LEARN NC

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

Goal 5

The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Objective 5.01

Identify the main purposes for art in a society.

Resources aligned to this objective

Lesson plans on the web

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
La vie en cave!
In this highly kinetic lesson, students will explore cave paintings of France and create their own cave-wall art for the classroom, using appropriate French words related to cave exploration. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills, Second Languages, and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
A listening doll
Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts