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Foundations

36 Week Elementary Curriculum Lesson Matrix: Kindergarten Aesthetics, Art Media, Technique, Theme, Diversity Visual Culture History, Art Product Criticism

Special Needs

Journal

Color

Rainbow Fish Collage

Children's Book Art

J. Alison James, The Rainbow Fish

Water Animals in Art Througout History

ADHD: ROY G BIV Song Draw a rainbow LD: Pre-Selected using the Roy G. Biv Paper Gifted: acronym. Create Underwater Setting

Pattern

Marker Graffiti Name Tags

Urban Culture

Graffiti Art

Banksy

ADHD: Template Letters LD: Template Letters Gifted: Design Wall for Graffiti

Practice writing your fist, middle, and last name, as well as your nicknames.

Gesture

Spray Bottles, Action Painting with Unconventional Art Combs, Sponges, Unconvential Tools etc.

Arte Povera

ADHD: Group Work Bring a few LD: Group Work unconventional Gifted: Idenfiy painting tools you Marks Created By would like to try to Various Tools class.

Form, Shape

Role Model Paper Positive Role Models Bag Puppets

The Muppets

Pick a puppet or ADHD: Allow to Play character that with Puppet serves as a positive Ron Mueck, Puppets LD: Group Work role model to you. Gifted: Introduce Draw or bring in a Puppet to Class picture of this character.

Narrative, Form

Recorded Story PlayDoh Characters

Importance of Storytelling

Claymation

3D Art, Performance as Art

ADHD: Group Work Create sketches for LD: Group Work your PlayDoh Gifted: Group Work characters.

Illusion

Tempera Painted Hand Print Animals

Personal Identity

Finger Painting

Cave Painting Hand Prints

ADHD: Multiple Prints LD: Group Work Gifted: Prints that Interact with Each Other

List several of your favorite animals.

Paint Application Face Paint Hanimals Endangered Species Shadow Puppets

Mario Mariotti

ADHD: Group Work Using photos, LD: Group Work document your Gifted: Group Work Handimal creation.

Observation

Torn Tissue Paper Still Lives

American Art

Eric Carle Collage Books

Milton Avery, Collage

Sketch your still ADHD: Group Work lives and and color LD: Templates them with the Gifted: Help Design colors you would Still Life like your collage to be.

Design

Marker World Olympic Team Uniforms

World Countries

Olympic Games

Fashion Design as Fine Art

ADHD: Group Work LD: Template Gifted: Share Fact about Country

Research your assigned country and list the colors of their flag.

10 Folding, Repetitiion

Japanese Watercolor Fans

Japanese Art

Japanese Cartoons

ADHD: Sketch Identify the Landscape foreground, LD: Sketch Landscape Painting middleground, and Landscape Gifted: background in a Assist in Folding landscape. Fans

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Construction

Milk Carton Birdhouses

Recycled Art

recyclart.org

Craft as Fine Art

ADHD: Group Work Sketch designs for LD: Group Work birdhouses. Gifted: Group Work

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Harmony and Variety

Outer Space Watercolor Wax Resist Paintings

Space Science

Celestial Events in the News

Space Art

ADHD: Memorize Mnemonic Devices for Planets LD: Group Work Gifted: Develop Mnemonic Devices

List the planets in order.

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Line, Movement

Pipe Cleaner Contour Line Figural Sculpture

Body Shapes

Shaped Paper Clips

Countour Line, Figural Work

ADHD: Finish the Sculpture Activity Trace objects to do LD: Group Work contour line Gifted: Environment drawings of them. for Sculptures

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Movement

Tempera Spin Art Paintings

Importance of Abstraction

Spin Art Machine

Abstract Art

ADHD: Multiple Paintings LD: Adult Assistance Gifted: Color Schemes

Create drawings using circles.

