LEARN NC

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

Goal 3

The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.

Objective 3.04

Exercise flexibility when approaching a problem-solving situation.

Resources aligned to this objective

Faces tell feelings - Part 5 - Typefaces
Students will study various typefaces in terms of their line quality and shape. Then they will use various editing functions in a word processor to create a text document whose typefaces "show" a particular emotion.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)

Resources on the web

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)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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
Exploring Turns
An activity of creating “paper quilts” allows students to explore the geometric transformation of rotation. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics