CEP Lesson Plan Form

CEP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Dawn Date: 9/4/2017

School: Poudre High School-Instruction II Grade Level: collegiate

Content Area: Art

Title: Circle of Viewpoints

Lesson #:_1_ of __

Lesson Idea/Topic and Rational/Relevance:

What are you going to teach and why is this
lesson important to these students? What
has already happened in this classroom
surrounding the subject you will be
teaching? What do students already know?
Why are you going to teach this topic now
(how does it fit in the curricular sequence)?
What teaching methods/strategy will you
be use and why?

Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the standard)

Use the visual arts to perceive art by studying, making meaning and recognizing art, in order to express
and communicate in art; Implement critical thinking by analyzing, contemplating and questioning visual
arts, to express, justify and experience the aesthetics of art and experience different perspectives and
ideas from different methods and art forms.; Generate works of art that employ unique ideas, feeling
and values by using different styles and forms of expression.; Relating to art and it connection to the
human experience and personal experience and attaching meaning, replying and reacting to art. Relating
to art from diverse cultures and perspectives.

Understandings: (Big Ideas)

Become familiar with different viewpoint and perspectives that might lead students to explore, to
recognize the and synthesize works of art.

Develop the skills to be able to recognize different perspectives, in order to create an understanding of
how others my be thinking and feeling.

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Recognizing that others do think differently leading students to explore other viewpoints

To acquire a general understanding in order to have an almost completely open mind to topics, issues or
events throughout the process.

Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of instruction, select
applicable questions from standard)

Are students recognizing different art styles, mediums and perspectives? Are their perspectives open to
the artist and others ideas and interpretations?

Do they recognize why the artist made the decisions they did and relate this to other artist and their own
of art?

Do others perspectives open up new thoughts and feelings about the work of art? Does the viewing
experience change? Does this cause you to explore the work further and notice certain components that
were not seen before?

Were questions asked about the work in order to explore and gain new perspectives or understandings?

How does the student connect to the piece of art? Personal experience or issues that influence your
opinion and perspective?

Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets) AND (Success Criteria)

I can: Recognize new perspectives and have a open mind and a broader understanding of topics, ideas,
issues and events when creating my art and viewing my peers art. I can ask answer one of the
following questions I am thinking of. From the viewpoint of? Think because? A
question/concern from this viewpoint?

This means:

List of Assessments: (Note whether the assessment is formative or summative)

Sharing work in a critic in front of the class or small groups using the Circle of Viewpoints strategy.

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Viewing famous works of art and assessing them with peers while trying to recognize and explored
others perspectives.

List of Significant Vocabulary:

Perspective: a way of regarding situations, facts, etc and judging their relative importance.

Identify: To associate oneself with or admire something such as a set of ideas.

Recognize: to perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of.

Opinion: a belief or conclusion that held with confidence but not sustained by positive knowledge or
proof

Emotion: something that takes place especially a significant occurrence

Ideas: the exercises or use of the intellect

Viewpoint: a position from which something is observed or considered

Different: distinct or separate

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 Name and Purpose of
In this lesson I hope that students will have an open mind to ideas
Lesson when creating art and viewing other works of art, after practicing in
CEP Lesson Should be a creative title for you
Plan Form the Circle of Viewpoints. Art creates reaction, generates ideas and is
and the students to associate with
open for interpretation by the viewers. Discussing and analyzing art
the activity. Think of the purpose
from different view point can open up many new doors as far as how
as the mini-rationale for what you
we view the world and those around us. It can create a better
Planned Lesson
are trying to accomplish through Activities
understanding and improve critical thinking skills. After one is open to
this lesson.
hearing new perspectives it leads them to explore different
perspectives opening up many new possibilities in all subject matters,
ways of thinking and creating.
Approx. Time and 15 minutes
Materials
How long do you expect the
activity to last and what materials
will you need?
Anticipatory Set Talking about my experience in art and others experiences in/with
The hook to grab students creating art? How, what and when they had their art experience? Was
attention. These are actions and it good/bad why? Circle of viewpoints activity what is art? What is a
statements by the teacher to good work of art why? What is interpreted from abstract art or
relate the experiences of the realism? What do you interpret from both? Which one do you like?
students to the objectives of the How do other people feel? Does this change anything for you? Can
lesson, To put students into a you look at the work differently and feel you have a new perspective?
receptive frame of mind.
To focus student attention
on the lesson.
To create an organizing
framework for the ideas,
principles, or information
that is to follow
(advanced organizers)
An anticipatory set is used any
time a different activity or new
concept is to be introduced.
How do you intend to engage
your students in thinking during The strategy I intend to use is _______Circle of viewpoints
the Anticipatory Set? ___________________________________

Why are you using it at this point I am using this strategy here because:
in your lesson? Opinions and perspectives and an important part in the art world
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open minded
something that can be interpreted in many ways can develpoe critical
thinking skills that can apply in all subjects.
Procedures At the beginning of the presentation I will present what the strategy is
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Post Lesson Reflection

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize assessment data to justify
your level of achievement)

2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to
teach again?

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)

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