Art

Integration Lesson Plan Template 1

Art Integration Lesson Plan Template

LTC 4240: Art for Children

Lesson Title & Big Idea*: Fourth of July Big Idea- history of the Fourth of July
Grade Level*: 3rd grade
Lesson Overview/Summary*: The purpose of this lesson is to teach the students about the history of the Fourth of July,
Class Periods Required:
reiterate that information by reading a short story, test their knowledge and memory, ask them to share personal
(please circle)
opinions and traditions, let them listen to multiple nationally recognized songs and ask them to interpret each song, and
finally do an art project at the end of the lesson. The art project is that the students are assigned to create fireworks any 1 2 3
way they choose. I will have a variety of supplies and they will have to be creative and create fireworks any way that
they want. When every student is finished, they will write a short story about what they have learned in that lesson.

Key Concepts (3-4): What you want the students to know.*
Essential Questions (3-4)*:
1. Visual Art:
What is the significance of the Fourth of July?
What year was our country founded?
The texture of shapes can give the viewer a better understanding of
Can you name one national song we listened to?
what your artwork is portraying.

Using positive shapes and negative shapes, it is possible to create
anything you can imagine.
Organic shapes are a great tool to use when making fireworks.
2. Literacy:
Comprehension of the short story is critical to understanding the true
history of the Fourth of July.
While reading, it is helpful to visualize in your head the information
you are reading.
When finished reading, create a short summary in your mind to
remind you of what you read, later on.
3. Social Studies:
When learning about the history of the Fourth of July, students will
develop a greater sense of civic understanding.
Critical thinking will foster questions and will in turn, allow the
student to take in more information.
Throughout the lesson, if questions arise, students should draw
inferences and research to see if their inferences were correct.


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. *

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1. Visual Art: The students will be able to create their interpretation of fireworks using various materials that are available to them.
2. Literacy: The students will be able to write a story that includes what they have learned about the Fourth of July.
3. Social Studies: The students will be able to recite the history of the Fourth of July and relate it to various national songs.

Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) (3-4) (http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)
Identify & define common vocabulary that connect the art form with the
1. Visual Art: Demonstrate an additive process (e.g. string, cardboard, glue,
other identified content areas:
found objects).
Organic Shapes- freeform shapes that follow no rules and have no specific
structure or name
Texture- the structure, feel, and appearance of something
2. Literacy: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and
Comprehension- the capacity for understanding
convey ideas and information clearly.
Summarize- expressing or covering the main points briefly
Declaration of Independence- the public document by which the United
3. Social Studies: State the main purposes of the Declaration of
States of America was declared to be free and independent of England in
Independence.
1776.
13 Colonies- before its independence, America was made up on 13 colonies


and was ruled by Great Britain
Independence Day- a U.S. national holiday celebrated on July 4 in
commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from
England in 1776; Fourth of July

Content Areas Integrated*:
Lesson Activities & Procedure(s) (please be very specific):
1. Visual Art (Inspiration Artist: Cai Guo Qiang)
1. Ask students to share the traditions of the 4th of July in our country.
2. Literacy
2. Teach facts about the 4th of July on the smart board
3. Social Studies
3. Individually, read a short story about the history of the 4th of July

4. Review session- take volunteers to tell you what they have learned so far
5. Put a worksheet on the white board and inform the class you are filling it
out together.
6. Take volunteers to come to the front of the room and write in 1 answer at
a time.
7. Play God Bless the U.S.A. and Star Spangled Banner on Youtube.
8. Call on students to explain how they think those two songs relate to the
4th of July and their significance.
9. Introduce the art project (making personal fireworks)
10. Talk about organic shapes and texture and how that can be applied to
the making of fireworks.
11. Explain what materials are available to them and where those materials

