Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

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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.

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

The meaning behind the mask: Students explore the cultural significance of masks, discuss the use of masks in stories, and then investigate the role masks play in ceremonies and on special occasions in various African cultures. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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

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

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

Take a walk through my day: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students practice how to tell time on an analog clock and pantomime activities that they do in a typical day. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery "Alice": Explores elements of wonder, distortion, fantasy, and whimsy in The Nursery &lquo;Alice,” Lewis Carroll's adaptation for younger readers of his "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 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