In AEP Visual Arts, the lessons are culturally relevant, feature local artists, and highlight diverse perspectives while maintaining alignment with state standards, ensuring students experience high-quality, inclusive arts education. Students explore various studio art practices through lenses that reflect their own identities and communities. By studying the work of local artists alongside global traditions, students learn to see art as both a personal expression and a shared cultural dialogue. Each lesson builds skills in technique and creativity while deepening understanding of how visual art connects to history, culture, and lived experiences.
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan & Slides
Imagination--Lesson Plan & Slides: Best Artist in the Ocean
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: "Hair Love"
Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: "I'm Not Just A Scribble"
Cycle 3: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides (Leonardo)
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Imagination-- Lesson Plan & Slides: Not a Box
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: "I Promise"
Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Charley Harper
Cycle 3: Food- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides or Slides2
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides (Only You)
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Imagination-- Lesson Plan & Slides: Beekle
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Kenny Scharf
Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: I Will Be Fierce
Cycle 3: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: "NIgel & the Moon"
Cycle 3: Composition-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Niki de St. Phalle
Cycle 3: Composition-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides or Slides2 (V Fold Pop Up)
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Chicano Park
Cycle 3: Composition-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos! -- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Shepherd Fairey
Cycle 3: Composition-- Lesson Plan and Slides #1 OR Slides #2
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos!-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Identity & Empowerment-- Lesson Plan and Slides: Whilce Portacio
Cycle 3: Balance-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Identity-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Food- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Community: Slides
Cycle 1: Dia de los Muertos!-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 2: Line-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 3: Composition-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 4: Shape-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 5: Color & Light-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Cycle 6: Color & Texture-- Lesson Plan and Slides
Grades TK/K-1: Line and Shape Kite Drawing
Grades 2-3: Line and Shape Symmetry Architecture Drawing
Grades 4-5: Line, Shape, and Value Sculpture Drawing OR Digital Shape Collage- all students' chromebooks necessary
Visual & Media Arts Resource Teacher
cphillips4@sandi.net