The document provides teaching guidelines and information on advance elective courses in a studio art program for grades 10, 11, and 12. The courses are presented in four sections: (1) studio in advertising design--advertising and production, lettering, illustrating, and color reproduction; (2) studio in fashion design and illustration--elements…

Bridge-to-Reading is a comprehensive, year-long reading readiness curriculum for use with 2 1/2 -- 6-year-old children. It teaches readiness skills through other subjects that are appropriate for young children. A major objective of the curriculum is to establish a positive motivational framework for reading instruction, based on early learning…

Outlines the life of Henri Matisse and how he created his paper cut-outs, which were reproduced in a book. Discusses the importance of artists' books. Suggests some creative activities for all grades in book making and paper cut-outs that could be worked in conjunction with a language arts program. (KM)

The Aztec calendar had a different god representing each month of the year. This color-by-number book illustrates each god and gives its name and the month it represents in Spanish. Each part of the god is numbered from 1 to 20 with a color corresponding to each number. (NQ)

The animal rhymes are written in Spanish and dittoed on white card stock, ready for coloring and use. The rhyme, together with a basic vocabulary and pronunciation difficulties for English-speakers, is printed on the back of each picture so that the cards may be shown and read at the same time. Rhymes are about a butterfly, frog, cow, fish, cat,…

In a sixth-grade unit, students learned about people's facial expressions through careful observation, recording, reporting, and generalizing. The students studied the faces of people of various ages; explored "masks" that people wear in different situations; learned about the use of ritual masks; made case studies of individuals to show…

This teaching guide suggesting specific art experiences for preschool and elementary children, is based on the assumption that visual perception is fundamental to learning in any field and that visual thinking (perception) in young children can be facilitated through teaching specific art concepts. More than 200 basic concepts identified,…

The Quinmester Visual Arts Education Curriculum, of which this is one course, is described in SO 007 721. Mosaic art is to be mastered through use of this guide in terms of its history, artists, tools, techniques, and applicability to individual expression. Course content is divided into three time periods. Course procedures and learning…

Describes a technique of using the collage in teaching single paragraph and experiential writing. The collage is an exciting motivational device that helps students express their thoughts first in pictures and later in words. (CMV)

Directions, suggested materials, and illustrations are given for making paper mache pinatas and masks, cascarones, Ojos de Dios, maracas, dresser scarf embroidery, burlap murals, yarn designs, paper plate trays, paper cut designs, the poppy, sarape aprons, and paper Mexican dolls. Filled with candy and broken, the pinata is used on most Mexican…

The document presents information on activities designed to foster growth in creativity and upper level thinking of secondary gifted students. An introductory section covers instructional models, including Guilford's Structure-of-Intellect Model and Krathwohl's Affective Taxonomical Model. Activities are described in terms of objectives,…

The Quinmester Visual Arts Education Curriculum is a long range developmental effort directed toward providing a general education for learners in the art education field. The course of study, developed basically by teachers for teachers, emphasize involvement of the student in the learning process. All courses of study are designed to provide a…

This secondary level art curriculum guide helps students to individualize visual and plastic arts experience. It is divided into sections on the nature of art, elements of art, and movements and trends in the world of art. Materials direct the teacher toward important events and concepts, useful exercises, and pertinent points for student…

This brief teaching guide provides sex-fair activities for use in grades PS-3. Activities suggested cover five areas: (1) feelings (the need to be able to express feelings regardless of sex), (2) non-sexist behavior (encouraging children to behave according to their needs and desires rather than according to sex role expectations), (3) body…

Produced by the Girl Scouts Migrant Communities Project in San Antonio, Texas, this activity guide is intended as an introductory resource to the Girl Scout program. The activities in the guide were designed with the migrant Girl Scout in mind, but they may appeal to the interests and needs of all girls. The activities developed can be performed…