Beginning by painting the map of NH, students work together adding post cards of popular places, native animals with clay, clothes-pin Native Americans or Colonial People of NH, and many other possibilities when learning about the state we live in.
Have you ever thought about a magical land or fantasized about a country all your own? Now students can do just that. They begin by creating their countries shape and filling it in with special places. Will they include a wild animal zoo or a fairy castle? After their country is complete they add a…
Are you studying NH or learning about Map Making? In this project, students first worked as a group to design a map of NH on a large canvas adding mountain ranges, lakes, forests, etc. with paints. Then we gather together again to create post cards pretending to write to someone about their visit to one…
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A Map Of My Face!
Kindergarteners draw and then paint a self portrait adding labels to their masterpiece such as: eyes, nose, mouth, that teaches an early lesson in map making.
A Map of My Town
Take a guided tour to learn about the history of your town. Then create a map of your town with the information you’ve gathered. This is a great history lesson about how your community was built.
If I Were To Become President…
Students used construction paper to create the American flag and themselves in a fun campaign ad and stated what they would do if they were to become president. What a great way to get students excited about ANY election! This is a creative writing lesson, too!
This mixed-media mural requires each student to create their own piece (a part of a desert ecosystem) to add to the mural. Their piece may consist of an animal or a plant that may be made of 2D and 3D items. The pieces are then placed on the mural to plan where they can go. Once a…
his project has students add features and paint a map of their own face, based off of a page from the book “My Map Book” by Sara Fanelli. Students begin with a large piece of watercolor paper with a head shape already on it. They can then eyes, nose, mouth, hair, and ears to the…
Geography Description: This mural is painted on canvas. For this project, it is best to have a few students step out of class, 2-3 at a time, to do some work on the mural, and then return to class and send 2-3 different students back to work on the mural. Because of this structure, each student gets…
ConVal Art Integration 