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ELEMENTARY LESSON PLANS

 

Submitted by Suzie Carter, Cumberland County Schools

Lesson Title:
Self-Portrait Unit - Lesson #3

Grade Level or Course:
Fourth Grade

Time Allotment:
40 minutes

Targeted Goals and Objectives from the 2000 North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12:

1.02 Create work that approaches a higher level of realism.
4.01 Create extended visual narratives based on one's own life and experiences.
5.07 Recognize that individuals are products of their own culture.
6.01 Describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
6.0 Understand experience varies from individual to individual and from culture to culture.
7.01 Recognize that in a particular place or time, shared beliefs or knowledge will affect the ideas, issues, or themes in all disciplines.

Targeted Goals and Objectives from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and Grade
Level Competencies, K-12 for other content areas.

English Language Arts: Writing three descriptive paragraphs in their classroom. 1) Describe them physically, 2) describe the student's character, and 3) describe their favorite pastimes.
English Language Arts: art terms incorporated in weekly spelling list.
Computer: classroom teacher used computer class for typing their self-narrative and practiced using "editing" mode.
Music: The students will use their self-narrative to create a "rap". CD/ tapes played in the classroom while drawing their self-portraits.
Social Studies: The students will view the world map during the discussion on the artist and see each country's proximity to each other compared to where they live.

 

Lesson Objective(s):

There is a need in my school area, with the influx of Hispanic people, for an understanding of this culture. Students can become life long learners by widening their understanding of another culture, become better readers, have a better understanding of the computer, become more accomplished writers, and an awareness of their inner self.

Materials/Equipment Needed:

  • An Hispanic person from the community to share their culture with the students.

  • Artifacts from a local museum or gathered from community or students.

  • Art books on Frida Kahlo from the local library.

  • CD/Cassette to listen to Hispanic music.

  • Student's drawing journal.

 

Lesson Procedure:

The students and myself created two rubrics in order to gage their success around the midpoint of our lesson and another for the success of the final product. The students in their groups addressed the midpoint rubric. How successful were they with their self-portraits and the self-narrative. At this point the students could make changes with either. The final rubric outlined how each student could be the most successful. The students are now aware of what is expected to attain "Advanced Artist". We decided that the #3 is what each should strive for.

Assessment:

The students and myself designed Two rubrics. #1 is for the midpoint and #2 is for the final product.

Special Considerations:

This is the third lesson of five in the unit.

 

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