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 October 2006: Art and Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born 25 October, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. To commemorate his birthday, This month's Nettie's Corner provides lesson plans that explore the influence of art and museums across the curriculum. You can use the following lesson plans to see ideas for integrating discussions about art into mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies curricula.
Grades K-2
Counting on Art
Students will learn about the life and painting style of African-American artist Horace Pippin, learn how to read a painting by looking carefully at its parts, and practice counting and solving addition and time problems based on the painting. Finally students will create a "secret number" painting for a classroom counting book. Read More >>
Projects for the Real World Level A — I Love Animals
Animal Games and Books
Make an Animal Number Book
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 PLATO® Cross Curricular Projects:
Level A, Ideas without words: Use Pictures to tell a Story |
Grades 3-5
Leonardo vs. Picasso: A Look at the Human Body
During this unit the students will read, draw, create, explore, and investigate the human body through art. Students will learn how different artists express the look of the human form through various media. They will learn the difference between realism and abstraction. Read More >>
PLATO Projects for the Real World D — Body
Your Skeleton
Bone Up on Bones
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 PLATO® Cross Curricular Projects F:
Designing a Museum |
Grades 6-8
Creating A Museum
Students create a museum exhibition based on a theme of their choosing using items they've brought to the classroom. Students will choose a theme for a museum exhibition, select appropriate objects and other materials for the exhibition, devise a plan for laying out and building the exhibition, write concise interpretive materials for the exhibition, determine which of the exhibition's elements would attract an audience, and compose promotional pieces or brochures for the exhibition. Read More >>
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Projects for the Real World Level F — Designing a Museum (All Activities)
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 PLATO Fundamental Reading Strategies:
Using Pictures to Help You Understand Information |
Grades 9-12
Guernica: Testimony of War: Passion and Process in Art
In this lesson students explore both the passion that inspired Picasso to take political action and the thought process behind the work. Students analyze artistic decisions (use of visual elements, composition, symbolism) and determine how Picasso's choices affected the communication of a powerful anti-war message. Students will reflect on their own decision making process when they feel compelled to take public action. This lesson will lead students to investigate the following Life-long learning question: How does passion inspire public action? Read More >>
Advanced Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies
Preparing for Review — Tutorial
Leonardi de Vinci
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 Worldview® European History I:
19th century European culture |
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