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Visual Arts Education — Grade 8

Goal 5, Objective 5.01

Goal 5

The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Objective 5.01

Consider the history, purpose and function of visual arts and analyze their impact on various cultures.

Resources aligned to this objective

Records 1–6 of 6 displayed.

Rock art
In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Pottery traditions
In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.5
Students will learn how Indian people of North Carolina made and used coiled pottery, summarize why archaeologists study pottery, and make and decorate a replica of a North Carolina coiled pot.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
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.
Experimental archaeology: Making cordage
In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.8
Students will make cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a technique and skill that ancient Native Americans in North Carolina needed for everyday life. They will also compute the amount of time and materials that might have been required to make cordage and construct a scientific inquiry to study the contents of an archaeological site.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

Resources on the web

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 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Capturing history
Students study the political and economic reasons for the African-American migration to Northern cities between the World Wars. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts