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Art Speaks! Visual Arts & the Significance of Place
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

How can art help you understand history? Use this lesson plan to help your students connect the idea of significance and memorial.

Buffalo National River

The Art of Field Guiding
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This lesson plan was made to help students understand the importance of field guides and how to create their own.

National Park of American Samoa

Samoan Art in the Tatau (Tattoo)
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Samoa islands are a beautiful tropical paradise located in the South Pacific Ocean. The islands are rich in culture, history, legend, and known for its beautiful landscape and climate. One of the most legendary parts of Samoan culture is the tatau or tattoos represent the spiritual and cultural heritage of the islands.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Art Criticism and Mount Rushmore
  • Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Through reading the essay, "The White Bird," by John Berger, students will learn about the qualities of art and how art can shape human perception. They will then use this to help reflect on Mount Rushmore as art.

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 1-4)
  • Type: Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 5-8)
  • Type: Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 9-12)
  • Type: Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Grand Canyon National Park

Native Art and Activism of the Grand Canyon
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The area known today as the Grand Canyon has been home to people for over 13,000 years, with 11 contemporary tribes having links to the area. Many individuals in these tribes have inspired their own communities, and the country, with their traditional art. Some tribal members have bestowed historic structures around the canyon with their artwork, while others have utilized art as one of many tools towards activism and uplifting their communities.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Morale Art of the Cold War Era
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Morale art played a huge role in affecting the patriotism and pride in the workplace for our servicemen and women. Examine pictures of blast door art and other murals, read about the daily duty of the missileers, and discuss the reason for creating this artwork. Then create your own!

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Arts Crafts Clothing and Appearance: Parfleche, Quillwork, Basketry
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Many arts and crafts of the Hidatsa served a utilitarian purpose such as parfleches, which were multipurpose cases made of rawhide, and burdon baskets that could carry large amounts of much needed items like vegetables. In this lesson, students will explore how burdon baskets and parfleches were made then construct, make and decorate a replica parfleche.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Arts, Crafts, Clothing and Appearance: Flint, Pottery, Painting
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Hidatsas and Mandans made tools, housewares, clothing, toys, and musical instruments from things that were available nearby or sometimes farther off if the material was important in the production of the item. In this lesson, students will tell a story by designing a buffalo robe like people did during Knife River Village days and they will discuss and portray how people might describe the life-ways of today one hundred years from the present using their media of choice.

Art and Archeology: “Crashing the Gates” with Ann Axtell Morris
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Ann Axtell was a prominent archeologist, artist, and author. Ann spent much of her time recording and painting architecture, petroglyphs and pictographs, landscapes, and expedition work. Many of her recording methods are still in use today by modern archeologists. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Haleakalā National Park

He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, stated “The ravages of the axe are daily increasing desecration by what is called improvement; which as yet generally destroys Nature’s beauty without substituting that of Art.” This unit, Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, will explore this very issue through on-site visits, school based lessons and independent research. For this unit students will begin by reading Marsh’s Man and Nature...

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver National Monument 3rd & 4th Grade Art and Essay Contest
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

George Washington Carver National Monument preserves the birthplace and childhood home of George Washington Carver, renowned scientist, educator, and humanitarian. Carver was a prolific writer and artist. This contest strengthens writing skills and encourages artistic expression.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Buffalo Soldiers & Dominant Narratives
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

35 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/7U5ai5NQ5Yc Students will hear the untold story of the Black American Solders, Buffalo Soldiers, who lived and worked at Fort Niobrara on the Niobrara River and then examine the dominant and counter narratives of the soldiers along with dominant narratives in their own lives by writing for inquiry and critical analysis of current events.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Mood Masks
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will be able to create visual representations of a range of emotions. Visual Art Standard: Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts Benchmark: Recognize and describe visual art forms and artworks from various times and places. Visual Art Standards: Creative Expression and Communication Benchmark: Demonstrate knowledge of visual art materials, tools, techniques, and processes by using them expressively and skillfully.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Lincoln Young and Old - Future Self Portrait
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Meets Kentucky K-2nd grade Visual Arts/ Media Arts standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

National Park of American Samoa

Siapo: The Traditional Fabric of the Samoa Islands
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Siapo, is one of the oldest Samoan cultural art forms. For centuries, Siapo has been passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, it is becoming a lost art. Siapo is not only a decorative art, it is a symbol of Samoan culture. It is used for clothing, burial shrouds, bed covers, ceremonial garments, and much more.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Family Tree
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will be able to depict relationships between individuals in a work of art.