Famous Artist Middle School Research Project 5th 6th 7th 8th Grade

Here is a ready-to-go middle school famous artist research project for your students in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. Each student will choose a famous artist, complete focused research about their life and artistic style, and create an organized project with paragraphs and visuals to share their learning.

How to Use:

•Print pages 2-13 for each student.

•Page 2 has instructions for the project including spots to write due dates and a checklist to keep students on track.

You can assign a specific era for students to pick artists from or give them a list of artists.

•Page 3 has seven different prompts for students to research. Each student needs to pick at least four prompts to include in their unique project.

•Pages 4-6 are graphic organizers for your students to use as they take notes and record their research sources (page 6 is optional).

•Pages 7-9 are templates for students to use to write at least four paragraphs about their artist (page 9 is optional). They could also type and print these paragraphs instead.

•Page 10 is for students to use to draw a portrait of their artist. They could choose to use the artist’s style as inspiration.

•Page 11 is for students to show samples of the artist’s paintings and style. They can print and glue on some samples and try to recreate some on their own as well.

•Page 12 is a title page for the project booklet.

•Page 13 is a rubric you can use to assess the project. Let students see it at the beginning of the project so they know what the expectations are.

Over several weeks, your students can complete their research, write and proofread their paragraphs, and draw the visual components of their project. They can present their projects to each other, and you can use the rubric to assess them

Grades to Use With:

This project is designed for middle school students in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who are learning about biography writing, famous artists, library research skills and expository writing- specifically expository paragraphs.

It could also be used in high school special education classes where appropriate.

What's Included:

13-Page PDF: Ready to Print and Use!

• Complete Teacher Instructions

• 2 Pages of Student Instructions & Writing Topics

• 6 Student Graphic Organizers for Note-Taking & Paragraph Writing

• 2 Student Templates for an Artist Portrait and Samples of Art

• Project Title Page

• Marking Rubric