LEARN NC

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

Goal 2

The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Objective 2.04

Demonstrate one's own thought and feelings visually, using sequential, visual narrative.

Resources aligned to this objective

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 Studio.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Computer/Technology Skills)
By Susan Wenzel Getter.
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?
Students explore characteristics of the wind through observation and discussion of several of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, and through poetry, pantomime, and painting. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Creating comic strips
This lesson from ARTSEDGE looks at the way we communicate information/ideas through various mediums (words, symbols, illustrations, etc). When analyzing comic strips, students notice that each has a different style, point of view, setting, plot, and summary,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
Provided by: ArtsEdge