Kindergartners in Mark Strohmaier's class at Janesville Union School in California enjoyed his Space Shuttles in Space activity. They drew space shuttles on white paper and cut them out. Then they painted space scenes on other sheets of paper and pasted their shuttles on the scenes. Strohmaier's lesson and many others are archived at The Incredible Art Department Web site and are available for all to share. The unit of study is a part of the ArtsEdNet lesson plans.
Students compare the art of cultures and how they depict celebrations.
The celebrations include weddings, ceremonies, births, deaths, victories, and many others. The first lesson in the series instructs the students to determine which celebration is represented by a work of art that they are given and has them categorize the artworks of the entire class by theme. Investigating art careers. Elementary-school students discover many careers in art through an organized set of centers in this activity by Helen Robertson and offered through ArtsEdge . In Art Careers , the children get to play the roles of a makeup artist, a fashion designer, an architect, a jewelry designer, and a graphic artist.