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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 1.04. Use complex symbols to fully explore ideas.

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.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Faces tell feelings - Part 6 - Emotions collage
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.
Faces tell feelings - Part 4 - Computer animation
In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a slide show using Kid Pix software.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Computer/Technology Skills)
By Susan Wenzel Getter.

Resources on the web

The Statue of Liberty: The meaning and use of a national symbol
In this lesson from EDSITEment, students explore the nature of national symbols. How was the Statue of Liberty designed to be a symbol? How have circumstances enhanced its meaning? Help clarify the nature of symbols for your students as they study the Statue... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Media Awareness: Key concepts in advertising
This ARTSEDGE lesson begins with a teacher-led discussion of the purpose, target audience, and value of advertisements in general, and of the specific advertisements each student has brought to class from home. Students then discuss as a class why each... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts