Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education — Grade 5

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Primary: K | 1 | 2
Elementary: 3 | 4 | 5
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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)
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.; Author: Mary Ann Athens; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Capturing history: Students study the political and economic reasons for the African-American migration to Northern cities between the World Wars.; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grades 5–8)
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)
How was the White House designed?: Students investigate the various design proposals for White House.; Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities; Format: lesson plan (grade 5)
Interpreting rock art of the Anasazi: Students are introduced to the ancient Anasazi people through samples of rock art preserved in the public lands of the Four Corners region.; Provider: National Geographic; Format: lesson plan (grade 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 lens into the past: Students gain an understanding of the new life of immigrants in this country and learn how the medium of photography can record and recount history.; Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Format: lesson plan (grade 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)