Literacy Integrated Unit:
Visual Arts
Read 3226/ Fall 2011
By:
Leah Barrett Codi Davis
Taylor Falvo Stacey Johnson
Kari Teague
Overview:
This unit will help students become more familiar with the importance of visual arts in literacy and in their daily lives. Each lesson builds upon the previous one, leading to a final culmination of a The Wonderful Wizard of Oz celebration by the students. This celebration incorporates the integration of math, history, music, and science that students have been working on throughout the unit.
Essential Questions:
1. Why is visual art important in our daily lives?
2. How can we incorporate visual arts into our daily lives?
3. How do music and art bridge the gap between different cultures and create a common ground for everyone?
Links To Subject Area Content:
In this unit, students will be learning about the importance of visual art in many subject areas and in their daily lives based on reading the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Students will learn through literacy integration by exploration in science, social studies, drama, creative writing and mathematics, In science, the students will learn about weather (tornados and cyclones) and about the importance of recycling in our communities and how they can make a difference. In social studies/mathematics, students will determine how to measure distance between two places and observe differences they would see along the way from now verses 100 years ago. Also in social studies, students will learn about cultural differences by learning what school was like in the 1900s, by creating a classroom with no technology and minimum resources. In drama, students will decide what they want in their lives by creating their own song lyrics based on a popular song from the book. In creative writing, students will learn how to draw and create a character in detail. In creative writing students are also asked to explore the differences between reality and fantasy through exploration of differences in traits. In mathematics, students will learn about measurement by creating their own non-standard unit of measurement.
Skills/Behavior/Knowledge Acquired:
At the end of this unit, students will be able to understand the importance of Visual Arts in everyday life. Students will understand the connections that bond us all through art by the integration through literacy in science, social studies, drama, creative writing, and mathematics. Through exploration of visual arts, students will strive to make positive connections in everyday life.
NCSCOS: VISUAL ARTS - Grade 4
COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
Objectives:
1.01 Expand the sense of environment to include global awareness as a source of ideas for imagery.
1.02 Create work which approaches a higher level of realism.
COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes. (National Standard 1)
Objectives:
2.03 Increase skills with familiar materials.
2.04 Demonstrate one's own thought and feelings visually, using sequential, visual narrative.
COMPETENCY GOAL 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. (National Standard 4)
Objectives:
5.01 Recognize that art can serve more than one purpose and/or function in a given culture.
COMPETENCY GOAL 8: The learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession.
Objectives:
8.01 Discuss how some ways of making art are different than in the past but some are the same.
8.02 Discuss how there are art related jobs today that did not exist in the past such as photographer, videographer and computer artist.
Texts:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By: L.Frank Baum
This classic book allows its use of music and visual arts to be the springboard for this integrated literacy unit.
Scarecrow Craft
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/scarecrow.htm
This is a fun way for kids to learn about bones and create their own scarecrow.
YouTube: “If I Only Had a Brain”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
This video is an excellent way to engage the students in the theme of the unit and to discuss what they want in their lives.
Recycling
http://worththewhisk.com/2009/09/24/how-to-make-a-tin-can-man
This is an excellent creative way to show students the importance of recycling through their own artwork and recycling.
National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com --> Videos: Tornadoes 101
Lesson Plan Activity:Activity from: (www.sciencekids.co.nz)
Assignments and Assessments:
In this unit, students will be learning about the importance of art and music in many subject areas and in their daily lives based on reading the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Students will learn through literacy integration by exploration in science, social studies, drama, creative writing and mathematics, In science, the students will learn about tornados and cyclones by creating their own tornado in a liter bottle. Students will also learn about the importance of recycling in science and how they can make a difference in their communities by recycling and creating their own tin man. In social studies/mathematics, students will determine how long (distance) it would take to walk on a yellow brick road from their house to the White House. Students would be walking as the characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and discuss the differences they would see along the way from now verses 100 years ago. Also in social studies, Students will emulate what a classroom is like in the 1900s using no technology and minimum resources. In drama, students will come up with their own lyric based on the song, “If I Only Had a Brain” as sung by the Scarecrow in the movie, The Wizard of Oz. Students will decide what they want in their lives by creating this lyric. In creative writing, students will draw their favorite character from the book and describe that character in detail. In creative writing students are also asked to explore the differences between reality and fantasy by creating a chart with the teacher at a later date. In mathematics, students will create a yellow brick road of paper for the classroom floor and record their findings while changing brick sizes and locations of brick measurement. All of these assignments are assessed on an on-going basis by the artwork created, data logged, charts made and experiments/projects created.
