Masks: History and Art Project (Google)
This presentation explains the influence African art had on Picasso's art. It covers Picasso's art and the masks that he directly borrowed from as well as the characteristics and purpose of 16 masks from different regions of Africa. There are project directions and student examples included! This is a great resource for students working remotely in synchronous and asynchronous learning platforms. Thank you for shopping and enjoy!CLICK HERE to view additional resources from my store.CLICK HERE to
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: African Art Bundle (Google)
Aboriginal Art: The artists, culture, and work inspired by them (Google)
This 39 slide presentation showcases Aboriginal life, culture, the artists, and artwork inspired by Indigenous people. A brief history is provided with two video recommendations that capture the rich culture of Australia's Indigenous People and the theft that is occurring in the art world from those who are profiting from the Aboriginal artists' birthrights. This resource covers the struggles as well as the celebrations of these incredible people. I hope you enjoy using this resource as much as
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Art and Culture: Africa, India, and Australia (Google)
Culture: Famous Spanish Artists Project (English Version)
This differentiated cultural activity allows students to view images of 9 different self-portraits by famous Spanish-speaking artists. They will then choose one that interests them to research further. There is also an option to create their own self-portrait in the same style as their chosen artist!This activity includes:9 self-portraitsA digital sign-up sheet for students to choose their artistStudent directions on what to include on each slideA rubric for the final written product A rubric fo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Alex Janvier - Saskatchewan/Alberta Arts Education resource
New for 2022. This is the Google Slide presentation I use to teach my grade 7-12 students about the amazing work of Alex Janvier, an internationally celebrated Indigenous artist from Cold Lake, Alberta. I first encountered Alex's work in 1992 during my first teaching job in La Loche, SK, when my students and I decided to create a huge mural inspired by his work. This TPT product includes 49 slides that illustrate multiple examples of his work, multiple links to videos about the artist, mul
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7th - 12th
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Ink Through Time: History Research/ Tattooist of Auschwitz FULL PROJECT GUIDE
FULL PROJECT GUIDE!Students will research cultures that have used tattoos as they read the Tattooist of Auschwitz and learn about the global conflict of the 20th century. This includes a full guide to teaching the project, rubrics, an explanation slideshow to share with students, permission slip, guest speaker form, and a timeline for teaching.3 Weeks without reading the book and 7 weeks with reading the book (90 minute block)
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7th - 12th
Color Scheme Portrait Project High School Art and Middle School Art Drawing
Teach your students the basics of portrait drawing and painting through this creative lesson that fills 3-4 weeks of class. This unit is easy to teach with multiple pdf worksheets, 15 demo videos and handouts that walk students through every step of practice.All of the hard work is done for you, just supply the materials and get ready for your students to create impressive portraits! Detailed demo videos will walk your students through every step.Looking for an engaging project that puts a uniqu
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7th - 10th
Jazz Dance History: DISTANCE LEARNING (Google Slides Presentation)
This is a Google Slides presentation including the history and evolution of Jazz dance. The presentation also discusses notable jazz choreographers along with varieties of jazz styles. Ideal for beginners or used as an introduction to dance!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Types of Dance
As a music teacher, I am an advocate for the arts. Some of the schools in my district offer dance classes but mine does not. I wanted to give my students a quick run-down on dance styles and history. This presentation is perfect for upper elementary and middle school ages. My future sister in-law Brynn has been a dancer since she was five and is now thirteen! She was kind enough to assist me in creating example videos for this presentation. Your students will be engaged when they see someone clo
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3rd - 9th
Aboriginal Dreamtime and Dot Art Project
This slide presentation explains Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and their connection to Aboriginal art. It contains lots of illustrations and links to videos of dreamtime stories. Also included are instructions and rubric for a project. In the project students write their own dreamtime story and then create dot art to go with it. A rubric is included for grading the projects. I have used this with my own class and they enjoyed it immensely.
