Detailed Lesson Plan Preparation

Elementary Education

*Arts Integration, Formally Observed Lesson

Name: Alexa Nicole Atchison

Title: Creative Currency
Grade: Second Grade
Concept/Topic: Economics-Making Money
Time Needed: 30 minutes

Identified Desired Results/ Learning Outcome/ Essential Question

I can compare currency from different countries and different time periods.

I can make educated predictions about the symbols and imagery found on different currency.

I can create guidelines for our second grade currency.

I can create a dollar bill that represents the second grade and Partnership Elementary School.

Teaching Behavior Focus

Lesson Planning and Presentation: Lessons and Units account for students experiences,
prior knowledge, strengths, and stages of development.

Standards and Assessment

State Standards

Social Studies

2.E.1 Understand basic economic concepts.

2.E.1.5 Explain how money is used for saving, spending, borrowing and giving.
2.E.1.2 Explain the roles and impact producers and consumers have on the economy

Visual Arts

2.CR.1 Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.

2.CR.1.2 Evaluate personal work, while in progress and at completion.

2.CX.2 Understand the interdisciplinary connections and life applications of the visual arts.
2.CX.2.2 Understand relationships between art and concepts from other disciplines, such as
math, science, language arts, social studies, and other arts.
2.V.2 Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression.
2.V.2.2 Use personal point of view of the environment as a source of imagery.
2.V.2.3 Create art from real and imaginary sources of inspiration.

Assessment Plan

The Students will be assessed using a collection of formative assessments. Students

discourse will be monitored and analyzed to assess individual funds of knowledge with
particular attention to world currencies and the symbols associated. The students final
product of their dollar bill will be assessed based on the student generated criteria and the
thoughtful use of symbols added to their artwork.

Lesson Plan

Materials/ Resources

Currency Examples
Smart Board
Smart Slides to guide instruction
Bill Templates
Pencils
Crayons
Sharpie ( For Voted Top Currency )

Prior Knowledge/ Connections

Many of the students in the class have traveled to other countries and had experience with
currencies from around the globe. Use these previous experiences to drive a class
conversation about money and the different designs that are depicted on different bills. As
many world currencies have images of leaders on them connect this to the Community
Magnet aspect of the school and the students knowledge of citizenship and traits of a good
citizen. Guide the students to the thinking that these may make good symbols to add on their
own designs.

Lesson Introduction/ Hook

Facilitate a Class discussion about money and the meaning of currency. Ask the students
about the different types of money they have seen and have them compare and contrast the
imagery of different currency. After this initial discussion work through the unit Smartboard
slides of money from around the world. Ask the students what they notice; Symbols, colors,
use of space, size of pictures This discussion will help the students be more successful
when thinking and creating their own designs for the second grade.

Lesson Development

Create Currency!

After the initial discussion of the differents designs of money from around the world have the
students create a rubric for their second grade money. Ask the group, what do you think our
money has to have. Guide the students to the desired response of; monetary amount, school
name, grade level, symbol or their choosing. Remind the students that this design will be able
to show others the important things about Partnership and second grade, and they should
think about this when selecting how they are going to design the bill. The students will be
instructed not to put their name on the front of the page as they will be voting on the top
design later in the lesson. Next show the students the template they will be using. This paper
along with a pencil will be the materials used to start their design. When showing the template
talk to the students about making good use of the space allotted and that they have the
creative freedom to choose how they utilize this space , in regards to size of symbols,word
placement, and the overall look of the piece. Send the students back to their seats to begin to
work on their bills. Put on some design music to add the the creative environment. As the
students finish their creations will be taped to the back whiteboard to display them for the
voting to follow.

The different classes will design a different value bill and the combination of the voted winners
will be used throughout the unit leading up to the Business Bonanza.

*Lawless $1.00 Bill

Altobelli $10.00 Bill
Deans $5.00 Bill

Specific Questioning

New Vocabulary

Currency- the money that a country uses; a specific kind of money

Symbol- an action, object, event, etc., that expresses or represents a particular idea or
quality
Inspiration- something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone
an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone
Imagery- pictures of people or things in a work of art

Concluding the Lesson/ Closure/ Debriefing

At the end of the Social Studies block the students will take a brief gallery walk to the board
to look at all of the different bills created by the group. Students will then return to their seats
and will be handed a sticky note. Students will be instructed to vote for ONE bill design from
the board and place their vote in the Super Hero Bucket. Once a winner has been selected by
their peers this design will be outlined in sharpie and copied to be used at the grade level one
dollar bill.

Follow-Up Activities/ Parent Involvement

This Activity builds on the introduction to economics and democracy. The currencies created
during the lesson will be the money the students earn during the following weeks leading up
to the Business Bonanza on December 18th. Next week the students will begin filling out their
job applications and an additional voting will take place on the 13th of November after the
Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem candidates give their speeches to their peers and parents. These
students will get the opportunity to add theater elements and props to their campaign allowing
for the integration of performing arts elements to the unit of study.
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