This art lesson plan teaches third grade students about creating African hats called Kufis. The lesson involves: 1) Students observing sample designs to identify centers of interest. 2) The teacher guiding students to draw the continent of Africa and add patterns using lines, shapes, and colors. 3) Students creating their own Kufi design by integrating Africa into the pattern, with a center of interest. 4) A discussion about the purposes and functions of art and hats in different cultures.

1. Art Lesson Plan
Art Teacher: Mr. Glorvigen Grade Level: Date: Background Knowledge Instructional Activities:
Third Grade Current Anticipatory Set/Hook Teacher Guided Practice
Reflection
Art QCC Standards Objectives Communicated
Ongoing Art Objectives:
• Develop construction (cutting, gluing, The students are The teacher will give
Third Grade Fine Art/Visual Art Standards manipulating, etc.), drawing, painting, asked to observe step by step
etc., skills (Application, Synthesis; and make
FAVA 3.2 ongoing objective, see art matrix). instructions (guided
Produces art in each of the following art areas: • Demonstrates proper care and safe use
comments about practice) for the
drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and crafts. of art materials and tools (Application two designs; one students to follow as
FAVA 3.5 with a center of
Produces artworks in the areas of drawing, painting,
Evaluation; ongoing objective; 3.6). they draw the center
• Appraise/Evaluate artwork for quality interest and one of interest (the
sculpture, printmaking, pottery, crafts, fiber arts, and
(thoughtfulness & carefulness) and without a center of
mixed media. continent of Africa)
accuracy (following directions & project
FAVA 3.14 interest. and their pattern.
guidelines) (ongoing).
Describes how size, colors, lines, shapes, and textures
are organized in artwork to create a focus or center of Project Specific Objectives:
interest (emphasis).
FAVA 3.16 1. Create a Kufi, an African hat (Synthesis;
Discusses the purposes and functions of art in today's 3.2, 3.5).
world. 2. Create/arrange/organize a pattern using
lines, shapes, and intermediate colors
(Synthesis; 3.14).
3. Integrate the continent of Africa into the
Kufi pattern, creating a center of interest
(focus, emphasis) (Synthesis; 3.14).
4. Discuss the purposes and functions of
art and hats in today's world
(Comprehension; 3.16).
Kufi: The African Hat 1

2. Art Lesson Plan
Higher-Order Thinking Questions: Differentiated Assessment Procedures: Lesson Closure Materials Homework
Practice Activities: (Summary of current/preview of Resources Projects:
Learning Styles next lesson) Integrate
Independent, Pairing, Technology and/or
Cooperative Groups, Media
and Learning Centers.
Low:
Suggested questions regarding A simplified…”connect 1. Worksheets, tests, and A review of the current lesson Kufi Paper Identify and
the dots” African (what they should be able to
the two designs continent for the student
practice sessions on the Size 4.5 by 24 label the
color wheel and the do and what they are to know) inch strip of countries on
to complete. All
intermediate colors as is shared as well as what will white paper. the African
1. What do you notice about students will practice
be taught the next time in
drawing the African well as center of Top Pre-drawn map worksheet
the two designs? continent using the interest worksheets. art… worksheet for that the teacher
2. Are the two designs the letters “C”, “U” and 2. The culminating the top of the has selected.
same or different? “V”. Teacher and peer
activity: the African We have completed an Kufi hat. Low:
help and table partner intermediate color landscape, Homework: only
3. How are they different? assistance (cooperative hat, the kufi. Markers,
now we will use those Erasers, identify and
4. What do you notice first groups). Homework: 3. Observation.
intermediate colors to create a label three
Pencils
about design “A” (the only identify and label
pattern on our African hat, the Kufi Examples
countries in
three countries in Africa.
design with the center of Africa. kufi.
Average:
interest)? Homework: only
5. Where is the center of Average: identify and
Teacher assistance and label six
interest? peer help. Homework: countries in
only identify and label Africa.
six countries in Africa. High:
Homework:
High: identify and
The student must label ten
complete the entire countries in
center of interest Africa.
design. Homework:
identify and label ten
countries in Africa.
Kufi: The African Hat 2