Art & Music Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Art

Cross Grade Level Connections

• Colossal Structures and Sculptures (2002)
• Architecture Through the Ages (2002)
• Land Ho! Cole vs. Van Gogh (2002)
• Going West: The Artists Who Painted the Way (2002)

Grades K–2

• Line Up! Shape Up! Color the World! (2005)

Grades K–3

• No One Sees The World Like a Child (2005)

Kindergarten

• Kindergarten Music with a Core Knowledge Twist (2005)
• The Story of Art (Kindergarten) (2003)
• Listen to the Talking Colors (2001)
• Foundations in Art (1997)

Grade 1

• Picture This: Elements of Art (2002)

Grade 2

• Linking Lines to Landscape (2006)
• A Picture's Worth 10,000 Words (2003)

Grade 3

• American Indian Art (2006)
• Write to Music (2005)
• Double Meaning: "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks (2001)
• Masterpiece Magic: The Marriage of Writing and Visual Arts (2001)
• Art Smart! (1997)

Grades 3–4

• Living Art-i-facts: Technology Takes Us There! (2006)

Grade 4

• Exploring Islamic Art and Architecture (2006)
• Rose Windows and Troubadours — Art and Music from the Middle Ages (1999)
• Art and Artists — An Appreciation for Fourth Grade (1997)

Grade 5

• East Meets West: The Art of Simplicity (2003)

Grade 6

• The Art of Studying Art (2004)
• Making Connections: Art & Music History (2001)

Grade 7

• Make Monet, Monet! (2006)
• The Lamp Project: Creating for Community (2006)
• Dreaming with Marc Chagall (2004)
• Picasso: Artist Extraordinaire (2003)

Music

• Alligators and Ice: Seasons of Change (2006)
• Julius Caesar: A Musical Adaptation (2002)
• A Music-Science Connection (2002)

Grades 1–6

• Let Freedom Sing (2005)

Grade 1

• Cracking the Elements of Music (2001)
• The Three "T's" — Toe Shoes, Tutus, and Tchaikovsky (2000)
• Music - The Experience of a Lifetime (1998)

Grade 2

• Musical Olympics (2007)
• The Percussion Family (2003)
• Families of Instruments (1997)

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