Art Integration Lesson Plan Template 1

Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

LTC 4240: Art for Children
Lesson Title & Big Idea*: Identity-Welcome to My House
Lesson Overview/Summary*: The teacher will read the students a book about different houses from around the world.
They will also look at pictures of different houses around the world and write about how their lives are different and
similar to people around the world and in their own community. They will then add illustrations to their writing showing
their own houses and family life.

Key Concepts (3-4): What you want the students to know.*

1. Visual Art:
How to use color for effect and meaning.
How to use visual thinking strategies to analyze pictures of peoples
homes.
How illustrations portray meaning.
How to properly use materials.
2. Literacy:
Stories tell how people around the world live.
Writing is a way to express your thoughts and feelings.
3. Social Studies:
How people live differently around the world.
How to read a map, locate different countries on the map.
How our lives are different than a lot of peoples around the world.

Grade Level*: First-Second

Class Periods Required:
(please circle)
1

Essential Questions (3-4)*:

How do pictures/illustrations add to the meaning in stories?
How do peoples homes around the world differ from our own? How are
they similar?
How do our homes and our families help define who we are?
How do we locate countries on a map?

Lesson Objectives: (Excellent resource at http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48345.html?for_printing=1&detoured=1): What you want the students to do. *
1. Visual Art: The students will be able to . . .use color and illustrations to depict their home and family life. Use visual thinking strategies when looking at
pictures of peoples homes around the world.
2. Literacy: The students will be able to Write a narrative about their home and how their family lives, including specific stories or events that have shaped
how they feel about their home.
3. Social Studies: The students will be able tocompare and contrast their homes/families with those of their peers and people around the world. They will
also be able to locate the places discussed on a map.
Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)
1. Visual Art:

(3-4) (http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)

Identify & define common vocabulary that connect the art form with the
other identified content areas:

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3A.1- Portrait: Create an original artwork showing family members.
3C.1- Create original artwork that communicates ideas about the following
themes:
People (e.g., self, family, friends)
AP1A.1- Discuss a response (feeling or idea) to an artwork based upon the
students life experience
2. Literacy: (Common Core)

Illustrations: an example to clarify or prove something.

Identity: the condition of being oneself or itself and not another.
Venn Diagram: a diagram that represents sets and their
relationships.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3- Write narratives in which they recount two or

more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what
happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense
of closure.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.5- With guidance and support from adults, focus on a
topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to
strengthen writing as needed.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8- With guidance and support from adults, recall
information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to
answer a question.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.4- Describe people, places, things, and events with
relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
3. Social Studies:
SS6 1.10- Explain how people have common physical, social and emotional
needs
SS6 1.9- Describe how needs are met by families and friends
SS6 1.9- Compare how peoples needs have been met in different ways in
different cultures at various times
SS7 1.1- Identify visual, graphic and auditory aids (globes, maps)
Content Areas Integrated*:
1. Visual Art (Inspiration Artist: Yoshio Komatsu and James Mollison)
Look at the photo essay by James Mollison entitled Where Children

Lesson Activities & Procedure(s) (please be very specific):

1. After the anticipatory set have the students continue to sit on the carpet

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Sleep. Students will draw pictures of their own homes and how they
live in their homes, including their family.
2. Literacy
Read the book Wonderful Houses Around the World by Yoshio
Komatsu. Look at the photo essay by James Mollison entitled Where
Children Sleep

and discuss things that they felt were familiar with their own homes and
families. Talk about what it means to compare and contrast and write a few
examples on the board. This should be brief.

3. Social Studies
Talk about peoples houses around the world and how they
compare/contrast to students own homes and the community.

3. Have one person from each group share something that everyone had in
common.

2. Students will then break into small groups (3-4) and talk about their own
homes and lifestyle. They will discuss for 3 minutes.

