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

Visual Arts Education — Grade 3

Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.

Objective 4.06. Know, discuss, and/or write about how an artist's environment and time makes one's own work different from that of other artists in other times or places.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

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Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Who has seen the wind?
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students explore characteristics of the wind through observation and discussion of several of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, and through poetry, pantomime, and painting. Students also learn about the different ratings of the... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities