Fine Arts Learning Plans

Content experts at the Georgia Department of Education have developed Learning Plans for teachers and parents. These Georgia standards-based plans were specifically designed for school districts, administrators, teachers, and parents who are working to provide students with quality content.

The plans are easy-to-use and include both “plugged and unplugged” activities. Check back for more Learning Plans in each content area as they are updated weekly. 

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• Kindergarten

  Big Idea/Topic: General Music - Steady Beat. Click to download. 

  
• 1st Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - Line Creativity Lesson. Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Theatre - Imaginative Animal Play. Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Music - Expression. Click to download. 

  
• 2nd Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: General Music - Pitch and Melody. Click to download. 

  
• 3rd Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - My Neighborhood Collage. Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Music - Instruments of Orchestra. Click to download. 

  
• 4th Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: General Music - Form. Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - “Selfie” Self Portraits. Click to download. 

  
• 5th Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: Music - Rhythm. Click to download. 

  
• 6th Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: General Music - Beat and Rhythm. Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Theatre - Introduction to the Voice. Click to download.

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - Developing techniques for ideation, composition, and creation of 2-dimensional artwork enables personal and cultural expression. Click to download.

  
• 7th Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: General Music - Pitch and Melody.  Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Theatre - Theatre spaces design.  Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - Developing techniques for ideation, composition, and creation of 2-dimensional artwork enables personal and cultural expression. Click to download.

  
• 8th Grade

  Big Idea/Topic: Theatre - Creating dramatic characters.  Click to download. 

  Big Idea/Topic: Visual Art - People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism. Click to download.

  
• High School

  Acting I:

  Big Idea/ Topic: Character Analysis and Given Circumstances. Click to download.

  Band I:

  Big Idea/Topic: Beat and rhythm.  Click to download. 

  Ceramics I: 

  Big Idea(s)/ Topic(s): Understanding the innate human need to decorate/design. Application of elements of art and principles of design in ceramics. Understanding surface intentionality, and experience in applying varied relief surface techniques to create design on clay. Keeping a visual/verbal record of work to help gain an understanding of ourselves as artists.  Click to download. 

  Chorus I: 

  Big Idea/Topic: Posture and position  Click to download. 

  Drawing & Painting I:

  Big Idea(s)/ Topic(s): The experience of drawing a structure within a landscape increases perceptual awareness of how we see objects within space and how the atmosphere affects light. Students will gain an understanding of how to draw objects in linear perspective accurately and how to shade objects within an environment to create the illusion of depth on the picture plane.  Click to download. 

  Dance: 

  • Big Idea/Topic: Laban Movement Analysis and Patterns of Body Connectivity Basics. Click to download.   
  • Big Idea/Topic: Meaning Through Movement: Exploring Social Issues Through Dance Phrases. Click to download.   
  • Big Idea/Topic: Yoga/Stretch Class: Well-Being in a Stressful Time. Click to download.  
     

  Orchestra I: 

  Big Idea/Topic: Posture and position.  Click to download. 

  Technical Theatre: 

  Big Idea/ Topic: Scenic Design.  Click to download. 

  Theatre Fundamentals:

  • Big Idea/ Topic: Plays vs Non-dramatic Literature  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: The Role of the Playwright  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: Characters, Genre, and Plot  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: Character Voice.  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: Dynamic Dialogue.  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: Selecting a Subject, Focus, and Emphasis.  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic: Using the Critical Response Method.  Click to download. 
  • Big Idea/ Topic Final Staged Readings.  Click to download. 

  Theatre & Film Fundamentals I: 

  • Big Idea/Topic: Essentials and Origins. Click to download.
  • Big Idea/Topic: Aristotle’s Elements of Tragedy. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Introduction to Improv. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Improv Guessing Games. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Improvisational Theatre Skill Games. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Improvisational Theatre Scene Games. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Medieval Theatre. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: The Federal Theatre Project and The Living Newspaper. Click to download.  
  • Big Idea/Topic: Researching Historical Styles. Click to download.  
     

  Visual Art Comprehensive I:

  Big Idea/ Topic:  Sculpture is three-dimensional art that can be created using a variety of materials and techniques. Artists throughout time challenge and redefine “What is Art?”. Sculpture allows art to be accessible to the public. Click to download.