The document outlines an art and English lesson for 8th grade students in Évora, Portugal about representing the human body through art. The lesson objectives are for students to analyze narratives of the human body in art history, represent the human figure through drawing, and describe eight art pieces in the Évora museum by their chronology, material, and artistic period. As part of the lesson, students visited the Évora museum where they presented and described selected paintings and sculptures from different periods, then illustrated each piece through drawing techniques back in the classroom.

1. Unit: The Human Body
Class: 8thF (Évora, Portugal) / Level: Lower Secondary
Subjects: Art and English
Teachers: Maria João Machado and Susana Parente
Number of lessons: 1
Title - Understanding and representing the Human Body through Art
Competences:
- Analyze narratives of the representation of the human body in the
different visual languages and throughout the History of Art.
- Recognize, through plastic experimentation, art as an expression of
feeling and knowledge.
- Expressively represent the human figure comprising basic relations of
structure and proportion;
- Identify parts of the body and physical features;
- Describe eight pieces of art exhibited in the museum of Évora;
- Give information about chronology, material and the artistic period of
the paintings and sculptures;
- Illustrate each piece through drawing techniques
Content
Language/Terminology Main target knowledge
- Vocabulary related to :
- The human body
- Physical features
- Dates / chronology
- Different types of material and
techniques used in the paintings /
sculptures
- Several artistic periods
From prehistory to the present
day, the representation of the
HUMAN FIGURE has been one of
the main themes of Visual Arts.
From prehistoric depictions to
contemporary abstractions, artists
have represented the human body
differently.
To better understand this
evolution, we decided to go to the
museum in Évora to discover some
of these differences.
A guided visit to the museum in
Évora was made by the students.
They presented and described
eight artistic pieces (paintings and
sculptures) from different periods.

2. According to the description
provided and visual observation,
students illustrated each artistic
piece by using drawing techniques.
Process
Activities / Tasks Types of interaction
In the classroom
- Viewing a PowerPoint about
the representation of the
human figure throughout the
History of Art;
- Viewing a video about the
Museum of Évora;
- Choosing eight pieces of art
exhibited in the museum;
-Drawing- two-dimensional plastic
explorations of the selected pieces;
- Translating into English the
information needed to describe
each piece.
In the Museum
- Filming the oral presentation and
graphic representation of the
selected paintings and sculptures
in the museum of Évora ;
- Exhibition of the final work in the
school.
Whole Class
Group work
Group work
Group work
Group work
Resources / Materials
The pieces of art exhibited in the Museum; dictionaries; computer;
projector; board; YouTube; drawing supports, materials and
techniques; image technologies.
Assessment
The assessment is aimed at the process. Students are asked if they had
fun, what they liked most and what they didn’t like.
Credit to
Évora Museum