CRAYON DIVERSITY

McKenna Garman
For 3rd Grade
Lesson Overview
Student will learn about diversity
through crayon drawings and the art of
Synthia Saint James.
Key Concepts: What the students should
KNOW

Visual Art: Students should know how

crucial using different colors are in art and
how a certain color can change a picture.
Social Studies: Students should know that
diversity is a good thing in a classroom and
in life and how having a diverse
environment is beneficial for everyone.
Literacy: Students should know how the
activity relates to their own classroom and
the world around them.
Essential Questions
How can diversity be represented with a
box of crayons?
Is diversity just in the classroom? Or the
whole world?
How can we use what we know about
diversity to improve it?
Lesson Objectives: What the students
should DO

Visual Art: The students will be able to use

more colors to better depict their family
more accurately.
Social Studies: The students will be able to
make connections between their pictures
and their classroom while thinking about
diversity.
Literacy: Students should be able to
compare the activity and the diversity of
their classroom in a paragraph.
Content Areas Integrated
Visual Art: (Inspiration Artist: Synthia
Saint James)
Social Studies: Diversity/ Culture
Literacy: Writing
Anticipatory Set
The opening lesson will be the teacher
going around giving every student just
ONE crayon. The teacher will then
explain that using just their ONE crayon
that the students need to draw a
detailed picture of their family, house,
pets, etc., trying not to leave anything
important out.
Summative Assessment
The summative assessment for this
assignment would be the writing the
students do at the end of the lesson.
This is the time for them to show what
they have learned about art and
diversity.