LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.

Objective 1.06

Refine images of self, pets, family, friends, and environment.

Resources aligned to this objective

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 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills)
By steven sather.
Temperature Graphs
In the following lesson students will locate and record daily high temperatures for several major cities. This data will then be displayed on line graphs. Students will choose one city, and based on its high temperatures, write a paragraph describing appropriate clothing and activities for that location. They will draw a picture of themselves dressed in the clothing and participating in an activity they described.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Mathematics)
By Kaye Clark.

Lesson plans on the web

A listening doll
Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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)
Provider: National Geographic
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)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities