Online Middle School Art Curriculum
Guide Students Towards Artistic Independence & Self-Expression
For Public, Private, Charter & Online Middle Schools
Junior High Art Curriculum For Grades 7–8
The Great Artist Program (GAP) is an art curriculum that spans an entire school year for grades 7–8. Each grade includes lessons on 6 master artists and aligns with the school history curriculum: 7th grade focuses on world history artists, while 8th grade studies influential U.S. artists.
Here’s exactly what’s included in our middle school art curriculum:
- ✱ 75-page PDF Workbook accessible online with lesson materials, extra art activities, and guidance to support a full year of instruction
- ✱ SCORM/LMS Delivery for student/teacher access
- ✱ Complete Year of Art Education, including engaging videos, technique practice, step-by-step sketchbook guides, writing prompts, and cultural/artist connection assignments
- ✱ In-Depth Study of 6 Master Artists, featuring 5-page lessons, artist fact sheets, and additional teaching resources
- ✱ Art Supply List for Every Master Artist, so students have what they need to create many masterpieces
- ✱ Structured Lesson Sequence for teachers and students with history videos, art evaluation, composition guidance, and technique demonstrations
- ✱ Ongoing Sketchbook Development through personal connection sketches and extra skill-building exercises
- ✱ 1 Final Project Per Grade to showcase artistic knowledge and creativity
- ✱Curriculum + Final Project Developed to Meet National Visual Art Standards, ensuring your students receive credible art education
The Great Artist Program is a hands-on, in-depth art curriculum for middle schools, offering more than just worksheets or simple craft projects.
Students in grades 7–8 are capable of far more than they’re often given credit for, and the GAP curriculum challenges them to rise beyond those artistic limits. Expect more from your students and watch them become great artists.
Online Art Education Grades 7–8 Package
for public, private, charter & online schools
7th Grade: World Artists
Kalf, Hiroshige, Van Gogh, Derain,
Klimt, Chagall
8th Grade: American Artists
Wyeth, Dixon, Johnson, O’Keeffe,
Calder, Johns
See what the Great Artist Program is all about!
Each Artist Lesson Video Includes
- ✱ Art History
Familiarize yourself with a brief history of the artist we are studying. - ✱ Evaluate the Art
Take a close look at our inspiration’s history and evaluation questions. - ✱ Draw & Compose
Draw and compose your masterpiece with the instructor. - ✱ Technique Practice
Watch the materials technique lesson to finish your masterpiece. - ✱ Analyze the Art
Respond to higher level questions and prompts that will give you a chance to revise your project and critique your own work using new art vocabulary.
Middle School Art Curriculum for An Entire Year
GAP teaches middle schoolers to do more than just recreate masterpieces. The curriculum is entirely digital and covers art history, comprehension, vocabulary, drawing, and technique practice. Students will learn concepts like movement, line, figure drawing, composition, collage, overlapping, and more.
Covering far more than traditional grade school packages, the Great Artist Program offers numerous extra assignments to deepen students’ knowledge. From personal connection sketches to art analysis, our art curriculum covers everything students need to become the great artists of tomorrow.
Middle School Art Curriculum from the 1500s to Today
The art program that’s
so simple, so effective…
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