Lesson Plan Examples
Lesson Plan: Explore art and movement inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series
This is a lesson divided into two separate 50 minutes periods, Part 1 and Part 2. The lesson can be considered as an arts-based curriculum, or as arts integration supplemental material for educators interested in studying the Great Migration within the broader context of African American history. Educators may also find that the lesson provides content, thematic and process connections to a variety of other subject areas.
Lesson Plan: A Change is Gonna Come: Personal Narratives of Transformative Life Journeys
These English Language Arts focused lessons ask students to “close read” excerpts from the Ken Burns’ documentary film, College Behind Bars about the Bard Prison Initiative. Lessons integrate probing discussion questions, creative writing, music listening, and visual art making into this core subject area.
Lesson Plan: Graffiti Art and Hip-hop Creative Dance Lessons
The following example is a 3 lesson arts-based instructional unit that was custom designed with embedded strategies for reflection and assessment. The teacher taught this lesson at the end of a Hip-hop dance study unit. Please see the last 2 pages for the visual images referenced in the lessons.