Standard Course of Study :: Visual Arts Education

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Make your own cereal bowl: In this lesson for kindergarten, students will learn that the art of creating functional pieces of pottery in North America first began over 4000 years ago in North Carolina. Students will learn where clay comes from and will create their own pottery pieces.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education); By Eileen Palamountain.

Seasonal farm landscapes: Students will have visited the farm landscape four times throughout the year, recording their observations during four seasons. The drawings will incorporate their knowledge of farms from our visits, their exposure to the seasonal landscapes of Grant Wood and Claude Monet, and their knowledge of landscape art and its elements of color and perspective developed at the Museum. The final project will be individual student books containing their landscape drawings and text.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education); By Jamie Barnhill.

Seasonal farm landscapes (Part 1): The following lesson is the first of two lessons studying the seasons and farms through landscape drawing, painting, and writing. In the first activity the students will examine Grant Wood's lithographs and painting landscapes. Our observations of Wood's artwork will prepare us for our trip to a local landscape (farm) to sketch our own seasonal landscapes. We will visit and sketch the farm four times, once during each season.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education); By Jamie Barnhill.

Egyptian symbols and figures: Hieroglyphs: Introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs and tomb paintings. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Egyptian symbols and figures: Scroll painting: Introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs and tomb paintings. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Family and friendship in quilts: Students recognize how people of different cultures and time periods have used cloth-based art forms to pass down their traditions and history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Masks and Aesop's fables: Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Stories in quilts: Students explore the history and culture of quilt-making. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities