Lesson Plan: A Beautiful Place

Great Thinker's Challenge:

Make personal connections to beauty by identifying a beautiful place and representing it visually. Think critically about what makes this place beautiful and create a second representation of this place without those characteristics. Begin to form a definition of the characteristics that make something beautiful.

Learning Objectives:

• (Visual Art) Create a two-dimensional work of art that expresses feelings or ideas inspired by experience.

• (Visual Art) Express personal feelings and ideas about an image.

• (Literacy) Form and express an argument with supporting evidence.

Materials/Planning:

• A Beautiful World worksheet

• Pencil crayons, crayons, markers, or pastels

Grade Range: 2-5

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