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

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Primary: K | 1 | 2
Elementary: 3 | 4 | 5
Middle: 6 | 7 | 8
Secondary: 9–12

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Creating your own rock art: 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 (grades 3–5)
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)
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.; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
Creating Costumes: Students design and produce original fashions based on the story “The Emperor's New Clothes.”; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
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)
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)