This unit will help students become more familiar with the importance of visual arts in literacy and in their daily lives. Each lesson builds upon the previous one, leading to a final culmination of a The Wonderful Wizard of Oz celebration by the students. This celebration incorporates the integration of math, history, music, and science that students have been working on throughout the unit.
Essential Questions:
1. Why is visual art important in our daily lives?
2. How can we incorporate visual arts into our daily lives?
3. How do music and art bridge the gap between different cultures and create a common ground for everyone?
Links To Subject Area Content:
In this unit, students will be learning about the importance of visual art in many subject areas and in their daily lives based on reading the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Students will learn through literacy integration by exploration in science, social studies, drama, creative writing and mathematics, In science, the students will learn about weather (tornados and cyclones) and about the importance of recycling in our communities and how they can make a difference. In social studies/mathematics, students will determine how to measure distance between two places and observe differences they would see along the way from now verses 100 years ago. Also in social studies, students will learn about cultural differences by learning what school was like in the 1900s, by creating a classroom with no technology and minimum resources. In drama, students will decide what they want in their lives by creating their own song lyrics based on a popular song from the book. In creative writing, students will learn how to draw and create a character in detail. In creative writing students are also asked to explore the differences between reality and fantasy through exploration of differences in traits. In mathematics, students will learn about measurement by creating their own non-standard unit of measurement.
Skills/Behavior/Knowledge Acquired:
At the end of this unit, students will be able to understand the importance of Visual Arts in everyday life. Students will understand the connections that bond us all through art by the integration through literacy in science, social studies, drama, creative writing, and mathematics. Through exploration of visual arts, students will strive to make positive connections in everyday life.
NCSCOS: VISUAL ARTS - Grade 4
COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
Objectives:
1.01 Expand the sense of environment to include global awareness as a source of ideas for imagery.
1.02 Create work which approaches a higher level of realism.
COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes. (National Standard 1)
Objectives:
2.03 Increase skills with familiar materials.
2.04 Demonstrate one's own thought and feelings visually, using sequential, visual narrative.
COMPETENCY GOAL 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. (National Standard 4)
Objectives:
5.01 Recognize that art can serve more than one purpose and/or function in a given culture.
COMPETENCY GOAL 8: The learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession.
Objectives:
8.01 Discuss how some ways of making art are different than in the past but some are the same.
8.02 Discuss how there are art related jobs today that did not exist in the past such as photographer, videographer and computer artist.
Texts:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By: L.Frank Baum
This classic book allows its use of music and visual arts to be the springboard for this integrated literacy unit.
Scarecrow Craft
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/scarecrow.htm
This is a fun way for kids to learn about bones and create their own scarecrow.
YouTube: “If I Only Had a Brain”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
This video is an excellent way to engage the students in the theme of the unit and to discuss what they want in their lives.
Recycling
http://worththewhisk.com/2009/09/24/how-to-make-a-tin-can-man
This is an excellent creative way to show students the importance of recycling through their own artwork and recycling.
National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com --> Videos: Tornadoes 101
Lesson Plan Activity:Activity from: (www.sciencekids.co.nz)
Assignments and Assessments:
In this unit, students will be learning about the importance of art and music in many subject areas and in their daily lives based on reading the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Students will learn through literacy integration by exploration in science, social studies, drama, creative writing and mathematics, In science, the students will learn about tornados and cyclones by creating their own tornado in a liter bottle. Students will also learn about the importance of recycling in science and how they can make a difference in their communities by recycling and creating their own tin man. In social studies/mathematics, students will determine how long (distance) it would take to walk on a yellow brick road from their house to the White House. Students would be walking as the characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and discuss the differences they would see along the way from now verses 100 years ago. Also in social studies, Students will emulate what a classroom is like in the 1900s using no technology and minimum resources. In drama, students will come up with their own lyric based on the song, “If I Only Had a Brain” as sung by the Scarecrow in the movie, The Wizard of Oz. Students will decide what they want in their lives by creating this lyric. In creative writing, students will draw their favorite character from the book and describe that character in detail. In creative writing students are also asked to explore the differences between reality and fantasy by creating a chart with the teacher at a later date. In mathematics, students will create a yellow brick road of paper for the classroom floor and record their findings while changing brick sizes and locations of brick measurement. All of these assignments are assessed on an on-going basis by the artwork created, data logged, charts made and experiments/projects created.