4. Have students go back to their desks and write a list of things they think
are important about their family and their home.
5. Have students return to the carpet (or this could be day two of the
lesson). Briefly introduce the book Wonderful Houses Around the World,
and then read it to the students. Have a map on the board to show where
each person is from.
6. Have 2-3 volunteers say something they found really interesting about the
book. Put those things on the Venn diagram as examples for class.
7. The students will return to their seats and make a Venn Diagram of their
own comparing and contrasting their own homes and lifestyles to those that
they saw in the book.
8. Using their Venn diagrams students will write a narrative about their
family and their home. They must include two things about their house that
is the same as some of the ones they saw and two things that were
different.
9. Students will have one peer read their story and give suggestions.
10. After students have checked to make sure they have made the proper
revisions (including checking for capital letters, punctuation, and proper
spacing) students will draw appropriate illustrations to support their story.
These pictures must include grade appropriate coloring skills (i.e. no

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scribbling).

Anticipatory Set (Gaining Attention)*:

The teacher will bring in pictures of his or her home and family, including
pictures of their room and some of their most prized possessions. They will
have the students sit on the carpet and the images will be shared on the
smartboard.
Formative Assessment strategy:
Visual Arts: Did the students complete the assigned project neatly and
properly?
Literacy: Check that the students revised their stories and made the proper
adjustments suggested to them by their peers.
Social Studies: Did the students participate in the classroom discussions? Did
they complete their Venn diagram?

11. After everyone is finished make a gallery of the students work and do a
show and tell so that everyone gets a chance to see and reflect on their
peers work.
12. Come back together and discuss big similarities in everyones and big
differences. Talk about how even in some parts of America things are very
different.
Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set):
VTS a few of the pictures from Mollisons Where Children Sleep. Have the
students write down things that they see and discuss why those things
might be there and what the people living there use them for.

Summative Assessment strategy*:

Visual Arts: Did the students use grade appropriate coloring (i.e. no
scribbling)? Do their illustrations add to their stories in a positive way?
Literacy: Did the students express their ideas clearly?
Social Studies: Where the students able to fully understand the compare
and contrast between their homes and the ones they saw in the book?

What student prior knowledge will this lesson require/draw upon?

Students should already know their primary colors and how to use basic art materials properly. Students should also have a basic understanding of how to
read a map. This lesson will also require prior knowledge of how to write a personal narrative, it does not have to be extensive but some knowledge is
necessary.
How will you engage students in imagining, exploring, and/or experimenting in this lesson?
Students will able to pull ideas from the book as well as their own memories and experiences when writing their narrative. They can draw their homes and
families as they see them.
How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
This lesson will show students that although their lifestyle may be very different from someone elses, they still have many things in common and should be
treated the same way.
How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning?

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Identity is a big part of a students ability to learn, therefore the teacher should remind students that they need to remember that while people may be
different, there are also many things that connect them.
How will you adapt the various aspects of the lesson to differently-abled students?
If a student has trouble focusing when the book is read out loud I will allow them to have the book to look at afterwards so that they can have something in
their hands to focus on. If a student has trouble talking in a group they can choose to write it down instead. If a student needs more guidance when writing
their narrative they can use a worksheet that breaks their story down into parts so that they can get all the necessary aspects.
What opportunities/activities will students be given to revise and improve their understandings and their work?
Students should already know how to do the basic edits and if they forget those a peer will read it over and help catch mistakes. After the teacher reads the
stories, if something majorly needs to be fixed students will have the opportunity to revise it as homework or during work stations so as to improve their
understanding of the topic.
What opportunities/activities will you provide for students to share their learning in this lesson?
Students will be able to share their ideas and thoughts in group discussions. At the end of the lesson they will have a show and tell/mini gallery where their
classmates will get to see their work.
Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
Photographic Essay Where Children Sleep by James Mollison
Book Wonderful Houses Around the World by Yoshio Komatsu
Website Kid World Citizen http://kidworldcitizen.org/2012/01/03/a-look-at-houses-around-the-world/

* Include this information during the Popplet presentation.

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