Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education — Grade 4

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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.

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

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

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

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