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This article has a bunch of simple ideas that could easily be incorporated into an art class. Generally a lot of art class is about discovering the answer to questions for yourself because many questions posed in an art class have no concrete answer, you must find your personal solution to the problem. To be more specific, you could ask student (as the article sugggests) to ponder what sort of emotions different color schemes might cause and have them discover through looking at just color swatches as well as full paintings that incorporate the color scheme.

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I think I have mentioned this before but I would love to incorporate Minecraft into a sculpture class. People have made some amazing things in Minecraft and I would love to use it for that as well as just for students to get more used to thinking in 3 dimensions in a more forgiving environment before jumping into a big clay sculpture project.

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This article has some great ideas for service learning in the arts, I especially love the idea of research on how art education can and will positively impact others. I think that would be a great first step in service learning to than lead on to other ideas and bigger ideas like painting a community mural.

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Lesson Plans
The best service-learning projects are related to academic instruction, involve youth voice and choice, address a researched need, and work with local resources.
Teach Learning to Give lessons to connect service with academic subjects and build philanthropy knowledge and skills. These lesson plans teach about the issues, why we should care and act, and the skills and knowledge of social good, such as writing, advocacy, history, fundraising, and careers.
Arts-Related Lesson Plans
Types of Service Projects
Service action may be direct, indirect, advocacy, research, or a combination of these.
Examples:

Project Ideas

Partner with arts organizations to do a fundraising event

Have youth research what arts organizations are in your community. Contact these organizations to see if they would be interested in doing an event with youth to help them fundraise for the organization. Event ideas could include a performance, an art auction, a workshop or anything else. Photo Credit: Children's Day by Evgeni Zotov is licensed under CC by 4.0

Theatre and Playwriting

Take youth on a field trip to a nonprofit arts organization's play or musical performance. Ask them to write about their reaction to the performance and give them background information, if necessary. Have youth write their own plays and skits based on their lives or what they're learning in history or another subject. Perform the plays and skits for the school or the community.

Facilitate an arts drive

Unfortunately, when there are budget cuts, arts programming and funding is the first thing to go. Contact local schools that may be facing challenges with their arts programming. Ask them what needs they have and start a drive for donations. Musical instruments, art supplies, sheet music, costumes and clothing, and other materials may be needed. Photo Credit: Art Supplies by Laura Redburn is licensed under CC by 4.0

Design artistic reusable bags

Have youth design and paint on blank canvas bags. They could use these bags as a fundraiser for a local arts nonprofit or to raise awareness about the arts community in your area.

More Ideas:

Paint a mural at the school or in the community.

Use recycled items to make an art piece representing sustainability.

Design and sell buttons related to the arts for fundraising and awareness.

Youth may partner with younger children to do art projects or music lessons.

Host a school or community wide art auction with student art and pieces by local artists.

Create a 'battle of the bands' event at school to give youth a chance to perform.

Attend a local dance performance.

Invite a local artist to come to your classroom for a discussion on the arts or a workshop.

Visit an art museum in your region. Discuss the importance of preserving and enjoying the arts.

Partner with the school's art teacher to do a project related to other subjects or social justice. Photo Credit: Recycled Trash by oomni is licensed under CC by 4.0
Planning a Service-Learning Project

This resource provides guidance and questions for each step of the process.
GUIDE TO PLANNING SERVICE-LEARNING
This chart helps youth prepare for who does what in the service-learning process.
CHART FOR PLANNING SERVICE-LEARNING

Potential Community Partners
Find partners in your community who will work with youth on arts-related projects. Engage youth in investigating the issue and calling the partners. Connecting with a community resource makes the project more meaningful and impactful.

Art, music, band and drama teachers

Local artists

Dance companies

Orchestras or symphonies

Theatre companies

Local opera companies

Art museums

Local art galleries

Arts-based nonprofit organizations

Local libraries

Other Resources for Investigation and Communication
This is a list of resources that may expand the learning around the issue area and involve youth in identifying needs and solutions.
This company offers a free download that allows users to create audio files or podcasts. This could be especially useful for service projects involving music or for advestising an event.

Saatchi is an online, curated gallery for new and original visual art. This would be a great tool for inspiration and discussion of art.

This organization focuses on "restoring music programs in America's public schools" (Save the Music, 2013). They also are advocates for the importance of music in a child's education. They offer many ideas for service activities and ways to contribute to their mission.

This resource is a database for technology and visual classroom supports for K-12 students. Besides the main core content subjects, the Educational Technology Clearinghouse also has pages dedicated to dance, music, theatre, and visual arts education.

Create word clouds to visually express lots of ideas in a small space. Words that are used most display largest. Use this for creating arts projects or for raising awareness for arts-related issues.

Bibliography

Center Stage. "Teaching Playwriting in Schools" Centerstage.com, 2016. Web.

