Theme: Exploring Stories Through Art


Venue: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath
Duration: Half Day Educational Visit


Big Idea: Stories can be communicated through pictures, puppets and shadows without using words.


Subject Alignment:

Cambridge Primary English Stage 1
Cambridge Primary Art and Design Stage 1
Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives (Introductory Level)
Personal and Social Development

Conceptual Lenses

  • Expression

  • Perspective

  • Emotion

  • Cultural storytelling

Essential Questions

  • How can a picture tell a story without words?

  • How do colours help us understand feelings?

  • What makes a character look brave, funny or kind?

  • How does light change what we see?


Cambridge Primary English Stage 1

  • Listen and respond to visual narratives

  • Describe characters and objects

  • Speak in simple complete sentences

Cambridge Primary Art and Design Stage 1

  • Explore colour, shape and texture

  • Respond to artworks through drawing

  • Develop observation skills

Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives Introductory Level

  • Recognise that people express ideas differently across cultures

Personal and Social Development

  • Follow instructions

  • Work cooperatively

  • Demonstrate respectful behaviour in public spaces


Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

  1. Observe colours, shapes and characters in artworks

  2. Describe what they see using simple vocabulary

  3. Recognise emotions shown in puppets and images

  4. Explore how light creates shadows

  5. Create simple drawings based on observation

  6. Practise appropriate museum behaviour


Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of the visit, students can:

  1. Identify basic colours and shapes in paintings

  2. Describe a puppet character using simple feeling words

  3. Recognise the difference between long and short shadows

  4. Draw one observed detail from an artwork

  5. Share one idea about how pictures tell stories


 

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