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

Goal 4

The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.

Objective 4.04

Interpret freely work by other artists, cultures or time periods to create original art.

Resources aligned to this objective

Creating your own rock art
Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Faces Tell Feelings - Part 2 (PowerPoint Presentation)
Students will view a PowerPoint presentation of various portraits by different artists. They will observe facial expressions and the emotions they convey in these works of art. (They did a search for some of these works of art on the Internet in computer class prior to the PowerPoint lesson.)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Jan Kimosh.

Lesson plans on the web

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures
Students demonstrate comprehension of plot events and character motivations, describe the author's purpose and evaluate the techniques used to achieve it, identify and differentiate between facts and examples of personification. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
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