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Teaching Color to Elementary Students: Third Grade Lesson 

A group of third graders learn about color values in a classroom

We continue our series of excerpts of Albert’s lesson plans for students from Chapter II of A Color Notation, the 1905 book that introduces the Munsell color order system using the three dimensions of color, HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA to define and differentiate color.

Part II of this book provides a course of study for teachers from first to ninth grade. The lessons are derived from a series of lectures given by Albert at the Normal Art School at UMASS.  

In first and second grade, children are taught about basic and intermediary HUES. In third grade, they move on to learn about the term value and how to find light, middle and dark values using crayons and in objects.  

THIRD GRADE LESSONS

1. Review sequence of ten hues.

Primary and intermediate colors in a circle

Color Circle. From Plate 2. in A Color Notation

2. Recognize, name, match, imitate, write, and find them on the…

3. color sphere. Also in objects.

The color sphere showing red, yellow, green and blue from Plate 1 in A Color Notation

The Color Sphere in Skeleton. From Plate 1. in A Color Notation.

4. Teach use of term value. Color value recognized apart from color hue.

Color chips showing color values for primaries to help teach children from Plate 1 of A Color Notation

The Color Score. From Plate 1. in A Color Notation.

5. Find values of red, lighter and darker than the…

A card showing red color values

Munsell crayons showing red color values.

6. middle value already familiar.

7. Three values of red. Find on sphere. Name as light, middle, and dark values of red.

8. Imitate with crayons, and write them as 3, 5, and 7.

9. Find values of yellow. Compare with above.

10. Recognize, name, match, and imitate with crayons.

The Munsell color sphere showing red and yellow values

The Munsell Color Tree showing red and yellow color values.

11. Find values of green. Compare, and treat as above

A card showing green color values

Munsell crayons showing green color values.

12. Find on sphere and in objects.

13. Find values of blue. Compare, and treat as above.

14. Find on sphere and in objects.

The Munsell color sphere showing blue and green values

The Munsell Color Tree showing blue and green color values.

15. Find values of purple. Compare and treat as above.

A card showing purple color values

Munsell crayons showing purples color values.

16. Find on sphere and in objects.  

17-20. Review, combining two values and a single hue for design.

Aim —To recognize a sequence combining three values and five middle hues. To name, match, imitate, and arrange them.

3 borders and frames in various color combinations from Plate 2 of A Color Notation

Rugs and Lattice. From Plate 2. of A Color Notation.


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