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8th grade art thematic unit plans
Art History for Upper Elementary (for older students 6th to 8th Grade )
No Prep Art History has unique lessons that teach about famous artists and art movements from cave art to modern art. Each lesson has a teacher script, attention to the world map and culture, as well as at least one art project with extensions where possible. **This unit has been significantly updated with many more pictures of student work and examples, design and layout. More lessons have been added! These lessons do not have as many supporting class photos yet, but will be added as they are a
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6th - 8th
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End of the Year Art Classroom Activities, Worksheets, Memories & Reflections
23 End of Year Art Class activities to allow students to reflect on the year, plan for the summer or their break, to set goals for next year's art class, to complete drawing prompts, to create a zen doodle,, to get to know their peers better, to draw and be creative (selfies! social media artists!), and to write a letter to give advice to future art students. This is a great way to summarize the year for middle school and high school students in an art classroom and have them thinking about the
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â End of the Year, Art Classroom Activity Bundle
Theater Sub Plan! Drama Costume Design Lesson Fairy Tale Characters Fantasy
Bundle Fairy tales are very popular at present. Why not capitalize on your theater students' interest in them with this costume design lesson? Students can really let their imaginations soar and explore different settings (modern, the fifties, western, apocalyptic, furturistic, etc.) for their own costume designs while learning sound instruction created by a very knowledgeable and experienced veteran teacher. No gimmicks here. Even great for a substitute to teach! This two-day low prep lesso
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6th - 9th
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Art Inspires! Sketching Techniques - Line Styles - Art Lesson Plans
You don’t have to be an art teacher to include authentic, meaningful art instruction in the classroom! Build self-esteem and creativity within your students through this fun and engaging unit. Trust me – if I can do it, ANYONE can!
In this mini-unit, students will learn how to sketch using six different line styles: basic line, pointillism, contour, scribble, cross-hatch, and smudge technique.
Unit includes tutorials for you to explain in simple terms each of the six different styles, sample
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1st - 12th
Architecture Unit Bundle
A complete unit with all four of my architecture products: ♦ American Architectural Styles Powerpoint♦ American Architectural Styles Guidebook ♦ Architectural Scavenger Hunt♦ Design Your Own Home
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6th - 12th
Whole Year Art Curriculum Framework - K-8
This roadmap for a fantastic art year is all you need for your kindergarten through eighth grade art classes. Broken down into primary and secondary bands, each month provides an artist, element or principle to focus on, discussion questions, lesson ideas, and literature to pair with your lessons.
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K - 8th
Tim Burton Inspired Self Portraits
This product is everything you need for a 1-2 week long art project! Students will learn about Tim Burton, brainstorm ways to represent their own identities through art, and practice showing value through shading.The PDF includes a link to a student inquiry packet with Tim Burton background questions, a compare and contrast activity, and guiding questions prompting students to explore ways they can represent themselves through the style of Tim Burton.The PDF also includes a link to the student-
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5th - 12th
Art School with Jenny K. | Art Elements 101 Unit 1: LINE | Great Sub Plan!
Art School with Jenny K. Art Elements 101 unit 1: LINEArt belongs in all classrooms! When you use it as a tool for art integration, you will not only have your students' full attention, but you will also be supporting them developmentally and creatively. My Art Elements 101 Course makes infusing art into ANY classroom easy for teachers and fun for kids! Available Units:Line: Available HERE. Shape: Available HERE. Color: Available HERE.Space: Available HERE.Texture: Available HERE.Tried, Tested,
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3rd - 8th
Pop Art Unit Bundle
My high school students LOVE Pop Art! This bundle includes all of my Pop Art lessons (sold individually in my store or as part of this bundle). I teach this at the beginning of my Art Foundations II course over 4-5 weeks. It's a good way to explore Art History and different art media, including colored pencil, printmaking, and collage.Included in the bundle are the following:Introduction to Pop ArtPop Art Food DrawingsAndy Warhol Pop Art PrintmakingPop Art Collages Social Issues ProjectI hope th
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7th - 12th
Art School with Jenny K. | Art Elements 101 Unit 3: COLOR | Great Sub Plans!
