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Living landscapes: Are you a disaster?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/living.html

A lesson plan for Grade 3 Visual Arts Education

Provider: National Geographic

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Appropriate grades
3
Subjects
arts (general), science (environmental science), social studies (geography), thinking skills (critical literacy, higher order thinking, information literacy, visual literacy), education technology (integrating technology), teaching methods (online learning)
Provider
National Geographic

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare the impact of different types of disasters on the lives of the people that are affected by them. This assignment includes an art component and requires Internet access.

Students will:

  • define words associated with disasters;
  • demonstrate an understanding of the impact different types of disasters might have on their environment;
  • describe in writing what they have learned about the specific disasters they have studied;
  • create and analyze their own disaster plans; and
  • analyze their character traits, to see which characteristics they may share with certain natural disasters.

Xpeditions provides links to necessary web resources, detailed instructions for completing the lesson, and suggestions for assessment and extension activities.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Visual Arts Education (2001)

Grade 3

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
    • Objective 1.02: Apply knowledge and concepts gained across the curriculum as a source of ideas for art.
    • Objective 1.06: Refine images of self, pets, family, friends, and environment.
    • Objective 1.07: Elaborate on an idea or theme.
  • Goal 3: The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.
    • Objective 3.11: Consider numerous solutions during the problem-solving process.
  • Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
    • Objective 4.02: Use knowledge and imagination to interpret environments.
    • Objective 4.03: Interject personal point of view regarding one's own surroundings.