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Pattern, Repetition

Embossed Foil and Button Evergreens

Coniferous Forests

Charlie Brown Trees

Embossing

ADHD: Sketch Research and Various Patterns animal that lives in LD: Group Work coniferous forest. Gifted: Foil Animals

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Fine Motor Development

Feather and Twine Dreamcatcher

Native American Tradition

Store Bought Dreamcatch-er

Weaving in Art

ADHD: Group Work Share a dream with LD: Group Work the class. Gifted: Group Work

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Color Theory

Melted Crayon Leaf Creations

Unconventional Uses of Crayons, Season Changes

Hairdryer Melted Crayons

Warm Colors, Fall Landscapes

ADHD: Goup Work Write down which LD: Group Work colors were used in Gifted: Color Mixing your leaf creation. Prediction

Monochrome Monochrome Color Cardboard and 18 Schemes Found Object Assemblage Pieces

Women Artists, Recycled Art

Toy Soldier Sculpture

Louise Nevelson, Assemblage Art

ADHD: Group Work Identify the objects LD: Lead Painting found within the Gifted: Lead piece. Assembling

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Composition, Balance

Non-Object Music Inspired Oil Pastel Drawings

Classical Music

Contempor-ary Music

Wassily Kandinsky, Non-Object Art

ADHD: Group Work Sketch non-object LD: Group Work works to your Gifted: Group Work favorite songs.

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Pattern

Oil and Interdisciplinary Construction Paper Lesson with Science Sun Catchers

Glass Sun Catchers

Arte Povera

ADHD: Multiple Pieces to Sun Catcher LD: Teacher Assistance Gifted: Assit Others

Sketch patterns for your sun catcher and chose your favorite.

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Muted Palettes

Food and Spices Paintings

Ancient Painting

Edible Arangement

Food Art, Ancient Paint

ADHD: Group Work LD: Group Work List spices and their Gifted: Assist in colors. Preparation

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Pattern, Design

Chilean Designed Cardboard Rain Sticks

Chilean Culture

Discovery Channel Store Rainsticks

Natural Art, Earth Art

ADHD:Group Work Sketch patterns for LD: Group Work rainstick. Gifted: Group Work

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Shape, Balance

Paper Mobiles

Kinetic Art

Baby Mobiles

Alexander Calder Mobiles

ADHD: Various Shapes Decide where you LD: Teacher will hang your Assistance mobile. Gifted: Assist Others

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Repetition

Dyed Blown Bubble Interdisciplinary Prints Lesson with Science

Bubble Art

Printmaking

ADHD:Group Work LD: Group Work Gifted: Add Drawing to Prints

List pictures you see in your print

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Stamping, Molds

Found Object Printed Dough Fossils

Archeology

Indiana Jones

Preservation of Ancient Art

List objects important to you ADHD: Group Work that you would like LD: Group Work to use to create Gifted: Assist Others your fossil and choose one.

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3D Shape

Middle Eastern Ocean Drum Boxes

Middle Eastern Culture

Tissue Boxes

Can Music be a Form of Art?

ADHD: Group Work LD: Group Work Gifted: Assist Others

Sketch design for drum box .

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Layering, Pattern, Colored Sand Art in Color a Bottle

Tibetan Sandpainting

Sand Art at Fairs

Mandalas

ADHD: Assist Pouring Sand LD: Group Work Gifted: Repeat Pattern

Identify the colors used in your sand art.

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Color, Unity

Box of Crayons Self Portraits

Personal Identity, Diversity

Crayola Crayons

Diverse Famous Artists

ADHD: Assist Others LD: Group Work Introduce yourself Gifted: Assist in to the class. Assembling Box of Crayons

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Blending

Sidewalk Chalk Murals

Class Project

Mary Poppins

Sidewalk Chalk Perspective Art

ADHD: Group Work LD: Group Work Gifted: Group Work

Design a mural for the class project and the class will pick one and then add to it.

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Rhythm

African Milk Jug Shakeres

African Culture

Grocery Store Milk Jugs

African Art and Ritual

ADHD: Compose Dance LD: Assist in Playing Song Gifted: Compose Song

Sketch a rhythmic design for your shakere.

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Color, Line

Marker Decorated Mugs Fundraiser

Donating, Fundraising

Baked Mugs

ADHD: Group Work Ceramics as Fine Art LD: Group Work Gifted: Group Work

As a class, decide what cause to donate funds to.

