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

Visual Arts Education — Grade 2

Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.

Objective 4.01. Create, discuss, and/or write about whether the content of their artwork is reality or fantasy.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Personal picture narratives: Jacob Lawrence
In this second grade lesson students will look closely at paintings by Lawrence depicting historical figures. Students will identify Lawrence’s unique style from work by other artists based on the elements of color and shape. They will create a painting using the same art elements to create a picture depicting an imagined scene from the life of Harriet Tubman.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
By Eileen Palamountain.

Resources on the web

Who has seen the wind?
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students explore characteristics of the wind through observation and discussion of several of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, and through poetry, pantomime, and painting. Students also learn about the different ratings of the... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Sunflowers
In this lesson, from the ARTSEDGE curriculum unit “Scientific Impressions,” 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... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education and Science)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts