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Middle School / Jr. High Lessons Plans

NOTE: I am in the process of categorizing these lessons by media and grade. This will take a few weeks while the website is undergoing an overhaul. Don't forget you can search by lesson key words in the search box above. If you find any broken or inappropriate links, please e-mail Ken Rohrer

INCREDIBLE JUNIOR HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LESSON PLANS

Granary Doors - Cultural Identity - A. Heiman Collage Flip Flops - Identity - Laurie Reber
Romare Bearden Collage - Lydia Horvath Self Portrait with Symbolism - Caroline Gardner
"Namely Me" Matisse Name Collage- Michelle P. Stamp Print Initials Pattern - Lydia Horvath
Toulouse-Lautrec: Posters & Community -off site Wire Gesture Figure Sculpture - Jessica Kemnitz
Painting like the Fauves - Carolyn Brown Trees Painting with Stamp Print Border - Carolyn B.
Art History Research -Painted Flip-flops - Judi M. Polymer Clay Figures - Cindy Erickson
Fantasy Hand-scapes Drawing - Cecilia Laureys Silk Painting - Denise Pannell
Papier Maché Monsters - Laurie Reber Playing with Food - Sculpture - Catherine King
ATCs in the Classroom - Craig Roland (off site) Horse (Animal) Sculpture - Sticks and more - Judy D.
White on White Paper Relief Faces - L. Smith Non-objective Cut Up Painting/Collage - Linda Smith
Extending the Edge - "Illegal Art" - Tina Moulton Animal Symbolism - Sculptural Headdress - Lotte P.
Self Portrait Lesson from National Gallery of Art (on National Gallery of Art- NGA Classroom) Personal Identity Sculpture - Lotte Petricone 
Hand Sculpture with Personal Symbol - Tina Grimes
Visual Puns -Composite Drawings - Don Stewart Metamorphosis Drawing - Judy Decker
Multi-Color Collagraph Prints - Woody Duncan Figure and Portrait Drawing - Marvin Bartel (off site)
Night Sky Painting with WebQuest - Lotte P. Handmade Paper from Plant Fibers - Elizabeth
Stamp Quilt Design- Family Memories - Lotte P. Positive Negative Space Black/White Design - Gloria
Paper Architecture -3-D Design - Mark Anderson Ribbon Letters - Ruscha Style Drawing - Norma A
Elements Memoirs Accordion Book - Lotte P. Paper Mache Portrait Sculptures - Lotte Petricone
Notan - Pos/Neg Cut Paper Collage - Lotte P. Notan Masks with Line Pattern - Lotte Petricone
Heroes Portraits - Micrography (Art with Text) Henri Rousseau Jungle Painting - Donnalyn Shuster
Jose Posada Calaveras Drawings - Lauren M Moveable Mural -Life Size Collage Portraits- Mark A.  Master Pieces Collaborative Mural - Mark Anderson
Figure Drawing from Life - Jan Eckardt Butler   Cartooning -Graphic Design & Sculpture - Jennifer  A
Cast Handmade Paper -Plaster Mold - Susan  Paper (Papier) Maché lesson ideas
Artist Research Poster - Dorothy Morris  
Artist Research Painting - Gloria Rabinowitz 
Digital Mandala -Radial Design - Cynthia Gaub
Autobiographical  Comics -Kris F (off site) Positive Negative Shape Insect- Amy Shapley
Shaped Ceramic Slab Boxes -Kara LiCausi Tempera Batik - Joyce Paliulionis
Amate Bark Painting - Grace Hall Whimsical Metal Sculpture - Vivian Komando 
Whimsical Metal Figure Sculptures - Shannon M
Art About Sports - Ideas - Send in yours! Monotypes - using Createx - Easy Methods 
Faculty Photo Montage - Surrealism - Sarah  Head of Hair - Rear View Portraits - Andy D.
Focus Down Circle Design - Andy DiConti 
Color Theory Focus Down Painting - Dorothy
Ceramic Marionettes - Nikki Ryan
I Have a Dream - Heroes Drawing - Heather L. Sports Relief Sculpture - Frank Stella - H. Leal
Medieval Art Unit Plan - Heather Leal  Sports Relief Prints -Mixed Media - Jeannie S.
Funky Ceramic Shoes - Marsha Gegerson Lettering- Graffiti Name Tag - Jennie Auble
Radial Name Design - Patti Caiola Hawaiian Art and Culture - Catherine K
Linoleum Reduction Print Quilt - Kelli Wilkie Free Form Wire Sculpture - Christa-Maria  
Pop-Up Tunnel Book - Joanna Davis Wire Sculpture - Portraits -Animals - Kevan N.
Altered Books - Linda Kieling  
Altered Books - Judi Morgan
How to Make a Clay Whistle - Justin Kramer
Paper Dolls - Identity - Moveable Paper Dolls Found Art - Collage/Mixed - Jancy Cossins
Hands Lesson Ideas - All grade levels   Expressive Hands Drawing - Veronica Aguirre
Fine Art Dolls - How to's - P.H. Falkenhainer Expressive Hands - Drawing - Donnalyn Shuster
Watercolors -Patterns a la Dürer -Connie F Halloween Ideas and History Links 
New! Fish Lesson Ideas - 2-D and 3-D New! Children's Day Celebration!
Yarn and Raffia Coil Baskets - Sue Stewart  
Yarn Wrapped Lines in Space Sculpture - Cathy 
Sketchbooks/Visual Journal - Jeffco Visual Arts 
Advocacy for Sketchbooks - Video
Monoprints Using Stencils - Woody Duncan Shadow Box Nature collage with mask -Selkie
Perspective Lesson Ideas - send your lesson 
Online Perspective Lesson - H. Olejarz 
Art Parody - Drawing and Painting - Tina G.  
Art Parody - Fundraiser Idea -Cards - Lauren
Body Casting - with Tattoo Art - Michael G.  Monument to the Underground Railroad -off site
Graphic Design Lesson Ideas -Kris Fontes  Tempera Batik - Still Life - Masks - Nature
Art & Poetry - Language Arts - Colleen C. Klimt- Gold Scratchboard - Kris Fontes
Thanks Paintings -Art of Mexico - Jesse C Environmental Art- Technology - Larry P.
Modified Contour Line Portrait - Melissa S. Super Bucks Drawing - Alix Peshette
Surrealism Collage-Corpse Cards- Claudia C  
Monochromatic Self Portraits - Judi Morgan
Monochromatic Painting - Sarah W. 
Landscapes and Self scapes - Bryce - Connie Bocko - Model Schools Web Site
Illumination - Pencils - Clay Relief - Kara L. Mandalas -Pencils - Clay Relief - Kara L.
Cut Paper Self Portraits -- Brenda Robson Super Heroes Clay Sculpture - Deb S.
Folk Art Ceramic Face Jugs - Robin Gianis Digital Scratchboard Portraits- Jeannie S.
Heroes Triptych - Mixed Media - Judy D. Self Portrait Diptych - Dawn Stienecker
Marisol Box - Social Issues - Dawn S. Mimbres Pottery - Coil Pot
Sgraffito Decoration - Coil Pots - Justin Kramer
Georgia O'Keeffe Watercolors Copper Tooling
Georgia O'Keeffe Foil Tooling - Dawn S. Fused Glass Landscape - Anna M. 
Fused Glass Frame - Delphi
Torn Paper Collage Portraits Romare Bearden Collage - C. Ferguson
Alexander Calder - Utilitarian Design - Dawn How to Stay Creative - Amy Ropple
Etched Metal Jewelry- Linda Woods Constructivism - Line/Shape- L Prescott
Art Criticism Final Exam - Maggie T  
Art Criticism Links

