Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

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Vessels in Greek art: Museum visit: This lesson focuses on the uses, shapes, importance, and historical storytelling on Greek vessels in art.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); By Katie O'Connor.

Masks and Aesop's fables: This ARTSEDGE lesson is based on a study of Aesop's Fables. Although Aesop's fables are over 2,600 years old, the stories—and their morals—are still relevant today. In this lesson, students learn a fable, make simple masks, and retell the fable... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Theater Arts Education); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Making a rainstick: In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the history of the musical instrument called a rainstick. They experience rain and create a poem about their feelings and thoughts in the rain. Next, they read a story involving rainsticks, derived from... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Family and friendship in quilts: Students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-based art forms to pass down their traditions and history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Egyptian symbols and figures: Scroll painting: This lesson plan from EDSITEment introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs, one of the oldest writing systems in the world, and through tomb paintings. The lesson plan is in two parts. In this second... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Egyptian symbols and figures: Hieroglyphs: This lesson plan from EDSITEment introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs, one of the oldest writing systems in the world. The lesson plan is in two parts. In this first lesson, the class creates... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Cave art: Discovering prehistoric humans through pictures: In this lesson on the EDSITEment website, students travel to the past to explore how people in earlier times used art as a way to record stories and communicate ideas. By studying paintings from the Cave of Lascaux and other caves in France, students discover... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); Provided by: EDSITEment