Learning from Lyrics/Music & Society Students research contemporary songs (alternative, country, metal, pop, rap, and rock music) to study current social issues... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Totems, Personal and Historical In a brief essay, students describe any animal that represents them or their family. The teacher gives examples of characteristics associated with specific animals... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Media Unit: Lesson 2 This lesson begins with a teacher-led discussion of the purpose, target audience, and value of advertisements in general, and of the specific advertisements each student has brought to class from home... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Torn Paper Collage Based on the theme on transportation, students will create images from torn tissue paper and construction paper. http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Built and Natural Environment This lesson, based on the book, A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hobermand, is followed by a class discussion about the environmental message... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Drawing from Observation Through observation-drawing, students will create images of their running shoes. Students will focus on the elements of line, tone, shape, texture, and color... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Decades Mural Project At the conclusion of this project, teams of students will have worked together to create 4' x 5' murals depicting major events of each decade of the twentieth century... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
Traveling Collage Based on the theme of transportation, students will create collages from magazine and catalogue cutouts. Students will focus on the elements of line, tone, shape... http: //artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materi...