Elements and Principles - Test - Handouts
Successful Art Class Critique- M. Bartel 
Handout for Art Class Critique - Marvin B 
Sample Art Criticism Questions - Craig R.  
Radial Design -Colored Pencil - Larry Prescott Geometric Mandalas - Linda Woods Viewing Artwork - Art Criticism Handout 
See - How to READ a Painting   Questions
Kaleidocycles - Art that Moves - Woody Duncan 
More Quality Middle School Lessons
Henri Rousseau -Weaving - Larry Prescott  
Non-Objective Painting Weave - Larry Prescott
Venetian Carnival Masks -Plaster - Stephanie C  Greek Theater Masks - Cathy Gaul  
Gargoyles and Grotesques- Sculpture- Cathy G.
Africa: Ceramic Masks - Linda Woods  Masks Web Quest - Lisa Mitchell
Telephone Wire Basket - Christa-Maria Chuck Close -Grid Drawing - L. Prescott
Freeform Shape Shading Project Monster Transformation
The Ad Agency Masks and More Masks! 
Cartoon Character Masks   More Than Masks
Linear Perspective  Perspective Lesson Ideas
Perspective Drawing Lessons - John Hagan
 
Weaving Project - Bunki Kramer 
Weaving Handout - Maggie White
X-Acto Radial Symmetry Round Robin Construction
Egyptian Cartouches Rainsticks
American Residential Architecture Cubism Collage - Monochromatic Painting
Islamic Art/Eraser Prints 
Islamic Art - Tile Design Prints
Portraits to Picasso    Proto-Cubism - Mark A
Picasso Collage Portraits - J. Decker
"Cave Painting" Art History Picasso Heads (with photo!)  
Cliff Castles - Ceramic Miniatures Texture Scavenger Hunt
Mysterious Creatures Hidden Collages
Stocking Sculptures or 3D on a budget Chinese Parade Lions or Dragons
Chinese Dragon Puppets - Ann H. Mimeograph Madness
Flowers a la O'Keeffe (with photos!)
See also Animal Eyes - B. Kramer
Pointillism  (with photo!) 
Pastel Pointillism!     Pointillist Portraits
Hard Edge Painting  (with photo!) Self Portraits (with photo!)
Giant Fast Food Papier Mache Still Life Fruit Salad
Paper Molas: Art of the Kuna Ceramic Effigy    Ceramic Animals
Animal Landscapes: Art of Haiti Design in Motion: Cut Paper Sports Collage 
Action Figure - Miriam Schapiro Mixed Media
Mexican Folk Art Paper Mache Pre-Columbian Ceramics
Artists E- Reports 
Cave Spring Middle School
Renaissance Art - Ceramic Relief  
Ceramic Relief Portrait - W. Duncan
8th- Renaissance Art - Paintings More Middle School Lessons
Japanese Batik Lanterns - C. Ferguson     Shaving Cream Marbling
Picasso Face Vases - M. Speelman Surrealism Drawings - Pastels/Pencil
Clay Animation -Technology - Connie F. 
Clay Animation - Renee Berge 
Paper Mache Mask/Heads -Mexico - Mark A. 
Paper Mache Masks - Larry Prescott
Collagraph Kimono Prints - Ken Schwab  
Printmaking Curriculum - Ken Schwab
Digital Video Lessons - H. Olejarz 
Digital Video in the Classroom - H. Olejarz
Technology Lessons -A. Peshette  
Digital Self Portraits - Warhol - Alix Peshette
Digital Imaging Lessons - H. Olejarz
Museum Field Trip Lesson Ideas Oodles of Ideas! Bunki Kramer  
Color Matters - Survey - Technology   
Edible Color Wheel - Color Unit -Sandra H.
How do Artists Get Ideas? Brainstorm
Collagraph Tagboard Relief Prints - Denise P. Color Spinners - Juli Fraher
Silkscreen Self-Portraits - C. Ferguson Grid Drawing - Surrealism - M. Austin
Creative Ways to Teach Art History   Timeline Ceramic Houses - Marcia Lavery
Tessellations - Myriam Ramos American Pride Drawing - R.Ramirez

 



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