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Places that Shape Us: Leroy Johnson 

Media Types: Collage
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, you will make a collage inspired by a place that is important to you, using paper and other materials to represent its shapes, textures, and details. You will look closely at the artwork of Leroy Johnson for inspiration.

Remembered Landscapes: Nancy Grossman  

Media Types: Collage, Painting
Grade Bands: 3-5
In this lesson, you will look closely at a collage by Nancy Grossman for inspiration and explore how color, shape, and composition can describe the memory of a landscape or place.

Collage Masks (Pre-K)

Media Types: Collage, Puppetry
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will tear and arrange shapes to make a collage mask.

Ruth Asawa: Imaginary Trees

Media Types: Painting, Watercolors
Grade Bands: 3-5, K-2
In this lesson, you will explore watercolor techniques to paint your own imaginary tree. You will find connections between your own painting process and the artwork of Ruth Asawa.

Collage Puppets

Media Types: Collage, Puppetry
Grade Bands: K-2
In this 7-lesson unit, students will create imaginary animal characters using oil pastels and collage, focusing on their unique features and emotions. The unit emphasizes social and emotional learning by encouraging students to articulate their puppets’ feelings and preferences.

Drawing An Eye

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, you will learn how to draw the basic shapes of an eye.

The Shape of Feelings

Media Types: Collage
Grade Bands: 3-5, 6-8, K-2
In this lesson, you will create shapes to describe your feelings.​

Hidden Voices: Honoring Individuality

Media Types: Collage, Printmaking
Grade Bands: 6-8, 9-12
In this 8-lesson unit, students will explore portraiture by artists with disabilities and create a full-body collagraph print of someone they admire, highlighting individuality through pose and expression.

Exploring Line and Weather Part 1

Media Types: Drawing
Grade Bands: 3-5, K-2
In this lesson, students will use various types of lines and shades to describe how something feels, sounds, and moves.