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Construction Paper Symmetry, Shapes, and Stenciled Reflection Watercolor Houses

Community

Animal Crossing

Cityscapes

ADHD: Step-by-Step Demonstration LD: Teacher Assistance Gifted: Additional Details

Draw and label basic shapes that could make up a house.

34 ADHD: Assist in What Meanings Can Creating Beads LD: Describe what your Certain Jewelry Group Work jewelry says about Have? Gifted: Assist in you. Stringing

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Fine Motor Development, Design

Clay Beaded Jewelry

Ancient Jewelry of Rome, Greece, and Egypt

Charm Bracelets

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36 Week Elementary Curriculum Lesson Matrix: Grades 1-3 Media, Technique, Product Aesthetics, Art History, Art Criticism

Foundations

Theme, Diversity

Visual Culture

Special Needs

Journal

Composition

Nature Assemblage Hanging Boxes

Environmental Respect

Baby Mobiles

Earth Art

ADHD: Help Lead Outdoor Walk LD: Group Work Gifted: Assist Others

Discuss the importance of nature. Talk about each of the natural objects used in your piece and what role they play in the environment.

Form, Movement

Plastic Cup Marionette Puppets

Creative Storytelling

Pinocchio

Ron Mueck, Puppets

ADHD: Group Work LD: Group Work Gifted: Introduce Puppet to Class

Create a character for your puppet. Write two paragraphs describing your character.

Color Schemes

Acrylic Paint Real Leaf Prints

Environmental Respect

Fall Decorations

Printmaking

ADHD: Group Work LD:Group Work Gifted: Advanced Color Schemes

Write down what colors you chose to use and which color scheme they belong to.

Form

Model Magic Food Pop Art

Health Versus Unhealth Foods

Fast Food Restaurants

ADHD: Example Look up the helath Foods information about the Claes Oldenburg, LD: Example Foods foods you chose to Pop Art Gifted: Predict depict, and decide Healthy and whether or not they Unhealthy Foods are healty. Discuss the facial ADHD: Group Work expression you chose LD: Group Work to depict in your Gifted: Assist in image and what Taking Photos meaning it conveys to viewers. ADHD: Various Shapes LD: Group Work Gifted: Assist Others Compare Matisse's early art with his later paper cut outs.

Color Blending, Perspective

The Scream Chalk Pastel and Photo Drawings

Representing Emotion in Art

The Scream Paradoies

Edvard Munch, The Scream

Shape, Pattern

Creative Patterns Paper Cut Outs

Disabilties in Art

Basic Cut Out Patterns

Matisse, Paper Cut Outs

Pattern

Aboriginal Acrylic Painted Rocks

Aboriginal Art

Painted Rock Crafts

Pointillism, Dot Painting

ADHD: Multiple Rocks Compare and contrast LD: Group Work Aboriginal Dot Gifted: Journal Painting and Find Aboriginal Dot Pointillism. Painted Piece and Disucss

Design

Marker Typography Letters

ADHD: Group Work Graphic Design, LD: Group Work Write your name using Different Alphabets Typography Apps Commerical Art Gifted: Make Poster your own text. Using Font

Calligraphic Lettering

Chinese Tissue Paper Lanterns

Chinese Characters

Parades, Wedding Lanterns

ADHD: Group Work Research at least five LD: Research Three chinese words you Non-Western Art, Workds Gifted: want to learn and Chinese Art Research Seven practive writing the Words characters.

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Calligraphic Line, Movement

Jackson Pollock Acrylic Class Drip Painting

Class Project, Collaboration

jacksonpollock.or Jackson Pollock g

Go to jacksonpollock.org and ADHD: Group Work create a digital art LD: Group Work print of your own. Gifted: Group Work Print it out and bring it to class with you.

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Texture

Mexican PapierMch Pinatas

Mexican Culture

ADHD: Group Work Discuss the Non-Western Art, LD:Group Work Birthday Parties signfiicance of pinatas Mexican Art Gifted: Present in Mexican culture. Research to Class

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Marbling

Shave Cream and Water Based Paint Paintings

Unconventional Painting Tools

Mars Mud

Abstract Art

ADHD: Multiple Prints LD: Group Work Gifted: Look for Images in Others' Work

Look closely at your abstract marbled work. Describe images you see within your work.

