The Arts

Teaching Art: Tips and Techniques for Lesson Plans That Rock!

Are you looking for some out-of-the-box ideas to take your art lesson plans from just all right to outright awesome? If so, you will love the collection of resources we've gathered together for you to use. Browse through our library of expertly...

The Eye of the Beholder: Photography Lesson

The proverbs are many - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Don't judge a book by its cover. Clothes don't make the man (woman). They relate to a children's book about a strange duck. Use this as the catalyst for students to find...

A Worksheet and Quiz on Color Theory: A Colorful Way to Learn and Grow

Learn what's meaningful when studying colors. This light color theory worksheet and quiz on color theory will arm your students with valuable information to make appropriate painting decisions that will lead to better pictures.

Engaging Your Students Using Art: Teacher Creatures

Looking for an engaging design lesson to use in your science, social, math, or art lesson? This creature creation will allow students to design a creature name tag from words they will be exposed to throughout your lesson or your classroom while learning...

Using Music in Education to Teach Movement in Drama Class

Theater and acting classes use play to help students explore characters and situations within a script, but young actors can often appear stiff onstage despite their emotional explorations. Music can help get actors moving in a more natural way!

Create Dancing Dragons in Art to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

This Chinese New Year begins January 23, 2012 and is the year of the dragon. Involve your class in the ancient Chinese festival with a Chinese New Year dragons art lesson that involves creating a collage dragon, mask, or a stunning, brightly colored dragon...

Lesson Plans on Surrealism Art for Highschoolers

Do your students scoff at art that might be difficult to understand? This surrealism art lesson plan for high school coupled with your students' prior knowledge of art elements, such as line, shape and color, will enable them to analyze and interpret...

Painting Lessons: Harmony and Perception Using Color Theory

Learn how to get your students to think differently about painting. These color theory lessons will enable your students to process how harmony is achieved with color, solve color harmony problems, and feel comfortable about their ability to paint a piece...

Art Ideas Using Paper Collage for Your Little Picassos

Children’s creativity will soar while creating these beautiful fall collages. We've included ideas for paper collage art, including having students make a leaf collage bookmark, glow in the dark jack-o-lantern and apple collages using different...

Teach Students About Nature with Creative Projects

Students will construct easy-to-make suncatchers or bookmarks that serve a dual purpose: first, to learn about nature and second, to make something beautiful.