Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form with another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both.
Students will compare portrayals of individual soldiers to depictions of battle scenes, …
Students will compare portrayals of individual soldiers to depictions of battle scenes, write two articles representing two different perspectives about a current war, and manipulate a photograph to alter its mood.
This module of the course focuses on organizing curricular documentation and student …
This module of the course focuses on organizing curricular documentation and student learning evidence into a reflective exhibition or narrative that explains student learning and what inclusive educational practice supported that learning. During the module you will use a scoring rubric to help analyze some sample cases and give constructive feedback to improve the educative value of the cases or exhibitions for other educators.
Students will research how the development of the atomic bomb affected people …
Students will research how the development of the atomic bomb affected people in World War II, participate in a debate about the bomb's use, and investigate how it has affected people's lives since 1945.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students look at works …
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students look at works of art that convey the idea of working together and think about how artists use space -- foreground, middle ground, and background -- to communicate this concept. In groups they use their knowledge of space to create a three-dimensional tableau that communicates the concept of working together
Students will analyze a 20th century photograph of a Los Angeles landscape, …
Students will analyze a 20th century photograph of a Los Angeles landscape, utilizing the principles of design and discussing the message of the work. They will also consider the history of Los Angeles within the broader context of population expansion in U.S. history and write a research paper about the environmental impacts of overpopulation.
Students will examine the influence of Greek and Roman mythology on art, …
Students will examine the influence of Greek and Roman mythology on art, discuss strategies of propaganda in an ancient portrait and a 17th-century cabinet, and create a campaign poster for a classroom candidate that uses Greek or Roman iconography.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. In this lesson we …
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. In this lesson we celebrate by creating a hat that expresses the ideas of caring relationships and working together that were explored in this unit.
Students will read writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson and discuss the principles …
Students will read writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson and discuss the principles of transcendentalism. They will then discuss a landscape photograph by Carleton Watkins and use pinhole cameras to create photographic essays depicting a modern-day environmental issue.
Make connections between Dorothea Lange's images and the history of the Dust …
Make connections between Dorothea Lange's images and the history of the Dust Bowl, the Depression, World War II, and large-scale agriculture in the United States. Students learn about the role of photography in news stories and write their own news story.
Beginning-level students will compare and contrast different uses of land in the …
Beginning-level students will compare and contrast different uses of land in the state of California and write a letter about a modern-day environmental issue.
Music educator Michelle Lewis teaches her students how to create vodcast music …
Music educator Michelle Lewis teaches her students how to create vodcast music lessons. Lewis hopes that their vodcast YouTube channel will help students in schools without a music program learn music concepts.
Kentucky reading teacher Ashley Judd uses augmented reality to get her students …
Kentucky reading teacher Ashley Judd uses augmented reality to get her students excited about learning. The PBS Digital Innovator says she has seen student engagement soar since she started using more technology in her classroom because students are already excited about using iPads and other devices. In this video, students use an augmented reality app to create an interactive memory book.
This is a template for lessons developed by the San Francisco Unified …
This is a template for lessons developed by the San Francisco Unified School District SLANT Cohort. (Replace this text with a short description of your SLANT-inspired lesson. Then add learning goals, keywords, standards alignments, subjects, and grades in their respective fields.)
This is a template for lessons developed by the San Francisco Unified …
This is a template for lessons developed by the San Francisco Unified School District SLANT Cohort. (Replace this text with a short description of your SLANT-inspired lesson. Then add learning goals, keywords, standards alignments, subjects, and grades in their respective fields.)
Students observe and study insects depicted in a seventeenth-century drawing. They identify …
Students observe and study insects depicted in a seventeenth-century drawing. They identify characteristics common to all insects and those unique to particular species. Students research and draw insects, incorporating a variety of lines and shapes and using value to depict three-dimensionality.
Percussionist Steven Angel has developed an innovative program that uses rhythm to …
Percussionist Steven Angel has developed an innovative program that uses rhythm to help struggling students improve their reading fluency and comprehension. Deceptively simple -- a facilitator taps out a basic rhythm while students read aloud -- the method relaxes students, helps them focus, and is effective in after-school intervention programs as well as traditional classrooms.
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