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Visual Arts Education — Grade 2

Goal 5, Objective 5.06

Goal 5

The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Objective 5.06

Recognize selected works of art from various cultures.

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Asian action I: Character details
Students will use drawing and writing to study characters in Asian art, focusing on the potential stories hinted at by the many details depicted in the art examples. This lesson draws on the richly detailed and expressive human and animal characters depicted in the arts of Asia. Is there a reason why Durga has so many arms? What about Ganesha and that elephant head?
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education and Information Skills)

Resources on the web

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