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 3
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.
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.

Lesson plans on the web

An American scene painter
Students capture information and sketches in a personal journal, then use these ideas to create an original watercolor. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: 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)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures
Students demonstrate comprehension of plot events and character motivations, describe the author's purpose and evaluate the techniques used to achieve it, identify and differentiate between facts and examples of personification. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
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
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)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts