Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

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Faces Tell Feelings - Part 4 - Computer Animation: In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a "Slide Show" using Kid Pix Studio.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Computer Technology Skills); By Susan Wenzel Getter.

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.

Keith Haring and Radiating Figures: Students will examine the work of Keith Haring and then look at how simple figures and patterns create movement in an artwork.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education); By Marion McClure.

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.

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.

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); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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

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

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures: Students demonstrate comprehension of plot events and character motivations, describe the author's purpose and evaluate the techniques used to achieve it, identify and differentiate between facts and examples of personification. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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