Art Lesson Plan
Art Lesson Plan
Art Lesson Plan
her example.
3. Students will create paper dolls/mask that represent their
own culture using everyday materials found in the classroom.
After students finish their artwork they will write a
reflection/explanation about their piece.
4. The students will then begin their research portion of their
project. The teacher will provide a list of countries the
students can research. Each student will choose one then
complete the research paper.
5. After the student completes the research paper and is
approve by they teacher they can start working on their
project. The students will be able to choose one of the
following projects: PowerPoint presentation, poster, brochure,
or a folder suitcase.
6. The students will be given a class period to work on their
presentations and whatever they dont finish will be
homework. They will use everyday materials to complete this
project.
7. Once their projects are done they will be writing a story in
Language Arts. Their story will be about what a day in the life
would be like in the culture they chose to research and how
that differs from their own culture.
8. Next the students will be doing a short 2-3 minute
presentation to the class on the culture they chose to
research. The students will present their project to the class.
9. While the students are presenting the teacher will assess
the students by completing the grading rubric.
10. While the other students are presenting they will fill out a
passport booklet on each culture they see. This will include
the culture name and 2 things they learned.
11.At the end of the presentations the teacher will have wrap
up with a class discussion about how we all come from
different backgrounds and we should respect cultures that
Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set, how will student share what they
learning is happening?)
learned):
Technology Instructional and/or assistive technology incorporated into the lesson to enhance instruction and student learning
The students will be using computers or Ipads to conduct their research. Some of the students may want to create a
PowerPoint presentation.
How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
This lesson will teach the kids how to be accepting of different cultures. They will come across many different cultures in their
lifetime and this lesson will help them understand how to recognize the differences between themselves and that person but
in an accepting way.
How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning? (How will the students know they have learned something?)
They will be routinely reflecting on their learning by doing the worksheets and activities. The worksheet will allow them to
organize and record the new information they are learning about a culture. Also while others are presenting their projects they
will be doing a passport booklet that allows the students to record interesting things they have learned from the presenters
Differentiation:
For students who dont know their background/culture they can use their parent/guardians or ask the teacher to assign
them one.
Accommodations:
Multiple forms of media the students can choose for their presentation.
Extra time on assignment
Allowing student to type if writing is difficult
Modifications:
For certain students you could cut down the amount of research or work.
Allow certain students to do presentation one-on-one with teacher instead of in front of the class.
Increase in Rigor:
For students who finish early you could have them create a paper doll/mask of the culture/background they researched.
They could also choose to research another culture
Do a creative writing about cultural traditions in their own culture or the one they researched.
Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/245377815?access_key=keyZ3gTaH7t3gJuZfNiOjKh&allow_share=false&escape=false&show_recommendations=false&view_mode=scroll
https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/245378312?access_key=key9OSrbloU81USqQvFlCDo&allow_share=false&escape=false&show_recommendations=false&view_mode=scroll
Mo standards app
http://www.native-net.org/na/native-american-masks.html
http://www.thepolkadottedteacher.com/2012/11/culture-around-world-project.html
References
"Native American Masks Worn during Tribal Ceremonies." Native Net. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.native-net.org/na/native-american-masks.html>.
Polk, Amber. "Culture Around the World Project." Adventures of the Polka-Dotted Teacher. N.p., n.d. Web.
<http://www.thepolkadottedteacher.com/2012/11/culture-around-world-project.html>.
Ruopp, Amy. "LTC 4240: Art For Children Fall 2015." LTC 4240: Art For Children Fall 2015. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec.
2015. <http://artforchildrenfs15mu.weebly.com/>.