LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 3

The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.

Objective 3.02

Develop original solutions that effectively apply the elements of art in an aesthetic composition.

Resources aligned to this objective

What makes you scream?
Students will study Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. They will then produce their own scream using directional lines as Munch did. Line was used by Munch in a variety of directions—horizontal, vertical and diagonal. This will help the eye travel to the central theme of the composition: the person's fright or what they fear.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Visual Arts Education)
By Cathy Crumpler.

Resources on the web

Media Awareness, Lesson 3
In this final lesson of the Media curriculum unit from ARTSEDGE, students create a drawing to be used as an advertisement for their toy. They select the background/foreground space as well as possible symbols for their advertisement, with consideration... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
Provided by: ArtsEdge
Media Awareness, Lesson 1
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students discuss why they like the particular toy they have chosen to bring to class. They brainstorm, making a list of different categories of toys, and then discuss reasons for valuing particular toys. They begin to explore the... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
Provided by: ArtsEdge