- Classroom
- Standards
- Online Courses
- My LEARN NC
Standards » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Visual Arts Education — Grade 8
Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
Objective 4.02. Develop the use of life surroundings and personal experiences to express ideas and feelings visually.
Additional related resources
We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.
General resources
- Find additional resources for teaching Visual Arts Education — Grade 8.
Aligned lesson plans
- 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.
- Facial studies through creation of a face jug
- In this interdisciplanary lesson, students study the anatomy of the face and use what they have learned to create thumbnail sketches of expressive faces on jugs. The lesson incorporates elements of social studies, earth science, psychology, and artistic meaning.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Lori Shepley, Melissa Thibault, and Nelle Hayes.
- Expressive papier-mâché masks
- Students will be creating an original papier-mâché mask that expresses an emotion. In doing this, they will be expanding upon their knowledge of representing the human face while further developing technical skills in papier-mâché sculpture and acrylic painting.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
- By Kerri Fuller.
Resources 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)
- Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.
About LEARN NC | Site map | Search | Staff | Partners | Legal | Help | Contact us
For more great resources for K–12 teaching and learning, visit us on the web at www.learnnc.org.