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

Visual Arts Education — Grade 4

Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.

Objective 1.02. Create work which approaches a higher level of realism.

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.

Drawing sea turtles
This lesson plan takes students step by step through drawing a sea turtle, using the process to discuss the animal's anatomy.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Thanksgiving cornucopia
Students will create a cornucopia using pages from magazines to cut the fruit, vegetables, and nuts to fill the cornucopia.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
Observing connections: Changing landscapes (Lesson 2)
The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Lisa Mitchell.
Faces tell feelings - Part 3 - Drawing facial expressions
Students will learn how to draw facial expressions and paint a portrait which portrays a particular expression or emotion.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Jan Kimosh.

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