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Symbols in Art

  • Grade 2
  • Arts Education
  • 52 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC2-AR-11

A circle and a triangle make a person, and two big people and one small one joined by lines stand for a family. The video then shows that a colour (red for hot, blue for cold) and a sound (knocking for a visitor) can also be symbols that stand for ideas.

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The question this lesson answers

Can simple shapes stand for an idea?

A circle on a triangle looks like a person.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Can simple shapes stand for an idea?

A circle on a triangle looks like a person.

We make two big ones, side by side.

Then one small one goes in the middle.

Now we join them with lines.

Joined shapes like these can stand for a family.

Something that stands for an idea is a symbol.

A colour can be a symbol too.

Red can stand for something hot.

Blue can stand for something cold.

A sound can be a symbol too, like this.

Knocking on a door can stand for a visitor.

Shapes, colours and sounds can be symbols for ideas.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 2

Arts Education, Arts in general: symbolism as a means of expressing specific meaningBC2-AR-11

Next: Making Art Safely and Kindly

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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