LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

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

Objective 1.04

Use complex symbols to fully explore ideas.

Resources aligned to this objective

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 4 - Computer Animation
In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a "Slide Show" using Kid Pix Studio.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Computer Technology Skills)
By Susan Wenzel Getter.
Faces Tell Feelings - Part 6
Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Jan Kimosh.
North Carolina Regional Travel Brochure
The students will cooperatively design travel brochures that describe major physical and cultural characteristics of the regions in North Carolina.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Deborah Harrell.
North Carolina Symbols: T-Shirts or Calendars
Each student will draw a symbol or point of interest of North Carolina. Pictures will be completed in black ink and adapted to size needed for either t-shirt or calendar. Calendars can be printed at school. Shirts will be done outside of school at local screen printer's business.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
By Diana Dalton.

Lesson plans on the web

Media Awareness, Lesson 2
Students discuss as a class the purpose, target audience, and value of advertisements in general. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Media Awareness, Lesson 3
Students create a drawing to be used as an advertisement for their toy. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mirroring Kandinsky
Students explore the geometric figures Wassily Kandinsky used in his art. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Statue of Liberty: The meaning and use of a national symbol
Students study the Statue of Liberty, complete research on a national symbol, and use their research to communicate a message of their own. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Music Education, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities