Elementary Visual School Arts

Rigorous Curriculum Design

Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Arts

Grade/Course Fourth Grade

Unit of Study Seagrove Pottery Traditions: Face Jugs

Unit Type Topical X Skills-based X Thematic

Pacing 4-5 Sessions

Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

4.V.2 Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression.

Clarifying Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

4.V.2.1 Identify different successful solutions to artistic problems.
4.V.2.2 Use ideas and imagery from North Carolina as sources for creating
art.
4.V.2.3 Create abstract art that expresses ideas

Name of Unit: Seagrove Pottery Traditions: Face Jugs
Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing

Introduction
Read Explorations in Art,
Traditions: Our Artistic
Heritage, pp. 122-123.

Introduce students to the

characteristics of clay and

how the local geology of NC

has affected the pottery

industry of Seagrove, NC and

the local economy.

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet,

Slave. by Laban Carrick Hill

Discuss the tradition of

making face jugs in the south,

1 Session