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Peer reviewedLewis, Doris R. – School Arts, 1985
Described is an art activity in which sixth graders were asked to draw something that they hear. The children created aural pictures that were truly inventive personal interpretations. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art
Peer reviewedBraun, Charlotte – School Arts, 1974
Discusses a scrap sculpture project involving five sixth grade classes in making robots. (GB)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials
Peer reviewedRauch, Kristin; Almond, Lorraine – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Describes how art-making and writing intersect in a sixth-grade art classroom. Discusses how writing about art-making promoted reflection and thinking, and was essential to the learning in class for both students and teacher. Offers brief notes also about art in the language arts class. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWeisensee, Marilyn – School Arts, 1990
Describes a relief printmaking unit for sixth graders with the objective of decorating the inside of a pyramid. Ancient Egyptian imagery was used to help students become familiar with the style. Students designed and printed linoleum prints in different colors. They then critiqued their work and made their selection for the pyramid. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Download full textBattle Creek Public Schools, MI.
GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Art. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide, which is intended as a basic sequential program, has three main sections: 1) Kaleidoscope, described as a frame of reference for creative experiences and outlining the aims of the program, types of art experiences, art appreciation, and guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Curriculum Guides
Reeder, Dan – 1984
This book outlines a nontraditional approach to papier mache and a process called "cloth mache" with fifth- and sixty-grade students. The volume describes a process called "cloth mache," a technique neither widely known or practiced. By combining the two media, a new dimension of sculpture is opened to the student. The paper…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
Peer reviewedBantz, Kay – School Arts, 1990
Outlines how a museum visit and the Looking/Learning article, "Painting: Neo-Impressionism," ("School Arts," September 1989) were used to inspire sixth grade students to make their own Neo-Impressionist works. Comments on the diversity of the students' techniques in attempting to blend color visually. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Designed to accompany the "Elementary Art Curriculum Guide," this resource is divided into 3 levels: level 1 grades 1-2, level 2 grades 3-4, and level 3 grades 5-6. The material is presented in a standardized format which includes four major components: reflection, depiction, composition, and expression. Once a concept has been chosen,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
