Have you ever wondered what the different places around the United States looks like where so many different important events happened? It can be hard to travel to find the answers and see these places. Yet with this lesson, students will need to use free images you can find to show what these locations look like now.  They will be exploring the historical sites through pictures and words to hopefully truly connect to these places.  Thumbnail image is an original photo taken of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, Massachusetts. 

High School Level Drawing Lesson was developed with the purpose of helping students learn to see basic shapes inside complex forms so that they can create a more accurate drawing or final work of art.  This lesson is a HyperDoc lesson designed to allow students to work at different speeds and navigate learning in a way that works best for their learning. They will be expected to reflect on their learning and apply what they learned to by creating a final work of art using this specific drawing technique.It is a great way to include Technology into your classroom without all the hard work! 

This resource will teach the basic shapes needed to create a lion head drawing. The video will give step-by-step instruction on how to create the lion head.

Students learn about the states of matter and demonstrate their understanding using digital images.Thumbnail image credit: "Phone" author unknown, from Hippopx.com  CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

9 Elements of Digital CitizenshipIn this jigsaw group activity, students will be creating an info commercial on one of the nine pillars of a good digital citizen.  Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately.  Each student will pick one of the pillars to create an info commercial demonstrating that particular element of digital citizenship.  This is a jigsaw activity.  A jigsaw teaching strategy is when students take ownership of their own learning.  One student learns the material and then shares the information to the rest of their classmates. By the end of the Unit, we will have movie time watching these info commercials.  Students will understand the following:1. What is digital citizenship?2. What is Digital Access?3. What is Digital Commerce?4. What is  Digital Communication and Collaboration?5. What is Digital Etiquette?6. What is Digital Fluency?7. What is Digital Health and Welfare?8. What is Digital Law?9.  What is Digital Rights and Responsibility? 10.  What is Digital Security and Privacy 

In this lesson, the students will learn to create their own digital flyer for an upcoming event, choosing either something done by the school or something they create on their own. The event doesn't need to be real, but the digital flyer should target and appeal to a specific audience, drawing on specific rhetorical strategies to encourage that audience to attend the event.  

Create a deck of cards with a variety of shapes on them in different colors.  Play memory while looking for matches in shape, matches in color, or matches in both shape and color.

In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity for stress management. This easy art project helps students use imagery and intuition to tap into peace and calmness.

In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity for when they are feeling anxious. Using oil pastels, they learn how to draw their emotions and explore the meaning behind their creations.

In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in an art therapy activity to help them feel calm and relaxed. This expressive art exercise helps students to let go of trying to control, quiet the brain, and get into a creative flow.

In this video from Thirsty for Art, students participate in a nature art therapy activity using natural materials like pebbles, twigs, and leaves.

This is an art project where oil paints and water is used. Students will have already explored the densities of oil and water.

Record all students’ names said by the student and then print out the audio wave was so that each student has a visual of their name wave. Then students will create an audio wave model of their names using proper pen and ink technique and “wet on wet” watercolor.

For this lesson, students will work together to make a large scale pendulum to create works of art as a group. This project is done on a large scale and so it is best to do it outside or in a gymnasium. Students will build the pendulum, using the traffic cones to hold the long board. Students then will attach the string to the center of the board and attach the condiment bottle to the string with the paper clip. The nut or washer will be attached to the string to add weight. (Pieces are large 7-8 feet tall, each class will make 6-7 pieces of art.)

In this lesson students will learn how to use some basic selection tools, layer panel and tools, transformation tools, some basic shortcuts to create a mandala from a single photograph  as they  learn to use Adobe Photoshop

To familiarize students with Prehistoric art, the reasons for it, the subject matter depicted, style and colors used. This project is integrated with a 4th grade study of Native people.

This lesson plan uses filmmaking to teach and reinforce the concept of rhythm, which is one of the Principles of Design.  You could easily substitute one of the other Principles or Elements of Design instead of concentrating on rhythm. Although this lesson was created for an Interior Design class, it could also be used in an art or clothing class, or adapted for other content areas.Thumnail image - "A Principle of Design: Rhythm," created by Tamara Hardy

A lesson plan for teaching students how to create powerful and impactful documentary style short films.Image

Slow Apocalypse

Take a break and breathe with the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA). With beautiful visual art as your anchor, enjoy this short meditation to help YOU embody mindfulness and celebrate growth. You will be led by Diana, a Kundalini yoga teacher, Sound healer, Reiki practitioner and Web Developer who originally hails from New York City and now calls Salt Lake City home.

It is helpful to begin breathwork from a place of observation, rather than judgment or perfectionism. First, observe the quality of your breath as it is naturally. Gradually slow and deepen your breathing. It may be helpful to count your inhales and exhales in a pattern like this one: 4-4-6-2. Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 4, exhale for 6, hold for 2. This rhythm is likely different than your natural rhythm, requiring focused practice.

As you breathe, IMAGINE a large paintbrush painting over your worries in your favorite color, transforming your stress into a calm tone. As you fill your lungs with air, meditate on what you are grateful for. Vibrant hues and appreciation will fill your mind as you give the gift of stillness to your body.