Art Lessons Through History for Upper Elementary and Junior High

June 2, 2023

Pointillism

Susanna Nolt October 20, 2018

Grades 2-8 learn about Pointillism, a form of painting that uses dots instead of smooth brush strokes. Students make their own pointillistic picture using markers. Lesson Plan PowerPoint Rubric…

Monochromatic Landscape Art Lessons

Susanna Nolt April 6, 2018

In this two-period art history lesson, grades 5-8 study the artistic trends in the Romantic era. In the first period they will sketch a landscape scene with pencil. In the second period, they will…

Impressionistic Water Lilies

Susanna Nolt April 28, 2018

Grades 5-8 learn about Impressionism in art, specifically the paintings of Claude Monet. They paint water lilies using bleeding tissue paper to show Impressionism’s focus on color and light without…

2U Grade 5-8 Rose Window

Susanna Nolt January 26, 2018

In these two lessons, grades 5-8 will learn about the large stained-glass rose window in Notre Dame Cathedral built with radial balance. They will create their own window out of black construction…

1U Grades 5-8, Art Lesson1 & 2, Ancient Egyptian Drawings (Shape)

Susanna Nolt December 8, 2017

Grades 5-8 will learn about art in ancient history, focusing on the art inside the Egyptian pyramids. They will draw pictures of people or architecture on sandpaper to replicate ancient drawings on…

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