Lesson Plans - Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Abstract Portrait
In this two-session lesson, students will observe and experiment with color theory. The students will also compare realistic and abstract portraits. Finally, using geometric shapes the students will draw an abstract self-portrait and write a descriptive poem using similes and metaphors.
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
Ansel Adams and the American West
In this two or three-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and the photography of Ansel Adams. Using photographs from his work depicting the American west, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and the relationships between nature, the environment, and works of art.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing, Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, History - Social Science, Science, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
Ansel Adams and the Elements of Art
In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to the works of Ansel Adams while learning about the Elements of Art. By viewing selected images from the works of Ansel Adams, students will recognize and describe patterns found in the environment and in works of art to create their own interpretation and piece of original artwork.
Grades: 4, 5
Medium: Drawing, Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
Ansel Adams and the Nature of Expressive Portraiture
In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the portraiture work of acclaimed photographer, Ansel Adams. Adams, best known for his black and white landscapes of Yosemite National Park and the California coast, did not confine himself to just one subject area.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
Related Subjects: Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
Ansel Adams, American Artist and Activist
In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the work of acclaimed photographer Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams was a dedicated artist-activist who played a decisive role in the growth of environmental consciousness and in the development of a citizen environmental movement in the United States.
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Medium: Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, History - Social Science, Science, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
