High-level planning resources and summaries for the Mother's Day unit.

Students decorate gift bags for their creations and, if time permits, bead a personalized necklace or bracelet to complete the gift set.

Students add personality and color to their dried clay creations using acrylic paints or watercolors, focusing on patterns and vibrant designs.

Students use their fine motor skills to sculpt a special clay creation, such as a pinch pot or a pendant, as a lasting gift for their mothers.

Students reflect on their mothers' unique qualities while completing and decorating an 'All About Mom' worksheet with creative details and vibrant colors.

A lesson focused on using the dramatic technique of tableau to explore pivotal moments and emotional themes in Alan Gratz's 'Refugee'. Students will learn the five elements of tableau and work in groups to create living pictures of the three main characters' journeys.

A visual-guessing game lesson where students identify famous artworks based on close-up details of hands. This lesson focuses on observation skills and art history recognition.

Students explore the power of hands as tools for emotional storytelling in art history, then create their own expressive 3D plaster hands that communicate a specific narrative or emotion through form and surface drawing.

A cross-disciplinary exploration of cyanotypes, merging the chemistry of UV light with the artistic principles of composition and negative space. Students create photographic blueprints using natural objects and sunlight.

A middle school art lesson exploring botanical illustration through the lens of structural ink drawing and organic watercolor washes. Students observe seasonal specimens to capture the tension between geometric growth patterns and fluid biological forms.

A project-based lesson where students create a 30-second kindness PSA, focusing on the technical mastery of camera angles, the rule of thirds, and professional delivery standards.

A comprehensive introduction to film analysis, covering cinematic techniques, genre studies, and historical evolution to help students decode the language of cinema.

Students explore the power of hands as tools for emotional storytelling in art history, then create their own expressive 3D plaster hands that communicate a specific narrative or emotion through form and surface drawing.