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

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Primary: K | 1 | 2
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A guided journey into the past: In their study of archaeological resource conservation, students will use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
Mending pottery: Students will mend broken pottery to learn what archaeologists learn by mending pottery.; Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
Rock art: Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.; Format: lesson plan (grades 4, 8)
History in quilts: Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
La vie en cave!: In this highly kinetic lesson, students will explore cave paintings of France and create their own cave-wall art for the classroom, using appropriate French words related to cave exploration.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
A listening doll: Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls.; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
Masks and Aesop's fables: Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks.; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grades K–4)
Quilting: The story of the Underground Railroad: Students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Underground Railroad and the factors that helped the slaves make it to freedom.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–5)
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.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)