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Visual Arts Education — Grade 4
Goal 5, Objective 5.06
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
- 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 (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Creating your own rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.4
- Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Resources on the web
- 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. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
- Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- La vie en cave!
- Speleology, the scientific study of caves, began in France with Edouard Martel. It's only appropriate that elementary French students learn their cave-art vocabulary by studying the caves of France. In this highly kinetic lesson, students will explore cave... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
- Provided by: 94
- History in quilts
- Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Chinese calligraphy and ink painting
- Introduces students to the art and culture of Chinese calligraphy and Chinese ink painting through watercolor painting and Chinese instrumental folk music. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education)
- Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
