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Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Miss Grego
Subject: Visual Arts
Title of Lesson: Sweet and Sour M&M
Commentary Day 2

Date: 11/29/16
Grade Level: 8th
Lesson Length: 43 minutes

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:
Students will go to the library to research a social, political, or economical
controversial issue. Students must have idea approved by the teacher.
Massachusetts Framework Standards:
1.5 Expand the repertoire of 2D and 3D art processes
-Use the appropriate vocabulary related to the methods, materials, and
techniques students have learned and used in grades PreK-8
-2.10 For shape and form, use and be able to identify an expanding and
increasingly sophisticated array of shapes and forms
-2.11 For composition, create unified 2D and 3D compositions that
demonstrate an understanding of balance, repetition, rhythm, scale,
proportion, unity, harmony, and emphasis.
-3.4 Create 2D and 3D representational artwork from direct observation in
order to develop skills of perception
-3.6 Create artwork that employs the use of symbolic imagery, emotions
-4.4 Produce work that shows an understanding of the concept of
craftsmanship
-5.6 Demonstrate the ability to describe the kinds of imagery used to
represent subject matter and ideas, for example, literal representation,
simplification, abstraction, or symbolism.
-10.2 Continue to apply arts knowledge with other disciplines
Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to..
-Research a social, political, or economical topic of their choosing
-Incorporate this issue into their art
Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:
-library
-computers
Enduring Understandings:
Big Ideas: The students will understand that
-Social, economic, and political issues can be embedded into art
-Art can actually be a way of making the public aware of controversial issues.
Concepts:
Social, economic, political issues, research
Essential Questions:
-Why do artists include social, economic, and political issues in their art?

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Content
Factual Content:
Students will research a topic of their choosing to display in their art.
Vocabulary:
Tier 1:
computer
Tier 2:
Social, economic, political, issues
Tier 3:
library
Critical Thinking Skills (Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening)
Students will be able to think critically about an issue that interests them and
research it into more detail.

Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative,

Informal/Formal)
Students will be graded on their effort at the library researching a topic.
Students will be given a rubric where they will be graded in 5 categories: work
ethic/effort, composition, completeness, creativity, and craftsmanship.

Action/Instructional Procedures
1. DO NOW: Meet in the library
2. Grab a computer and start to look up a topic of interest. The librarian will give you a list
of sources to use
3. Write down keywords related to your issue
4. Write one paragraph of the issue you chose and WHY

Reflection on Lesson
a. The Lesson Plan:
b. Teaching Skills:

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c. The Students: