Visual Arts Education — Grade 3

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 3

Students will learn how to draw facial expressions and paint a portrait which portrays a particular expression or emotion.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)

By Jan Kimosh.

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 4 - Computer Animation

In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a "Slide Show" using Kid Pix Studio.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Computer Technology Skills)

By Susan Wenzel Getter.

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.

Lesson plans on the web

I've just seen a face: Portraits

Students use a portrait of a famous American and their own research to make a presentation to the class. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1, 3, and 5 Visual Arts Education)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Let 's talk about painting

Students experience the process of creating paintings in various different styles. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Visual Arts Education)

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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

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