Art School with Jenny K. Art Elements 101 unit 3: COLORArt belongs in all classrooms! When you use it as a tool for art integration, you will not only have your students' full attention, but you will also be supporting them developmentally and creatively. My Art Elements 101 Course makes infusing art into ANY classroom easy for teachers and fun for kids! Available Units:Line: Available HERE. Shape: Available HERE. Color: Available HERE.Space: Available HERE.Texture: Available HERE.Tried, Teste
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3rd - 8th
BUNDLE Art Lessons Curriculum | 36 Art Lessons | Step-by-Step Full Instructions
Included in this Bundle are 36 detailed Art lesson plans! Included in this unit are:-12 Art Masters Lessons such as Monet & Van Gogh-12 Modern Masters Lessons such as Georgia O'Keefe & Dali-12 Storybook Artists Lessons such as Dr Seuss & Oliver Jeffers-Cover page-Introduction-12 comprehensive art lessons from the Storybook Artists such as Oliver Jeffers, Dr Seuss + moreEach lesson includes:-Full page example of artwork + class instruction sheet with mini exampleEach class instruction
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PreK - 8th
8th Grade Art Lessons Elements of Art Unit Light & Dark Art Projects for Grade 8
Plan and Teach Art with a NO Prep, Fun, Ready-Made Grade 8, Elements of Art, COMPLETE Art Lesson Unit! This Elements of Art Unit introduces and teaches the Elements of Art and the Theme of this Unit with an introduction video and lesson activities, includes 7 Step-by-Step Art Tutorials for each Element, AND includes 7 Choice-Based Art Lessons to allow for experimentation and exploration-based, student-choice learning. This Grade 8 Art Unit teaches the Elements of Art through the theme: LIGHT AND
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8th
Also included in:Â Middle School Art Curriculum, Art Project and Resource Bundle
May Day Basket
This simple and easy basket is a great way to brighten any day, May Day Baskets are traditionally used on May 1st to celebrate the beginning of spring, but these colorful creations can be used at anytime during the year. A template for making the basket is provided as well as easy instructions for cutting, folding and gluing.
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K - 8th
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Computer Science Spreadsheet Unit Bundle
The Spreadsheet Unit Bundle addresses Google Sheets TM functions, cell basics, formatting, formulas, tables, data, graphs, and charts. All of the activities in the unit are no prep activities, are designed with the middle school student in mind, can be used in a home, hybrid, 1:1 classroom, or traditional school setting and comes in both a PDF and an editable digital Google Docs TM format.There are a total of 7 resources at a 20% discount!What's Included?Spreadsheet Vocabulary Choice BoardSpre
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7th - 8th
6th-8th Grade Art Curriculum Middle School Full Year
Big Ideas, Essential Questions, Competencies, Vocabulary, etc...If your head is spinning and you've no clue where to begin, then start right here. This is an original contemporary art curriculum for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, following overall themes of modern/conceptual art connections, ancient world/contemporary connections, and reflection of self and conceptual art connections. This is a contemporary approach in art education.This is an editable file, so you may adjust accordingly in Microsoft
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6th - 10th
Art School with Jenny K. | Art Elements 101 Unit 2: SHAPE | Great Sub Plans
Art School with Jenny K. Art Elements 101 unit 2: SHAPEArt belongs in all classrooms! When you use it as a tool for art integration, you will not only have your students' full attention, but you will also be supporting them developmentally and creatively. My Art Elements 101 Course makes infusing art into ANY classroom easy for teachers and fun for kids! Available Units:Line: Available HERE. Shape: Available HERE. Color: Available HERE.Space: Available HERE.Texture: Available HERE.Tried, Teste
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3rd - 8th
Art School with Jenny K. | Art Elements 101 Unit 4: SPACE | Great Sub Plans!
Art School with Jenny K. Art Elements 101 unit 4: SPACEArt belongs in all classrooms! When you use it as a tool for art integration, you will not only have your students' full attention, but you will also be supporting them developmentally and creatively. My Art Elements 101 Course makes infusing art into ANY classroom easy for teachers and fun for kids! Available Units:Line: Available HERE. Shape: Available HERE. Color: Available HERE.Space: Available HERE.Texture: Available HERE.Tried, Teste
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3rd - 8th
10 Art Lessons for Middle School students, for Flexible, Remote, or Homeschool
10 Art Projects designed for Middle School art students to use for Distance Learning to allow for Learning at Home during unexpected school closures, emergencies, absences, home schooling, or use them for maternity leaves or for Art Subs (place in your sub tub and be prepared always!). These 10 art projects are designed to engage students with fun ideas that will allow them to use any mediums and any materials. If you can make a mark with it, you can make these artworks. These art lessons includ
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Remote Learning Art Lessons, ART RESOURCE Bundle
Movie Trailer Genre Shift Complete Ready-to-Go Unit
Learn about the history of movie trailers, the concept of genres - and how a little creativity can flip the script! Students will be challenged to recut a 30-45 second movie trailer shifting the genre of the original movie through creative editing (horror to comedy, drama to action, romance to horror, etc.)! Students LOVE this unit and you will love seeing their independent creativity on display. While this unit is geared toward video production students, it could be easily adapted to music stud
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Video Production Curriculum Bundle for 4th 9 Weeks
Art School with Jenny K. | Art Elements 101 Unit 5: Texture | Great Sub Plans!
Art School with Jenny K. Art Elements 101 unit 5: TextureArt belongs in all classrooms! When you use it as a tool for art integration, you will not only have your students' full attention, but you will also be supporting them developmentally and creatively. My Art Elements 101 Course makes infusing art into ANY classroom easy for teachers and fun for kids! 5 Available Units:Line: Available HERE. Shape: Available HERE. Color: Available HERE.Space: Available HERE.Texture: Available HERE.Tried, Te
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3rd - 8th
Design A Video Game on Scratch
Children will begin by playing different video games online to evaluate what makes them fun and engaging for their audience. They will then analyse the mechanics of the games and then plan a game of their own remixing a game on Scratch based on their criteria. Children will then use conditionals, operators, and variables on Scratch to make their own game.Lesson plans, editable rubrics, and classroom examples from Year 6 are provided, as well as links to additional support on the Scratch website.
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5th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â STEAM BUNDLE for Years 3 and 4
Surrealism Perspective Drawings Art Project - Print & Digital
Teach this lesson in-person or remotely with the sharable Google Drive documents.Once your students have mastered 1-PT PERSPECTIVE and learned about SURREALISM then they are ready to apply their skills to their own artwork. This product provides the structure, documents, and student examples necessary to inspire your classes to create impressive drawings in 1-point perspective that are based on Surrealism. Check out the Preview to see more student examples!Beginning with the rough draft, this
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7th - 12th
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The Complete Art Programme K1- K12 for Junior, Middle and Senior: 332 pages
A whopping 332 pages! 240+ lesson ideas! This bundle is the total package for teaching art to middle and senior students. It offers a comprehensive, detailed set of teacher instructions on how to achieve unique expressions of art using a wide variety of materials and media. This resource: · Offers multiple activities· Can be used multiple times· Can serve multiple ability levelsArt should extend way beyond three colors of tempera paint and a pile of butcher paper. Tessa Gray’s art projects inc
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5th - 12th
The AV Teacher's Bundle
Elevate your classroom experience with our comprehensive AV Teachers Bundle, specially crafted for educators seeking to inspire creativity and foster multimedia literacy among their students. These units combine a diverse array of resources to enrich your teaching and empower your students in the world of audiovisual production.Adobe Premiere Pro Boot Camp: Dive into the heart of video editing with our intensive Adobe Premiere Pro Boot Camp. Designed to demystify the complexities of this industr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Benefits of arts education
Arts education encompasses various disciplines, including creative writing, dance, music, theater, and visual arts. Through arts education, students learn valuable life skills, including creativity, cooperation, discipline, and critical analysis. Additionally, it provides students with positive means of self-expression and empowers them to find their voice.
Arts education offers a wide range of benefits for students, contributing to their overall development and enriching their learning experience. It can have a positive impact on students by helping them:
- Enhance engagement at school and reduce stress
- Develop vital social-emotional and interpersonal skills
- Enrich their overall experiences and perspectives
- Learn to handle constructive criticism gracefully
- Improve their ability to focus and concentrate
By teaching the arts, teachers can also instill a lifelong appreciation and enjoyment of various art forms, encouraging students to continue exploring and participating in creative activities throughout their lives.
Teaching with arts resources
On TPT, arts resources come in various formats, from directed drawing activities and art history projects to dramatic plays and music worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of arts-related concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching the arts will be so much easier.
Discover printable and digital arts resources
Ignite creativity in your student or child by exploring our diverse collection of printable and digital art worksheets! TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level.
Arts resources on TPT are designed to challenge and inspire children of all ages and help them discover and explore their talents in drawing, music, creative writing, and other fine arts. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and unleash their artistic potential.
For our young learners, there are delightful tracing and coloring exercises, as well as drama plays and simple songs to learn. Meanwhile, older students can delve into the world of sheet music, instrument fundamentals, and even explore the fascinating realm of art history. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, resources on TPT offer endless opportunities for students to explore the fine arts.
Frequently asked questions about teaching the arts
What types of arts resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular topics include art history, music, dance, drama, creative writing, and visual arts.
How do I find arts lessons on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing fine arts lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for an arts-related resource on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of arts lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels and interests.
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