GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Art. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The presentation gives broad outlines and suggestions on how to teach a variety of art forms. The pages are lithographed in loose-leaf form and are bound in a plastic cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: As a guide it aims at being a starting point from which a…

Discusses areas where minimal sculpture and geometrical play overlap. (GA)

Many art rooms are representative of anything else but visual order even though the subject is all about visual order. A well-organized, functional art room environment is essential to the implementing of an effective program of art. (Editor/RK)

Because they are such effective teaching resources, puppets are an economical and exciting resource for increasing numbers of teachers involved in courses on death education. Puppets help students overcome emotional problems, and, since death is a traumatic area to explore, they provide opportunities to work through social situations not yet…

Elementary students learn the art of puppet making, write and produce their own shows using characters they have created, and develop their language arts skills by integrating puppetry into their normal classroom studies. (Author/RK)

Tells how to cultivate the talent of high school cartoonists into a valuable asset for the school newspaper; provides guidelines for drawing editorial and other types of cartoons. (GW)

Reports the results of a two-year case study of 144 third and fourth graders' art materials preferences. Results indicate that the students preferred different media for different reasons, with favorites being clay, craypas, felt-tipped pens, and cardboard or wood. Maintains that art educators should take into account students' perceptions about…

Art teachers should know about the chemical contents of art materials and understand how chemicals enter the body, what happens as a result, and what can be done to reduce chemical hazards. Three ways in which foreign substances enter the body, i.e., absorption, inhalation, and ingestion, are discussed. (RM)

How second graders made three-dimensional forms using construction paper scraps is described. (RM)

Working on the premise that we dwell in a world of geometric shapes, eighth grade students become involved in the field of architecture. With their background in the elements of design they explored the world of architecture both in and out of the classroom. (Author/RK)

Describes the historical origins of photomontage and suggests certain predominant themes, intersections, and parallel developments, asserting that the field of photo montage is so vast that it has as many possibilities as there are different milieu, and in its social structure and the resulting psychological super-structure the milieu changes…

Describes an art activity aimed at the creation of a free-flowing design of lines and shapes. (Author/RK)

Fourth through eighth grade students designed and painted murals on all of the entrance walls of their school, the Annunciation School, in the hope that their pride in their school might help insure its long life. (Author/RK)

This lesson combines two significant art forms into one lesson. Students first learn the techniques necessary to create a relief sculpture terra cotta clay mold. Using that mold, students will experience the art of paper making and paper casting simply, safely, and economically. A brief history of the art of paper making is provided, along with…

Discusses a scrap sculpture project involving five sixth grade classes in making robots. (GB)