Art Curriculum Elementary Art History Lessons 6 Art Projects, Drawing, Clay Art

This elementary art curriculum includes six art projects, one art lesson per grade level in kindergarten through 5th-grade art classes. Get everything you need to teach 6 art project with art history lessons focused on art in Italy and France. Students learn about love locks, cave paintings, stained glass, mosaics, bronze relief sculptures, insignias, and statues.

Focusing on drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture, and clay artmaking introduce art history in a fun, engaging way.

The six lesson plans focus on France and Italy.

• In Kindergarten art classes learn about both countries and learn about love locks, then decorate their own love lock.
• 1st grade art classes learn about cave paintings in France and create their own version of cave paintings.
• 2nd grade art students learn about stained glass windows in France and creates paper versions of stained glass.
• 3rd grade art students learn about mosaics in Italy and create paper mosaics.
• 4th grade art classes learn about the Gates of Paradise in Italy, and create copper tooled designs.
• 5th grade art students learn about contrade, or neighborhoods, in Siena, Italy, and create their own neighborhood complete with insignia and clay statues. 

In addition to the Europe connection across grades, the students are all focusing on storytelling and how to tell something about themselves through a single image. 

Get details on each art history art project below:

Kindergarten Art Love Locks

• Lesson plan (with big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions)
• Quick presentation to start class
• 5 love lock printable templates to fill in.
• Grading checklist

1st Grade Art Lascaux Caves Lesson

• In depth lesson plan ( including the big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment, and extension ideas)
• Introduction PowerPoint with visuals and art history information
• Review PowerPoint to test students' knowledge
• Grading checklist
• Project examples

2nd Grade Art Stained Glass Art Project

• Lesson Plan (with big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment)
• 2 PowerPoint presentations to display instructions, show steps, and examples.
• Grading checklist
• 6 printable templates to use for the stained glass shape

3rd Grade Art Mosaic Art Lesson

• Lesson plan (with the big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment)
• 3 PowerPoint presentations to share art history information, images, and project steps. Review and introduce information in this art history lesson.
• Grading checklist

4th Grade Art Gates of Paradise Art Project

• Lesson plan (with the big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment)
• 4 PowerPoint presentations to share art history information, images, and project steps. Review and introduce information in this art history lesson.
• Grading checklist

5th Grade Art Insignia and Statue Art Lesson

• Lesson plan (with big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment, grading checklist, project examples, clay tips and how tos, extension ideas)
• Neighborhood brainstorm activity
• 3 PowerPoint presentations to introduce, review, and show students examples.
• Grading checklist

In total this art lesson pack includes:

➢6 lesson plans including the big idea, essential questions, goals, objectives, national standards, vocabulary, supply list, step-by-step instructions to implement the assignment, project examples, cross-curricular connections, and extension ideas. 

➢6 grading checklists

➢15 PowerPoints

➢12 printable handouts and worksheets

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