Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

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Art Detectives: Students will look at a variety of artworks and explain what tool or medium was used to create them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 Visual Arts Education); By Kathy Greene.

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 3: 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.

Faces Tell Feelings - Part 6: 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.

How do I express what I believe?: This is the second in a three-part lesson series seeking to examine belief systems and how they impact culture in the United States. This lesson, "How do I express what I believe?" requires 3 sessions at 40 minutes each to complete. The lesson series also seeks to let students examine their own personal belief system. In this lesson, the student will learn about the American tradition of the Face Jug/Pot and how it is used to express belief. The student will also create a Face Jug/Pot to express his/her belief, and this pot will be used in the third lesson entitled. "How do I present what I believe?"; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education); By Donna Pumphrey.

Mini Totem Poles: Students will create mini totem poles using paper towel tubes and Crayola Model Magic clay. Totem poles of Northwest Coast Indian tribes will be explored.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Mary Ann Athens.

Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment: Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment; Lesson 2 Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); By Lisa Mitchell.

Observing connections: Changing landscapes: The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Science); By Lisa Mitchell.

Observing connections: North Carolina pottery and face jugs: This is the third lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing connections—art, poetry and the environment; Lesson 2 Observing connections—changing landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing connections—North Carolina pottery and face jugs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Lisa Mitchell.

Radial Symmetry Design: Students will study the carving of 18th century America and create a rosette design using radial symmetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Lisa Mitchell.

Self-Portrait in Wire: This lesson covers line as an art element and sculpture as an art technique. It also includes an examination of wire sculptures created by Alexander Calder; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education); By Paulina Olson.

Creating Costumes: Students design and produce original fashions based on the story “The Emperor's New Clothes.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Theatre Arts Education and Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

I've just seen a face: Portraits: Students use a portrait of a famous American and their own research to make a presentation to the class. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1, 3, and 5 Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Make a wampum belt: Students discuss Native American tribes and their culture, including the barter system of economics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Making a Mini-quilt: Students create a quilt using three transformations (reflection, rotation, and translation) and then investigate the ways shapes can be colored to show “one-half” and “one-fourth.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Old business, new business: Students are introduced to several businesses from the past. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Music Education, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities