Last year I developed a one day lesson at the beginning of a unit on color to knock out several of the Respond and Connect National Visual Arts Standards for 7th grade. I wanted to choose an image with a subject that was familiar to the students in my rural school, but presented in a way they might not be familiar with- many of my students are very concrete in their views on art and prefer realism. Franz Marc was a good choice with the bright colors in his German Expressionist paintings of horses and cows- animals my farm living students see on a daily basis.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxH56cAYVFZNpk2oq5t9LgYzPfGgGXKOhlSl_QsC0IFn3HpwznE-Mm1jv2aVOBYF5CMURrU0JOSs9g5LT1vGrosA29yAGJnCjw37s8mA8k0eHZDva8BHPRO8JBYG6xS5eK7m3hzqzhPfP/s400/standards2.jpg)
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We started with a Visual Thinking Strategies style discussion and then moved into questions specifically connecting to the standards.
You can get the complete lesson plan on The smARTteacher!
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