Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education — Grade 3

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Who was Wassily Kandinsky?: This lesson provides students with an exploration of 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 his paintings. Illuminations... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Seeing geometry in art: Students use paintings studied in the previous lesson to connect their knowledge of geometric shapes and terms with Kandinsky’s use of geometric figures. After reading Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban or The... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Mirroring Kandinsky: In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Geometry in the World of Art,” students explore the geometric figures Wassily Kandinsky used in his art. Students apply what they have learned in previous lessons by designing... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

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); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Artistic elements: Exploring art through descriptive writing: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students become engaged in the studies of both art and written language as they create descriptive writing pieces. Using the book Anna's Art Adventure as the basis for discussion, students are led through a scaffolded... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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