Arts Lesson Plan

Date submitted: 7/15/2008 

Author:

School:

Ruann Meade

Valley Elementary School

Title:

Grade Level:

Arts Discipline:

Principal

4-5

Arts Integration/ Humanities: Visual Arts

Lesson Overview/Description:

The students will learn the history of clay.


Idaho Content Standards:

Humanities: Specific Content Standard goals/objectives achieved in lesson

Standard 1: Historical and Cultural Contexts

Standard 2: Critical Thinking

Standard 3: Performance

 

 

Integration Focus: What is the reason for integrating these disciplines?



 

Learning Targets:

What you want students to know and be able to do as a result of learning process

Assessment Criteria:

The observable traits and dimensions of meeting the learning target—what it looks, sounds, or feels like when the student demonstrates this newly acquired knowledge or skill.

 



 




 




Responding/Reflecting: Guiding Questions before, during and after the lesson activity that help students build critical thinking skills, link big ideas with historical/cultural resources, and reflect on and assess their own and other’s art.  

1. Describe

2. Analyze

3. Interpret

4. Evaluate


Learning Sequence: Indicate steps needed to achieve learning targets

Note Idaho Humanities Content

Standard/student artistic process

element addressed in each step

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Responding: Closing Reflection with Students

Did you achieve the learning targets? How effectively did you meet each assessment criteria for the lesson?

 

 


Key Vocabulary: Arts and Integration-focused

Arts Historical/Cultural Resources: Artists, artwork, performances, music, websites, DVDs, books...

Materials, Equipment, Space: Art or classroom supplies, tools, instruments, props, special classroom set-up arrangements

 

 

 




 











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