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

Goal 3

The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.

Objective 3.03

Identify geometric shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, oval, octagon, and pentagon.

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Lesson plans on the web

Describing Designs
Students create designs and describe them to classmates using fractional and geometric terms. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
History in quilts
Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Mirroring Kandinsky
Students explore the geometric figures Wassily Kandinsky used in his art. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Quilting: The story of the Underground Railroad
Students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Underground Railroad and the factors that helped the slaves make it to freedom. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Who was Wassily Kandinsky?
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the geometric figures Wassily Kandinsky used in his art. Students participate in a scavenger hunt to become familiar with Kandinsky's works and the geometric figures used in art. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics