7 Components

The seven components of design seem like a good way to integrate art into a classroom. As a teacher, we are able to introduce topics, and analyze them according to these seven components. In the art classrooms, teachers can use architectural designs to teach students about the seven components as well. For example, the architectural and artistic significance of a house. Teachers can teach the students about different housing structures based on the seven components, and even have them create their own idea of how a house should look like, within those seven components.
It is also important to point out that simply, every day things can be aesthetically pleasing to students, and to give them examples of such. Different objects might be the same, for example the chair (from the article), however in context they mean very different things. It should also be important to point out to students that even though something may be very aesthetically pleasing, or send a message, it can also be functional. For example, the Longaberger Basket Company headquarters building. It is shaped like a basket to market their products, but is a fully functioning office building.