Dance Advantage. "Class Planning Part Two: Focusing on Skills and Concepts in Lesson Plans" Danceadvantage.net, 2009. Web.

Pianimation. "Symbol Search Worksheets" Pianimation.com, 2010. Web.

President and Fellows of Harvard College. "Artist Habits of Mind" Harvard.edu, 2003. Web.

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Service-Learning Toolkit Related to the Arts

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The best service-learning projects are related to academic instruction, involve youth voice and choice, address a researched need, and work with local resources. Teach Learning to Give lessons to connect service with academic subjects and build philanthropy knowledge and skills.

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Students will be separated into groups each one researching a classic sculpture technique (stone carving, clay modeling, bronze casting) and learn about the basic steps each one requires as well as finding at least one famous artist that used their technique. After coming back together the groups will teach each other about the topic they researched.

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I have attached an article that has a PBL lesson plan. I wanted to find something a little different because much of art class can be easily made into PBL lessons so I went after art history and was sort of surprised to find a lesson plan that worked so well for that, Other than this many art projects are very close to or already are set up as PBL lessons. Essentially you could propose something like "We will be making human heads out of clay, what tools do you need? What kind of reference is best? What techniques work well for your style?" all of these questions will have to be explored by the students as they work through the project and experiment with different tools, techniques and references.

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Subjects

Fine Arts
--Visual Arts
Art History
Public Speaking

Grade

6-12

Brief Description

Using project-based learning, students create a fully functioning art gallery, featuring replicas, prints and original interpretations of famous works.

Objectives

Students will:

Learn about art history, famous artists and paintings

Develop personal preferences by choosing particular works of art

Apply artistic skills and judgment

Teach others about works of art

Keywords

Art, history, artists, paintings, appreciation, museum, gallery, project-based learning, curation, docent

Materials Needed

Pencils

Tracing paper

Felt-tipped markers

Art textbooks (from library)

Printing paper

Index cards

Masking tape

Lesson Plan

There's no place like an art museum. The air is thick with history, emotion and human experience. The colors consume and the shapes speak. Build art appreciation and incorporate project-based learning with this fun curation event where students create a fully functioning art gallery featuring replicas, prints and original interpretations of famous pieces of art.

Preparation

Split the class as evenly as possible into three groups. Assign each group a different artistic movement or period.

Group 1: Re-creations

Ask students to use the pencils, tracing paper and art textbooks to re-create their favorite works of art from the assigned period of history. Then have students put their traces against a white piece of printing paper. Encourage them to color their traces with felt-tipped markers, matching the originals to the best of their abilities. Afterwards, have students write on an index card the name of the piece, artist, time period and the year it was painted. Ask them to include one unique fact about the piece.

Group 2: Prints

Have students find and select at least three digital images of different pieces from the assigned period of history. Make sure that they find the highest-resolution images available. One good source of public-domain images is the National Gallery of Art. Then ask them to resize and "frame" the photos using the free photo editor PicMonkey.com. Afterwards, for each print, have students write on an index card the name of the piece, artist, time period and the year it was painted. Ask them to include one unique fact about the artist.

Group 3: Original Interpretations

Picasso was known not only for his originality and creativity, but also his imitations. He re-created (in wildly different form) famous pieces from throughout the art world. Have students use pencils, markers and printing paper to imitate a piece of artwork form either a library textbook or image search, creating an entirely new piece of art in the process. Afterwards, ask students to write on an index card the name of the original piece, artist, time period and the year it was painted. Encourage them to share their reasoning behind the artistic direction they chose.

After all three groups have completed the activity, let students organize the "collection" on the walls of your classroom (or in the hallways), posting each accompanying index card below the appropriate work.

To add depth to the project, have students plan out the amount of wall space they will need, along with the type of placement and groupings that are most sttractive and/or make the most sense from a historical or style perspective.

Finally, encourage students to view and quietly discuss the works in the gallery. Have each of the three groups take a turn walking through the gallery while the other groups stand by their artworks, ready to answer questions.

Optional: Play classical or jazz music to create a cultured and fun environment. This is also a great event for incorporating fancy food and beverages such as hors d'oeuvres and sparkling grape juice. In addition, try having students serve as "docents" for gallery visitors such as parents, other teachers, administrators, or students from higher or lower grades.

Assessment

Rate students on creativity and effort

Develop and administer a brief quiz based on artist facts gathered by students

Rate the success of student "docents"

EducationWorld

Jason Cunningham, EducationWorld Social Media Editor

FINE ARTS
Visual Arts

GRADES 5 - 8

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Subjects Fine Arts --Visual Arts Art History Public Speaking Grade 6-12 Brief Description Using project-based learning, students create a fully functioning art gallery, featuring replicas, prints and original interpretations of famous works.