Art and Emotions Lesson: Colors

Created by Teacher(s): Monica Lilley|Published on: May 31, 2022

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K12

Created by New Jersey Climate Education Hub teachers

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Students explore color in art using a read-aloud and artwork related to pollution and climate change. They consider how artists’ color choices, including their own, connect to emotions.

Inquire: Students engage in a read-aloud to explore colors, matching colors that relate to how they are feeling.

Investigate: Students investigate climate change artworks and identify colors and the feeling connected to that artwork.

Inspire: Students create their own artwork to demonstrate a chosen feeling.

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Subjects: Visual and Performing Arts

Duration: 1 hour

Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, New Jersey

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Monica Lilley

K-5 Science Teacher

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