LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.

Objective 1.01

Understand the purpose of the activity.

Resources aligned to this objective

How Do Pumpkins Grow? book
This is an integrated science and language arts lesson plan. Students will create individual books that illustrate how pumpkins grow.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Science)
By Marty Britt.
Color Mixing
Students are introduced to the basic steps in mixing secondary colors from primary colors of paint.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education)
By Gwen Auman.
Colorful fruit bowl
Students learn color theory by exploring color mixing. Students will use overlapping to show simple perspective in their picture.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living Education and Visual Arts Education)
By Marilyn Carter.
Critical Thinking and Art with The Snowy Day
This lesson will focus on the illustrations from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The students will describe what makes illustrations worthy of a Caldecott Award. In addition, the students will complete an art project that will allow for creative critical thinking to compliment the illustrations in the book.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Visual Arts Education)
By Caryn Levy.
A home for Lars
Our lesson plan is based on the book, Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. We will use the book to introduce the polar bear's habitat and will elaborate on the necessary things a polar bear needs to survive in this habitat.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Information Skills, Visual Arts Education, and Science)
By Teacher Academy.
Math in the White House
This plan uses an online tour of the White House to reinforce the concept of tallying.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Bunnie R. Brewer.

Lesson plans on the web

Adjective Monster
Students explore the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Mathematics)
Provider: ARTSEDGE: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Reading illustrations
Students explore how illustrations contribute to the telling of a story. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Story advertisements
This lesson opens students' eyes to the world of illustrations while giving them a way to showcase what they learned from a book. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts