LEARN NC

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

Goal 5

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

Objective 5.03

Compare relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and cultural/ethnic groups.

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Geography and history in songs
Students look at some historical paintings on the Internet and describe the things the paintings reveal about the places depicted in the paintings. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Geographic
Gods, heroes, and other celebrated Greeks
This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, is designed to help students shape a frame of reference for examining specific areas of ancient Greek influence on Western thought and culture. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and English Language Arts)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Images at war
Students examine American attitudes toward war as revealed in Civil War photographs and World War II homefront posters. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Monsters
In this lesson, from ARTSEDGE, students use Beowulf to investigate views about “monsters” in society. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 12 Visual Arts Education, Music Education, and English Language Arts)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts