LEARN NC

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

Goal 4

The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.

Objective 4.01

Communicate and persuade through visual arts.

Resources aligned to this objective

Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history
This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
By Edie McDowell.

Lesson plans on the web

The many colors of individuals
Students focus on the effects of placing labels on other people. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
What portraits reveal
Students recognize that portraits, whether paintings or photographs, can tell us more about people of the past than just what they looked like. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities