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Visual Arts Education — Grade 1
Goal 4, Objective 4.02
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- Egyptian symbols and figures: Hieroglyphs
- Introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs and tomb paintings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Egyptian symbols and figures: Scroll painting
- Introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs and tomb paintings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Elephant seals on the beach
- Introduces students to the habitat and life patterns of Elephant Seals. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- I've just seen a face: Portraits
- Students use a portrait of a famous American and their own research to make a presentation to the class. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1, 3, and 5 Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Leatherback sea turtles and their special compasses
- Students learn basic information about leatherback sea turtles and hypothesize why individual leatherbacks were able to find their way from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands without any obvious navigational aids. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Masks and Aesop's fables
- Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- An owl in the woods
- Illustrations in the book Owl Moon serve as the inspiration for an arts exploration in which students create a watercolor painting. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Paper bead necklace
- Students learn about the concept of patterns by creating a beaded necklace. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Sunflowers
- Van Gogh's depiction of sunflowers is used as a means of focusing on the parts of a flower, growing sunflowers in the classroom, and developing students' artistic impressions of sunflowers. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education and Science)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Under the deep blue sea
- Students explore oceans and ocean life. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Unicorns, dragons, and other magical creatures
- Students will discuss the special attributes of such creatures, view images of mythological creatures, and listen to stories about them. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who has seen the wind?
- Students explore characteristics of the wind through observation and discussion of several of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, and through poetry, pantomime, and painting. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