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Compostion

Benday Dot Cartoon Character Marker Drawings

Children's Art

Sunday Comics

Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art

ADHD: Reference Comics LD: Teacher Assistance Gifted: Additional Panels to Comic

Descibe your favorite cartoon character. Do you think Lichtenstein would have painted this character today? Why or why not?

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Line, Rhythm

Charcoal Drawings Created Through Kinesthetic Learning Dance

Ballet

Create a list of contemporary songs ADHD: Group Work to which you would Performance Art LD: Group Work like to create charcoal Gifted: Group Work drawings. The class will vote on one.

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Observation

Living Paintings, Class Recreations of Famous Figural Works

Class Project, Collaboration

Hold Your Horses, Music Video

ADHD: Group Work Famous Figural LD: Group Work Works Througout Gifted: Assist in Art History Photo Documenting Recreations

Research famous figural works and select some of your favorites. The class will then decide on paintings to recreate.

36 Week Elementary Curriclum Lesson Matrix: Grades 4-5

. Foundations Media, Technique, Product Theme, Diversity Visual Culture Aesthetics, Art History, Art Criticism Special Needs Journal

Line, Proportion

Wire Seating Sculptures Various Lifestyles

IKEA Chair Design

Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs

ADHD: Step-byStep LD: Group Work How can ones choice of seating Gifted: Journal reflect his or her lifestyle? Reference Famous Seat

Layering, Collage Magazine Animal Animals from Visual Texture Faces Different Regions

collageart.org

ADHD: Assorted Magazines Why is the animal you chose to Dada Collage Art, Animals LD: Template depict essential the the region Throughout Art History Gifted: Illusion of in which it lives? Form

Form

Paris Craft Character Masks

Individual Creativity

Halloween Masks, Theater Masks

Masks in Performance Throughout History

ADHD: Group Describe the character you've Work created with your mask. (The LD: Group Work class will then put on a short Gifted: Direct Class play incorporating all of the Performance different characters.)

Relief Printing, Color Schemes

Foam Reduction Self Portrait Prints

Layers of Personal Identity

Online Profile Pictures

Relief Prints, Joe Chris Robertson, Self Portrait

ADHD: Pre-Plan Layers How does your print represent LD:Personal yourself as an individual, in Demonstration relation to your family, and in Gifted: Add relation to your school or Additional Color, community? and Larger Series

Process

Unfired Earthenware Weathered Sculptures

Value of Process Over Product

Beach Sand Sculptures, Snowmen

Andrew Goldsworthy, Earth Art

ADHD: Multiple Sculptures In a class blog, document the LD: Group Work deterioration of your sculpture. Gifted: Assist in Include photos of the process Photo as well as personal reflections. Documentation of Sculptures

Perspective

Oil Pastel Bedroom Drawings

Personal Lifestyles

Interior Design Magazines

Van Gogh, The Bedroom

ADHD: Journal Oil Pastel Practice What did Van Gogh's bedroom LD: Journal - Oil tell the viewer about the artist? Pastel Practice What does your bedroom Gifted: Journal reveal to the veiwer? Give Research Van specific examples. Gogh's Lifestyle

Children's Book Ink and Line, Narrative Watercolor Illustrations

Lessons and Morals from Children's Books

Book Illustrations

Maurice Sendak, Illustrative Art

ADHD: Group Work LD: Group Work What is the lesson or moral of Gifted: your story? Incorporate Vocab into Story

Harmony and Variety

Plastic Cups and Marker Installation

Individual Versus Community, Recycled Art

recyclart.org

Dale Chihuly Glass Art

ADHD: Assist in Installation Assembly LD: Group Work Gifted: Assist in Planning Installation Assembly

How is your design special to you? How does your design add to the overal work? How are you special as an indivudual? How do your unique attributes add to the overall class?

Pattern, Rhythm

Peace Embroidery Textiles

Art as Activisim

Embroidered Tweets

ADHD: Learn What peace issue did you Different Stitches chose to depict in your textile? Activist Artists, Ai Wei Wei LD: Group Work Why is it important to you? Gifted: Learn How will your textile help to Different Stitches make a difference?