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5th - 10th
Contour Line - American Sign Language Hands - Beginning Art Lesson
Students use American Sign Language, contour lines and construction paper to create a work of art. Students spell out their initials and then create a torn construction paper background.This is a great lesson that only requires BASIC SUPPLIES! It's perfect for virtual learning at home learning.Lesson comes with:- Detailed step by step lesson plan-Google Slide: Lesson instructions, student examples, timeline-Rubric-Reflection-Thumbnail exampleAll documents are editable on google!
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6th - 12th
Manifest Destiny and the Native American Perspective
Teach Manifest Destiny and Native American perspectives with ease using this comprehensive lesson plan package. Engage your students and deepen their understanding of this complex topic with all the resources you need.This first-of-its-kind package includes a Google Slides deck, video, note-taking sheets, and readings with comprehension questions. The slide deck features an analysis of two paintings - American Progress and Reversing Manifest Destiny. The readings cover these topics: Manifest Des
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5th - 9th
Editable Art Appreciation Playing Cards / Google Slides / Art History Game
EDITABLE IN GOOGLE SLIDES! This complete 52 card deck is the perfect manipulative for your art classroom. Uses for these cards are endless, including, but not limited to:SpoonsKempsMatchingGo FishDraw 2 and write a comparisonChoose a card that exemplifies a certain element or principle of artMemorize your card for 30 seconds and draw it with as many details as you canThe cards are organized in groups of 4 by art movement. Each art movement has a corresponding color.
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5th - 12th
Weekly Artist Showcases - Semester 1
Delight your students with a wide array of artists and artwork in this weekly artist showcase! This product contains 15 complete google slide decks of a diverse group of artists and artwork. Each google slide deck contains a contemporary work of art (for your students to critique, to question, to have a conversation about, etc), a photo and information about the artist, an embedded 2-5 minute video about the artist/artwork (most videos are of the actual artist talking about their work), and a fi
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7th - 10th
Face Jugs- African American Art Hist. Lesson & Clay Project (Step-by-Step)
This google slides presentation is a mini-lesson perfect for Black History Month (or the rest of the year of course) about the history of Face Jugs, a distinct style of pottery created by 19th-century slaves in the American South. The presentation is 23 slides long and is suitable for students from Kindergarten through 8th grade (elementary and middle school),The first few slides offer a history lesson regarding slavery, specifically focusing on the slaves that lived on the Edgefield Plantation
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K - 8th
Also included in: Black History Month - Art Lesson Package - 3 Mini Lessons
Hand Painting Art Project ASL Activity with Classifiers and Iconic Signs
Detailed, engaging, and interactive Hand Painting Project perfect for high school ASL classes. This activity focuses on reviewing classifiers and iconic signs through a creative and hands-on approach. Editable Google Slides featuring review videos conducted by authentic and respected signers, clear step-by-step instructions to guide students through the project, examples of completed projects (both videos and pictures), and a suggested rubric for easy grading. Additionally, teacher tips and a s
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7th - 12th
Alebrijes 3D Sculpture project!
Product Description:Your students will love this Alebrijes 3D Sculpture project! It is best suited for 5th grade up to highschool students. Students will you the project planner to design an original Alebrijes sculpture. They will learn about the Mexican folk artist Pedro Linares and his impact on Mexican culture. Students will create art work requiring sequentially ordered steps and required media to achieve intended results.) rubric, reflection, lesson extension, video tutorials (how to build
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5th - 12th
Teacher Resource: Art Analysis Template
What Does This Resource Include? This resource includes a template for a general art observation and analysis. I have included 6 copies of the template in this document. Each page is color coded so students can analyze multiple pieces of art without confusion.Is This Resource Paper or Chromebook Friendly?This resource is designed to be both paper and Chromebook friendly! What Standards Does This Meet?Massachusetts Visual Arts Standards for Grades 5-6: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Analyze
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4th - 12th
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Arts education encompasses various disciplines, including creative writing, dance, music, theater, and visual arts. Through arts education, students learn valuable life skills, including creativity, cooperation, discipline, and critical analysis. Additionally, it provides students with positive means of self-expression and empowers them to find their voice.
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