Art Lesson Plans

Below are some  online resources where teachers can have access to a plethora of Art lesson plans. I have handpicked  these websites in such a way to cover almost all the grades. Just browse through the links and  I am am pretty sure you will find something for your students.



1- Incredible Art

This website provides Art lesson plans that are neatly organized through different categories.The lessons are arranged by subject, integration, art period, artist and medium.

Here are some examples of art lesson plans included in Incredible Art :

1. Trash Collage
2. Color Mixing Trophy Fish
3. Artist in Residence
4. Post-Impressionism/Fauvism Drama
5. Gabled Roof Drawings
6. Pastel Number Design
7. Movement and Rhythm in Modern Art
8. Character Education and Art
9. Portrait Diptych
10. Egyptian Profiles Painting
11. Crime Scene Tracing Picture
12. Cut paper Dragons
13. Matisse Face Masterpiece
14. Space Shuttles in Space Watercolor
15. Tie Snakes Sculpture
16. Name Insects Lettering
17. Dress-up to the Olde Masters
18. Melted Crayon Symmetry
19. Y Tree Drawing
20. Line and Pattern Study
21. Styrofoam Plate Printmaking
22. Word Kaleidoscope
23. Picture Puzzle
24. Pitchy Patch Puppet
25. Crayon Scratch Art
26. Color Box Sculpture
27. Painting on Foil
28. Easy Dioramas
29. Watercolor Technique Butterflies
30. Painting Made Easy
31. Clay Tile Relief Sculpture
32. Matisse Collage & Painting
33. Art of the Masters
34. Using an Old Brush in a New Way
35. Circles Galore!
36. Camouflage Collage

2- Arts Edge Kennedy

This is another great resource packed full of art lesson plans. Use the Lesson Finder utility to search for and find arts-based lesson plans and projects for classrooms and after school.



3- Deep Space Sparkle

This website provides you arts lessons by grade, by subject




4- MCREL

This is a lesson plan library where you can find everything that has to do with arts. Here are some examples of the art lesson plans included in MCREL :


   A- Dance 

• "Dance 8 to 10" Integrated Resource Package (Grades 8–10)—British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada

• Free to Dance: Lesson Plans (Grades 6–8)—PBS Online®

• Moccasins Are Made for Dancing (Grades 6–8)—Lillian Hasko

     

    B- Music

• American Music Genres (Grades 9–12)—McREL

• The Same Old Song (Grades 9–12)—sMcREL

• Brass Instruments and Pitch (Kindergarten–Grade 4)—Leslie Thomas

• Percussion Instruments and Pitch (Kindergarten–Grade 4)—Leslie Thomas

• String Instruments and Pitch (Kindergarten–Grade 4)—Leslie Thomas

• Woodwind Instruments and Pitch (Kindergarten–Grade 4)—Leslie Thomas

• African Arts and Music (Grades 3–6)—PBS Online®

• Connexions (Grades K–12)—Catherine Schmidt-Jones

• Honky Tonks, Hymns, & the Blues (High School)—National Public Radio; Washington, D.C.

• Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory (Grades 9–12)—EDSITEment

• Form and Theme in the Traditional Mexican Corrido (Grades 9–12)—Theresa Sotto

• "Music 8 to 10" Integrated Resource Package (Grades 8–10)—British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada

• Music From Across America (Grades 3–5)—EDSITEment

• Music Lesson Plans (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—ArtsEdge, The Kennedy Center

• The Poetics of Hip Hop (Grades 9–12)—Theresa Sotto; Tucson, AZ

• Spirituals (Grades 9–12)—EDSITEment

        

  C- Visual Arts

• Reflections of Hunger and Poverty: the Works of Lange, Kollwitz, and Orozco (Grades 7–8)—McREL

• Art History Lesson Plans (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—ArtsEdge, The Kennedy Center

• Art Lesson Ideas (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—TeachNet.com

• The Incredible Art Department (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—Judy Decker & Ken Rohrer

• "Fine Arts 11" Integrated Resource Package (Grade 11)—British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada

• K-12 Lesson Plans (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—KinderArt®

• K-12 Solutions Art Lesson Plans (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—Eastman Kodak Company

• Mathematics and...Art: Perspective Drawing (Middle School)—Jan Garner; The Math Forum @ Drexel; Philadelphia, PA

• NGA Classroom (Multiple lessons, multiple grades)—National Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C.

• "Visual Arts 8 to 10" Integrated Resource Package (Grades 8–10)—British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada

• "Visual Arts: Media Arts 11 & 12" Integrated Resource Package (Grades 11–12)—British Columbia Ministry of Education, Canada

5-  Kodak Art Lesson Plans

Another treasure trove of art lesson plans, some samples are listed below :

• Focus on a Kaleidoscope of Kids 
• The Elements of Art Through Photography
• Documentation: A Portrait and a Place 
• Architectural Scavenger Hunt
• Community Outreach/Hallmark Nursing Home
• Look and See Books
• Visual Composition
• Photography + Printmaking
• Discovering Photographic Form and Content through Contextual Study
• Photographic Diversity
• Through the Eye of the Camera: Learning to See and Seeing to Learn
• Sounds for Survival
• 4 Different Ways to View Our City
• Detail Work-Astoria Style
• Know Your Town; Let Your Town Know You!

 6- Lesson Planet

This is a search engine for lesson plans. It has over 400.000+ teacher reviewed online lesson plans and worksheets. Searching for visual arts I got 26 results. You can also use the right hand widget to brows lessons by subject including : Art and crafts, drama, photography, dance, music, painting, architecture  and performing arts.

7- Kinder Art Lesson Plans

This website offers several lesson plans and activity ideas to use with your students in the classroom . It includes the following :

•  Computer Art Lesson Plans
• Art Smart Lesson Plans
• Geography and Art Lesson Plans
• History and Art Lesson Plans
• Literature and Art Lesson Plans
• Music and Art Lesson Plans
• Physical Education and Art Lesson Plans
• Science and Art Lesson Plans
• Transportation and Art Lesson Plans

8- Elementary Art Lesson Plans

This is a Pinterest Board that features a wide range of elementary art lesson plans. It has alot of resources and packed full with creative ideas on how to integrated art into your teaching.