Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan Title Date Grade Level Description
Women Artists All Women Artists from the last three centuries
Wind Detectors Elementary Students will create their own wind detector and put it up to various tests.
Weaving: An Exploration of Texture and Natural Materials Elementary Woven raffia and twine wall hangings or small table mats based on the materials used in Papua New Guinea tribal masks.
Walking Guide All Walking guide
Video Art of Bill Viola Secondary Lessons on video art highlighting Bill Viola
UMFA Copyright Policy All The rights and reproductions policy for using image reproductions from the UMFA's permanent collection.
Transforming the Everday object All Using everyday objects for cross-curricular classroom activities
Traditions of Remembrance: Dia de los Muertos and Memorial Day Secondary Students will utilize two different artworks and readings to compare and contrast Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and Memorial Day, and discuss varying customs and remembrance.
Traditional Utah Landscapes All Utah Harvest Art from the UMFA collection
Traditional Paper-cutting All How to do papercutting from all over the world
The Way we Worked – Art and Social Studies Elementary Determine the location of a community and how it develops through art
The Silk Road All Exploring the Silk Road through the collection
Teaching with Objects All Use objects to illuminate classroom teaching and learning
Teaching the Nude through Art All Teaching about Nude art in the Classroom
Subjects of Art All Subjects of Art from UMFA European art
Storytelling Quilt Activity Elementary In the African American culture, quilts have always helped tell a story. Whether it was to help enslaved african americans to freedom to keeping families warm during winter months, quilts told stories of a person or family.
Spirituality in Art All Various types of spiritual art in the collection
Spinning Yarns, Weaving Tales All Students will consider cultural and traditional influences on daily routines through the examination of a photograph and a textile.
Roles People Play All Create relief prints to express the roles workers play in contemporary society.
Revisiting Utah's Past All Utah Art from the UMFA collection
Regional Aesthetics for Kids Secondary Students will learn about American Regionalism as well as many of its preceding art movements. They will then use this knowledge to create a regional chalk painting of their own.
Quilting Together Art and Environmental Education Elementary In this lesson, students will use crosscutting concepts and close-looking skills to draw connections between quilts and the outdoors while working on a final class quilt project.
Printmaking Through the Ages All Prints and printmaking from the UMFA collection
Photos of Great Salt Lake All Photos of the Great Salt Lake in the collection
Passport Masks Lesson Plan All Masks as personal and community portraits
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Portraits All Latino and Mesoamerican Art from the UMFA collection
Modern Art All Modern Art from the UMFA collection
Mexican Folk Art All Mexican Folk Art from the UMFA collection
Mexican Art All Mexican Art from Las Artes de México exhibit
Mesoamerican Art All Precolumbian Art from the UMFA collection
Medieval Manuscripts All Medieval Manuscripts from the Marriott Library
Materials of Art All Lessons highlghting the materials of art
Map of Us Elementary Learn about quilts and recycling. Gather recycled materials to make a friendship quilt. Each person will make their own square and everyone will put them together at the end. A fun way to learn more about each other.
Map of Us Elementary Each student will make their own quilt square out of recycled material and everyone will put the pieces together at the end. A fun way to learn more about each other.
Making Connections Between Art, the Natural Environment and Mindfulness Elementary The goal of this lesson is to have students learn basic crochet stitches and have the end result be a granny square. Students will have gained a better understanding of how to utilize plastic in an environmental-friendly manner, in a way that gives them a
Making Connections Between Art, the Natural Environment and Mindfulness Secondary Students will learn basic crochet stitches and leard how to utilize plastic in an environmental-friendly manner, gaining a new skill that can both function as a useful tool and a meditative practice.
LeConte Stewart All Utah Artist LeConte Stewart's Depression Art
Landscapes All Exploring Symbolism in Landscapes
Journey Stories 1 Self Guide Cards All Explore journeys around the world through diverse works of art
Japanese Art All Japanese Art in the UMFA collection
Imagination Land All Transform your landscape through imagination
Images of Buddha All Sculptures of Buddha in the UMFA collection
Greek and Roman Art All Greek and Roman art in the UMFA collection
Funk Art All 1970s Funk Art in the UMFA collection
Early Utah Women Artists All Lessons on artwork from Early Utah Women Artists
Doll Folk Art Elementary Lessons on making folk art dolls
Diversity Hands/ The Culture in My Hand All The use of hands in diversity is very popular. We will be creating our hands and what culture we carry to remind ourselves that everyone brings culture into the classroom and together, we are stronger because of it.
Cultural and Ecological Importance of Native Seed Bombs Elementary This lesson will explore the cultural and ecological significance of native plants by creating seed bombs.
Color in Art All Explore color with images from the UMFA
Classroom Shapes Quilt Elementary Students will explore shapes through analyzing Star Quilt by Nora McKeown Ezell and their own artmaking of individual quilt squares made with paper
Classroom Shapes Quilt Elementary Students will explore shapes through analyzing Star Quilt by Nora McKeown Ezell then make individual quilt squares out of paper.
Built Environment All Lessons on art depicting the built environment
British Passion for Landscapes All UMFA landscape art
Bookmaking All Bookmaking highlighting books from the UMFA
Bingham Mine All
Beyond the Macaroni Necklace Elementary Teach in a more creative way with the UMFA collection
Beta Lessons Elementary Better Education Through the Arts lessons
Bats in Art All Lessons that explore bats in art around world
At Work All Teach College & Career Readiness through artwork from the UMFA Education Collection
Art of Work Self Guide Cards All Highlighting work as a key element to the human experience.
Art of Work Pre Lesson 6th Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Pre Lesson 5th Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Pre Lesson 4th Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Pre Lesson 3rd Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Pre Lesson 2nd Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Pre Lesson 1st Grade Elementary Curricula using visual narrative and language arts to communicate ideas through various forms of storytelling
Art of Work Post Lesson 6th Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work Post Lesson 5th Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work Post Lesson 4th Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work Post Lesson 3rd Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work Post Lesson 2nd Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work Post Lesson 1st Grade Elementary Exploring community structure and planning
Art of Work In-class PreK-K Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 6th Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 5th Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 4th Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 3rd Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 2nd Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of Work In-class 1st Grade Elementary Hands-on games for cross-curricular teaching
Art of the Book All Lessons on three art books from the UMFA
Art is Accessible! Elementary Teach art to students of all abilities through the UMFA collection
Art as Storyteller All Lesson and self-guided tours of the UMFA
Art and Multiple Interpretations Secondary Explore how everyone has their own personal interpretations of art with three artworks from the UMFA. Each work has been thoughtfully selected by an Art Ambassador and includes a write up of their own response to the work. Students then create a quick art
Art and Appetite All Teach about food and healthy lifestyle through art
Andy Warhol All Art by Andy Warhol from the UMFA collection
Ancient Egyptian Art All Ancient Egyptian art from the UMFA collection
American Indian Art All Plains Indian art from the Warnock collection
African Art 2 All More African Art from the UMFA collection
African Art 1 All African Art from the UMFA collection
African American Masters All African American Art from the UMFA collection
Abstract Art All Abstract Art from the UMFA collection