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1. Art Across the Planet ((K-8)
      In this unit, students will create drawings of their own homes and those that they imagine might be found in a foreign country. Students will also conduct research on that particular foreign country using a variety of sources and exchange artwork and questions with another group of students in that foreign country.
   1. Lesson One: Imagining Homes and Environments. Students choose a foreign country and create paintings of what they think homes might look like based on basic data about environments present in the country.

   2. Lesson Two: Exploring Homes and Resources. Students use a variety of resources to search for images of and information about the exchange country's environments and housing.

   3. Lesson Three: Exchanging Art. Students create drawings of their own homes and exchange them with another classroom of students in the foreign exchange country.

2. Comparing Landscapes (7-12)
      Students will visit two on-line art museums to view and analyze several landscapes from both Asian and European-Impressionist painters. Students will also create landscape paintings of their own in the style of the two genres.
   1. Lesson One: Exploring Asian Landscapes. Students visit an on-line Asian art museum, analyze several landscapes, and explore the painting techniques.

   2. Lesson Two: Exploring Impressionist Landscapes. Students visit an on-line art museum in Paris, analyze several landscapes, and explore Impressionist painting techniques.

   3. Lesson Three: Comparing Asian and Impressionist Landscapes. Students draw on the knowledge of Asian and Impressionist landscapes they have gained during the previous two lessons.

3. Architectural Visualization (10-12)
      Students will undertake a preliminary study of architecture: reading about philosophies underlying the pursuit of architecture and comparing different architectural styles.
   1. Lesson One: Introduction to Architectural Concepts. Students begin to familiarize themselves with some of the general concepts of architecture.

   2. Lesson Two: Introduction to Architectural Philosophies. Students visit an on-line art museum in Paris, analyze several landscapes, and explore Impressionist painting techniques.

   3. Lesson Three: Introduction to Architectural Visualization. Students begin to familiarize themselves with the capabilities of architectural visualization.

   4. Lesson Four: Speculations on Future Architectural Developments. Students speculate about the kinds of structures that might be necessary for future generations to build. Students draw the structures they imagine.

1. Exploring Asian Landscapes (7-9)
      Students visit an on-line Asian art museum, analyze several landscapes, and explore the painting techniques.

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