Turn careful lines and thoughtful colour choices into art students can display and play with. This ready-to-teach Year 5 Line and Shape Art Unit explores Nested Squares through Josef Albers and Kenneth Noland in a connected ten-week CampFire journey.
Why teachers love it
Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.
Precision with a purpose: Students explore how spacing, nested shapes and neighbouring colours change a composition, then apply those decisions to their own artwork.
Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.
What students create
Begin with concentric-ring painting, then explore three connected projects: a clay Nine Men’s Morris game board, a painting of nested-square designs and a digital nested-square composition. Playing the game on paper helps students understand their board before marking the clay.
What is included
Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.
Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.
Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.
Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.
Nine Men’s Morris board template and printable game instructions to take home with the finished clay board.
What you will need
Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.
Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.
Give your Year 5 class an art term where careful planning becomes something personal, colourful and playable.
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