5th Grade:

American Art

Program Lesson Overviews

National Visual Arts

Launch Lesson

5-1 Winslow Homer

Genre: Realism
Project Medium: Oil Pastel
Length: 75 Minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-2 Faith Ringgold

Genre: American Quilting
Project Medium: Assorted Paper
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-3 Copley and Stuart

Genre: Portraiture
Project Medium: Charcoal
Length: 45-60 minutes
Integration: Music
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5-4 William Harnett

Genre: Irish American Painter
Project Medium: Tempera Paint
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Language Arts
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5-5 Andy Warhol

Genre: Pop Art
Project Medium: Tempera Paint
Length: 75-90 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-6 Claes Oldenburg

Genre: Pop Art
Project Medium: Clay
Length: 90 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-7 Limner Paintings

Genre: Limner Painting
Project Medium: Tempera Paint
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-8 William H. Bradley

Genre: American Art Nouveau Illustrator
Project Medium: Marker Collage
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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5-9 Frederic Remington

Genre: American Painter
Project Medium: Oil Pastels and Watercolor
Length: 75 minutes
Integration: Science
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5-10 Jacob Lawrence

Genre: Expressionism
Project Medium: Colored Pencil
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Music
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5-11 John James Audubon

Genre: American Painter
Project Medium: Soft Chalk Pastel
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Science
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5-12 Helen Frankenthaler

Genre: Abstract Expressionist
Project Medium: Watercolor
Length: 45 minutes
Integration: Music
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L-13 Ruth Asawa

Genre: American Sculpture
Project Medium: Wire (not included in ARTbox or Papers Plus)
Length: 60 minutes
Integration: Social Studies
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