LEARN NC

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

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

Haiku and photography: A natural connection
This lesson will allow students to combine photographing nature with creating a Haiku poem to express what they see in the photograph.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
By Steven Sather.

Resources on the web

Sodbusters!
Students examine photographs of sod houses, build a model sod house, and picture themselves living in a ‘soddie’ to gain a firsthand perspective on the frontier period of American history. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Living landscapes: Are you a disaster?
In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare the impact of different types of disasters on the lives of the people affected by them. This assignment requires students to create a model using their own art supplies for homework. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: National Geographic
A listening doll
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Students about will learn abut the Native American Pueblo communities in the Southwest. Pueblo storytellers held a place of great importance in these communities.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts