Core Knowledge^® Lesson Plans

Art

• Colossal Structures and Sculptures (2002)
• Architecture Through the Ages (2002)
• Land Ho! Cole vs. Van Gogh (2002)
• Going West: The Artists Who Painted the Way (2002)

Grades K–2

• Line Up! Shape Up! Color the World! (2005)

Grades K–3

• No One Sees The World Like a Child (2005)

Kindergarten

• Kindergarten Music with a Core Knowledge Twist (2005)
• The Story of Art (Kindergarten) (2003)
• Listen to the Talking Colors (2001)
• Foundations in Art (1997)

Grade 1

• Picture This: Elements of Art (2002)

Grade 2

• Linking Lines to Landscape (2006)
• A Picture's Worth 10,000 Words (2003)

Grade 3

• American Indian Art (2006)
• Write to Music (2005)
• Double Meaning: "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks (2001)
• Masterpiece Magic: The Marriage of Writing and Visual Arts (2001)
• Art Smart! (1997)

Grades 3–4

• Living Art-i-facts: Technology Takes Us There! (2006)

Grade 4

• Exploring Islamic Art and Architecture (2006)
• Rose Windows and Troubadours — Art and Music from the Middle Ages (1999)
• Art and Artists — An Appreciation for Fourth Grade (1997)

Grade 5

• East Meets West: The Art of Simplicity (2003)

Grade 6

• The Art of Studying Art (2004)
• Making Connections: Art & Music History (2001)

Grade 7

• Make Monet, Monet! (2006)
• The Lamp Project: Creating for Community (2006)
• Dreaming with Marc Chagall (2004)
• Picasso: Artist Extraordinaire (2003)

Music

• Alligators and Ice: Seasons of Change (2006)
• Julius Caesar: A Musical Adaptation (2002)
• A Music-Science Connection (2002)

Grades 1–6

• Let Freedom Sing (2005)

Grade 1

• Cracking the Elements of Music (2001)
• The Three "T's" — Toe Shoes, Tutus, and Tchaikovsky (2000)
• Music - The Experience of a Lifetime (1998)

Grade 2

• Musical Olympics (2007) — also found under Grade 2
• The Percussion Family (2003)
• Families of Instruments (1997)

Grade 4

• Rose Windows and Troubadours — Art and Music from the Middle Ages (1999)
• Of Monks and Minstrels — Music of the Medieval Age (1998)

Grade 5

• Fifth-Grade Core Songs (2006)
• Music from the Renaissance (2006)
• The African American Spiritual (2001)

Grade 6

• This isn't your Grandma's Music (2007)
• The Best of Baroque (2004)
• Making Connections: Art & Music History (2001)
• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)

Grade 8

• The Hidden Music of Southeast Asia (2003)