Here are Free Art Lessons for grades 1st to 6th.
Just print out, and hand them to your class. Feel free to use them. You must read the copyrights at the bottom before using.

For students who are 3rd grade & up you can give them sheets that have art work from the Metropolitan Museum, and when they finish the paper they can go to the Met's site and find the art work.
The ( ) have the New Jersey Standards & Indicators listed.

1st

 Shapes (1.3.1)

 Lines(1.3.1)

Texture(1.3.1)

 

2nd

 Color(1.3.1)

 African Masks (1.5.1 & 1.5.4)

 Texture(1.3.1)

 Pattern(1.3.1)

Aesthetics (1.1.1)

 Form(1.3.1)
   

 

3rd

 Lines(1.3.2)

 Balance(1.3.2)

 Color(1.3.2)

 Form(1.3.2)

 Foreground & Background(1.3.2)

 Lines & Textures(1.3.2)

African Art (1.5.2 & 1.5.3)
Detail & Texture (1.3.2)

 

4th

 

 Lines & Shapes(1.3.2)

Emphasis (Center-of-Interest) 

Portraits(1.2.2)

 Balance(1.3.2)

Critique Rubric(1.4.1 & 1.4.2)

African Art (1.5.1 & 1.5.3)

Shading (1.3.2)

Aesthetics (1.1.1)

 

5th

 Aesthetics (1.1.1)

 Perspective

 Game

 Critique Rubric(1.4.2)

 Interiors(1.2.2)

 

6th

 Oriental Painting(1.5.2)

Critique Rubric(1.4.2)

Critique Rubric(1.4.2) about their Impressionistic Painting

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All African Art except the 2nd grade lesson comes from the book The Spirit of African Design by Denys Davis and Sharne Algotsson.
If you would like to see my students artwork it will bw back up in a couple of days.
If you have any questions or would like a page made for a specific item email me at artmom@garden.net