Art and Emotions Lesson: Feelings
Lesson Plan
50 minutesGradesK, 1, 2Visual and Performing Arts
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Written by Monica Lilley
About this lesson
In this lesson, students identify their own emotions by responding to art with body language, facial expressions, and their own artwork.
Inquire: Students name emotions and identify their emotional responses to artworks.
Investigate: Students engage with their emotions and share their emotions about environmental artworks.
Inspire: Students create collages to express their feelings.
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- Students use their own emotional responses to understand why artists create artworks about climate change.
- Students can practice their cutting skills by cutting collage pieces.
- Students practice fine motor and artwork skills in the Inspire section.
- Students use creativity and their own perspective to create their own work of art.
Prerequisites
- This is lesson 1 of 3 in our K-2 Art and Emotions unit.
- Teachers should have appropriate collaging materials for students.
- Teachers can source materials from magazines, printouts, facial feature cutouts, or body part cutouts.
- Teachers should prepare additional materials for students who need more language support.
- Teachers should be aware of the cultural contexts as students express specific emotions.
Differentiation
- Two slides of emotions are provided to allow for differentiation in introducing new vocabulary to students.
- Optional slides are provided for teachers to initiate discussion about the formal characteristics of the art. To focus only on feelings, skip these slides.
- Classes may use one or all of the artworks in the Investigate section.
- Students could write a sentence explaining the feelings they showcased in their artwork or verbally share it with their teacher and peers, depending on their written and verbal abilities.
- Teacher can show an example of a finished collage to support learners unfamiliar with collaging.
- Sentence starters could be provided to support students with lower writing abilities.
- Students in various phases of language development or who speak a different language can show emotions by looking at pictures, pointing to how they feel, and using body language.
From the scientist review
This lesson features artworks that would engage students to communicate their feelings about climate change. They would learn how to use cutting, gluing, collaging, and other art techniques to create a piece and lead the climate conversation. This resource is verified and is recommended for teaching.
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