sixth grade
All three lessons use a slide presentation of the artwork.
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| cave art |
views of lascaux and altamira cave painting; prehistoric artifacts |
crayon rubbing with wash |
| egyptian art |
treasures from tutankhamen’s tomb |
paper or clay cartouche of student’s name in hieroglyphs |
| greek and roman architecture |
various ancient and other buildings |
construct a paper Roman building façade (two-dimensional)
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seventh grade
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| african art |
artifacts and video, art in every day use, functional art |
weaving |
| chinese art prints |
kung-pi and hsieh-i styles of traditional subjects |
chinese brush painting of bamboo |
| renaissance art |
slide show: leonardo da vinci, michelangelo, raphael, and titian
supplemental slides list (ms word doc) |
charcoal drawing of hands, as in leonardo’s studies
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eigth grade
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| political cartooning |
1776-present, overhead transparencies used for presentation |
political cartoon |
| quilting in the u.s. |
quilting samples from many states – westward expansion of u.s. |
quilt square: heat transfer of crayon design from sandpaper to fabric |
