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African Kente Cloths
Paper weaving lesson 2nd and fourth grade did different versions of African Kente Cloths✊🏽 Read more
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Native American Art
After discussing the history of Native Americans and their art, totem poles, tee-pees, dream catchers and watching a quick introduction video, we began our projects. 1st Grade Tee-Pee Project: Involved lines, shapes, foreground, middle ground, and background. They first used crayons to draw different lines on manila paper. Then they painted white paper using brown for… Read more
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Totem Poles
Through this lesson, students will learn about Native Americans from the northwest. Students will study the culture and artwork of these native people. The idea of stylizing artwork will also be addressed as students work together to make a two dimensional version of a totem pole. Finally, students will learn about symbolism and what… Read more
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The Monster Bash! 👻🎃
Happy Halloween! My 1st Grade did the Crazy leg Frankensteins. 2nd Grade- Scary Jack-o-Laterns 3rd Grade- Picasso (Cubism) Frankensteins Read more
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Overlapping Scissors
My 5th Grade boys won a County wide Contest doing this Collaborative Project. They were given a theme (Scissors) and a canvas. They came up with this composition. I am so proud of them, using what they learned (overlapping) in Art to create this masterpiece. 🎨✂️👏🏽🙌🏽 Read more
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Bienvinidos a Mexico
Welcome to Mexico My students visit Mexico twice a year in October for “El Dia de los Muertos” and again in May for “Cinco de Mayo”. So Lucky 🍀 of course they need their passports. (Which I created for them for my “Art around the World” unit. In May students learn that Cinco de Mayo is a… Read more
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Tar Beach
Originally posted on Amazing Art Teacher: For Black History month in February I teach my students about the African American artist Faith Ringgold and her style of art, which was Quilting. My favorite story to do is Tar Beach. I have my students imagine that they can fly, and ask them to draw themselves flying… Read more
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