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are located.
12. Express your expectations during the art project and what kinds of
actions are acceptable and what are not acceptable.
12. Give the class directions on what to do when they are finished and
remind them of the clean-up duties.
13. When every student is finished, explain that in order for you to know
what they have learned, the students will be writing a short story.
14. Instruct them that they must include at least 3 facts that they have
learned throughout the lesson.
15. When students begin finishing their stories, take volunteers to come to
the front of the room and read their story aloud for the class.
16. After about 4 or 5 volunteers, collect the short stories and begin next
activity.
Anticipatory Set (Gaining Attention)*: Can anyone name the major holiday in Closure (Reflecting Anticipatory Set):
July that Americans celebrate? Is it when we eat turkey? Is it when we carve
At the end of the lesson, have each student write a short, story about
pumpkins? Is it when we hunt for eggs in our yard? If not, can five people
anything that has to do with what they learned about throughout the
raise their hand and tell me a tradition Americans do during this holiday?
lesson. Their story must include at least three facts that they learned
throughout the lesson. When they are finished, they can volunteer to go to
the front of the room and read their short story aloud for the class.


Formative Assessment strategy: Verbally ask students throughout the lesson Summative Assessment strategy*:
to recite what they learned from the activity before.
At the end of the lesson, have the students write a short story that has to

include at least three facts that they learned throughout the lesson. After

reading some aloud, the students will turn it into the teacher, so the teacher
is able to see if they comprehended the material or not.


What student prior knowledge will this lesson require/draw upon?
1.The students will have had experiences with the Fourth of July
2. The students have learned a little bit about the history of our country.
3. The students are aware what fireworks typically look like.
4. The students are able to create a story.

How will you engage students in imagining, exploring, and/or experimenting in this lesson?
I will engage students in exploring and imagining by exposing them to songs that they may have not heard before. By doing this, the students will have to use

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critical thinking and explore the multimedia I am giving them access to. In addition, the students will be able to experiment with different materials while
making their own personal fireworks.

How will this lesson allow for/encourage students to solve problems in divergent ways?
The art portion of this lesson will allow students to solve problems differently from any other students in the class. When making their fireworks, they may
run into a problem that perhaps no one else in the class has run into and will be forced to problem solve in a different way than their neighbor.

How will you engage students in routinely reflecting on their learning?
Everyday have the students participate in a round-table discussion and discuss what they learned throughout the day and what they disliked/liked about
lessons, behavior, or specials.

How will you adapt the various aspects of the lesson to differently-abeled students?
If there was challenged learners in the class, I would seat those students in the front of the room, close to the teacher to minimize distractions, and I would
have those students work one on one with another student in the class while doing the closing lesson activity. If there were gifted learners in the class, I
would encourage them to put together a mini-lesson (with information they learned during my lesson) and teach it to another class in the building (perhaps a
Kindergarten class).

What opportunities/activities will students be given to revise and improve their understandings and their work?
At the elementary level, revising their work is hard. However, to improve their knowledge, I might ask them to go home, research with their parents, and
bring back one very interesting fact about the 4th of July that we did not talk about in class. For the students who want to share, I will allow them to share
with the entire class so that the entire class improves their knowledge as well.

What opportunities/activities will you provide for students to share their learning in this lesson?
The students will be able to share what they have learned with their parents. When they go home and do more research with their parents and bring back
an interesting fact that the class did not already learn, the individual students will be able to share what they have researched at home with the whole class.
There are so many facts about the 4th of July, and I will have covered a lot of them during the lesson; however, I think it will be fun for the kids to go home
with their parents and do further research to see what else they can learn about the holiday and then share with their class. The students will also be able to
share what they have learned when they read their short stories to the class. These short stories will be interesting for the other students in the class to
hear, and it will also be a representation of the students learning since it must include at least 3 facts from the lesson on the 4th of July.

Lesson Resources/References (please be very specific by providing links, authors, titles, etc.):
Worksheet to be done on the board: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Price-Range/Free/Grade-Level/First/Search:4th+of+july
Facts about the history: http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/why-do-we-celebrate-the-fourth-of-july-4th-of-july-facts-for-kids/

God Bless the U.S.A. song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E
Star Spangled Banner song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i426pbQJZ_g

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Short story to be read individually: http://www.just4kidsmagazine.com/beacon4god/july4.html



* 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