LEARN NC

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

Goal 7

The learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Objective 7.02

Discuss how the artwork people produce reflects the times in which they live.

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Lesson plans on the web

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)
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