Art Integration Lesson Plan Template 1

Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

LTC 4240: Art for Children

Lesson Title & Big Idea: OUR American Melting Pot Grade Level: 5
Lesson Purpose:
The purpose of this lesson is to expand students awareness of and respect for the contributions of their ancestors to the
settling of America and make up of society as we know it.
Class Periods Required: 5
Key Concepts (2-3):
1. American history began with waves of immigrants, bringing their own
cultures and traditions to a vast new country. No other place in the
world has such a diverse population.
2. Our ancestors are the source of our heritage; both contribute to our
identity.
3. Artists like Norman Rockwell have caused us to think of FAMILY and
AMERICA in new ways.
Essential Questions (2-3):
1. Who are your ancestors? / Where did they come from?

2. How was America established?

3. How have artists represented family/ancestors and the establishing
of America in their art?
Lesson Objectives: (Excellent resource at http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48345.html?for_printing=1&detoured=1)
1. Students will enter learning through an art experience, constructing & reconstruct understandings of FAMILY and AMERICA through participation in
VTS art discussions about selected works of art.
2. Students will make connections between the concepts of FAMILY and AMERICA and demonstrate understanding of the relationship by participating
in personally expressive art making.
3. Students will expand their own concepts of AMERICA as they brainstorm, collaborate, and participate in peer review activities.
Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) (3-4) (http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/
Visual Arts
Strand I: Products & Performance
1. Select and apply 2-D media, techniques, and processes to communicate
ideas and solve challenging visual art problems
3. Communicate ideas about subject matter and themes in artworks created
for various purposes
C. Theme - Create an original artwork that communicates ideas about the
following themes:
United States
Patriotism
World
Time (e.g., past, present, future)
Social Studies
3a. Knowledge of continuity and change in history of Missouri and the United
Missouri Core Academic Standards (Common Core State Standards)
(3-4) (http://www.corestandards.org/)


Art Integration Lesson Plan Template 2

States
Outline the discovery, exploration and early settlement of America

Integrated Content Areas:
1. Visual Art
2. Social Studies
Identify & define common vocabulary/concepts that connect visual art with
the non-art content area.
Ancestor a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent,
from whom one is descended
Heritage something that comes or belongs to one by reason of
birth; an inherited lot or portion
Immigrant a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign
country
Anticipatory Set (Gaining Attention):
VTS discussion of Spirit of America by Normal Rockwell
Post VTS Question, Students will create a KWL (Know, Wonder,
Learned) chart including everything the class knows and wonders on
the topic of America

Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set):
Students will share family trees and original artworks to answer the
initiating questions of:
o Who are your ancestors? / Where did they come from?
Students will regroup as a class and discuss the differences between
each others family trees and original artworks to reflect on the
initiating question of:
o How was America established?
As a class, students will complete the Learned column of their
original KWL chart
Lesson Activities & Procedure(s):
Day 1
After the initial VTS discussion and KWL brainstorming, students will
draw a very rough sketch of how they portray AMERICA; the sketch
should be kept in their drawing sketch books to refer back to later on
in the lesson.
Day 2
VTS discussion of Freedom From Want by Norman Rockwell
Post VTS Question, students will draw a very rough sketch of how
they portray FAMILY; the sketch should be kept in their drawing
sketch books to refer back to later on in the lesson.

Day 3
Students will complete a final VTS of Norman Rockwells Family
Tree
Lesson Texts & Materials:
Visual Texts (images):
Spirit of America by Norman Rockwell
Freedom From Want by Norman Rockwell
Family Tree by Norman Rockwell
Art Materials:
Day 1- For KWL Chart
Chart paper
Regular-size water-based markers
Day 3- For Family Tree Homework
Blank Family Tree template worksheet for each student
Day 4- For final piece or original artwork
White 8.5in X 11in printer paper
Colored pencils, markers, crayons, water colors, etc. (any media
students may need to complete their piece portraying the
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After VTS, students will refer back to their sketches of family and
America. They will analyze the sketches and note similarities and
connections between the two separate sketches. Students will
partner up with a peer and share their findings from the sketches.
Students will be given their own blank Family Tree template and
told to complete it for homework (students may need some help from
family members to complete the worksheet.)
Days 4
Students will use their completed Family Tree template to reflect on
their own ancestors, heritage, and family history
Students will complete a final drawing on an 8.5inX11in piece of white
paper; the artwork should communicate the connected themes of
family and America
Day 5
Students will regroup as a class and share their finished artwork;
They will discuss the differences between each others family trees
and original artworks to reflect on the initiating question of:
How was America established?
relationships between family and America)
**each student should have their own sketch book to keep any personal
work/notes in throughout the entire course of the class
Lesson adaptations for challenged learners:
***Students who were not born in America can still participate in the lesson,
however their reflections may be more about their experiences in America
and what they have learned from our country as opposed to their ancestors
coming to America
VTS differentiates instruction naturally by allowing students to enter
the discussion from their own personal knowledge and experience
while scaffolding growth in a collaborative peer atmosphere.
ESL students will benefit from thorough integration of visual and
verbal lesson aspects throughout. Peer helpers & bilingual buddies, if
available, will further assist ESL students.
Students with learning disabilities and/or sensory impairments will be
provided with peer helpers, preferential seating, written as well as
spoken directions, and instructions given in smaller parcels.


Lesson extensions/enrichments for gifted learners:
VTS differentiates instruction naturally by allowing students to enter
the discussion from their own personal knowledge and experience
while scaffolding growth in a collaborative peer atmosphere.
Open-ended art making activities permit gifted learners
opportunities to perform with advanced levels of proficiency.
Gifted learners may serve as peer tutors and scribes for less able
students
Gifted learners may research further back in their family tree than
other students

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Formative Assessment strategies:
Individual topical interviews
Review of original sketches
Summative Assessment strategy:
Completed Family Tree worksheet
Final artwork portraying theme

What student prior knowledge will this lesson require/draw upon?
Students will need to have some prior knowledge about immigration to America

How will you engage students in imagining, exploring, and/or experimenting in this lesson?
Imagining sketch of family and sketch of America
Exploring KWL Chart, VTS discussions, cooperative discussion & brainstorming, research on and completion of family tree
Experimenting final artwork
How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
In this lesson students are forced to make connections between two different concepts, this new concept of relationship can be applied to many
aspects of students lives

How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning?


How will this lesson engage students in assessing their own work and the work of peers?
Students will be able to reflect back on their own work as they investigate and assess their original sketches
Students will assess the work of their peers during their partner discussion of their sketches
Students will assess the work of their peers as the class presents and discuss differences between each others completed family trees and original
artworks

What opportunities/activities will students be given to revise and improve their understandings and their work?
The KWL chart completed by the students provides them with means to reflect on their understandings and revise or improve their knowledge at the
completion of the lesson
What opportunities/activities will you provide for students to share their learning in this lesson?
Students will get the opportunity to share their knowledge during the making of the KWL chart
Students will get to share their knowledge with their peer partner as they engage in cooperative discussion
Students will get to share their knowledge with the class when they presents and discuss differences between each others completed family trees
and original artworks



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Lesson Resources/References:
Family Tree Template: http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-ncBX68M7i
Norman Rockwell Illustrations:

Freedom From Want Spirit of America Family Tree

References
Silverstein, L. B. & Layne, S. (n.d.). Defining arts integration. Retrieved from
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/arts_education/publications/special_publications/Defining%20Arts%20Integration.pdf