The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools

The perennial bestseller—now in a new edition  Authoritative and practical, this comprehensive guide offers everything a teacher needs to know for conducting an effective art instruction and appreciation program. The Third Edition of The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools includes a complete update on public-relations guidelines, and reference material examples.  The revised edition also features many new projects, an update on current projects and includes an explanation of the hot topic amongst art educators, Teaching Artistic Behavior (TAB/choice).  Choice-based art education is reflected in the authors’ discussion of teaching in mixed-media, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and art history.   More than 100 creative art projects, from drawing to digital media Offers teaching tools, tips, and multicultural curriculum resources Includes new material on logical ways to encourage individual and personal solutions to a problem Gives teachers more latitude as to how individuality is suggested in a lesson This is an invaluable compendium for art educators and classroom teachers alike.

Chapter One: Let’s Teach Art 1 Chapter Two: Day-To-Day Survival Skills—The Nitty-Gritty 35 Chapter Three: Art History 63 Chapter Four: Drawing 85 Chapter Five: Painting 111 Chapter Six: Mixed Media 141 Chapter Seven: Multicultural Art 175 Chapter Eight: Ceramics 205 Chapter Nine: Sculpture 237 Chapter Ten: Computer Graphics and Digital Photography 261