Lesson Plans - Grades: 3,4,5
Photography and Vantage Points
In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and vantage points. Using photographs from a variety of time periods, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and photographers’ angles. Students will also record their ideas and reflections.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
Photography Portfolio
In Session One of this lesson, the students will use their knowledge of photographic vantage points to take photographs for a portfolio.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
Portrait in Fruit
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was born in Milan, Italy. He is most famous for his paintings completed for the Hapsburg Court of Vienna between 1562 and 1587. His distinctive style combined fruit, vegetables, meat, and other organic objects in the form of the human face.
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Medium: Drawing
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, History - Social Science, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 40 minute sessions
Portrait Sculptures
In this four-session lesson, students will identify characteristics that they have in common with animals. Based on these similar characteristics, the students will create a self-portrait sculpture combining the body structures of different animals.
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Medium: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 90 minute session
Printmaking
Using geometric and organic shapes, students will design and create their own stamps as well as practice the art of printmaking in this one-session lesson.
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Medium: Painting
Related Subjects: Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
