Inspiring Young Writers through Visual Arts

Inspiring Young Writers through Visual Arts

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : English Language Arts,Science,Social Studies
Guiding Question : How can social studies, science, visual art and music lessons inspire the writing of folktales?
Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts
Unit Topic : Folktales

Empowering Students Through Words and Dance

Empowering Students Through Words and Dance

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : Character Education ,English Language Arts
Guiding Question : How does a writer use figurative language (a tool of the author’s craft) and a choreographer use energy, time and space (tools of a choreographer’s craft) to express the theme of standing up for oneself?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts

Dancing Against Bullying

Dancing Against Bullying

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : Character Education ,English Language Arts
Guiding Question : How can dance and fairy tales be used to reinforce anti-bullying behaviors?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Social-Emotional Literacy

What Makes a Leader Great?

What Makes a Leader Great?

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : English Language Arts,Social Studies
Guiding Question : What do great leaders look and sound like?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : American Presidents, Leadership

Presidential Image Making

Presidential Image Making

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : English Language Arts,Social Studies
Guiding Question : What Presidents Helped to Shape the United States?
Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts
Unit Topic : American Presidents

Westward Expansion Re-enacted

Westward Expansion Re-enacted

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : Social Studies
Guiding Question : What was the impact of the Manifest Destiny on Native Americans and American settlers?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Westward Expansion

Poetry Performed

Poetry Performed

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : English Language Arts
Guiding Question : How might someone use his/her body and voice to embody a poem?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Poetry, Drama

Storytelling with Power Words

Storytelling with Power Words

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : English Language Arts
Guiding Question : How do power words impact our lives?
Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts
Unit Topic : Power Words

Animal Moves

Animal Moves

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : Science
Guiding Question : How do we use attributes to classify things? And how can we use movement studies to understand these attributes?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Animal Classification

What Makes a Story a Legend?

What Makes a Story a Legend?

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : English Language Arts
Guiding Question : How might images be used to tell a legend?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts,Visual Arts
Unit Topic : Legends, Creative Writing

Dancing Across the Country

Dancing Across the Country

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : Social Studies
Guiding Question : How might the 50 states' diverse physical features and the impact the those features have on populations, resources, land more be expressed through dance?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Geography

Character Ed Comes to Life

Character Ed Comes to Life

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : Character Education ,Social Studies
Guiding Question : How can we use what we know about past and present leaders to develop our own strong character?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Character Education

Are You a President-to-Be?

Are You a President-to-Be?

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : Character Education ,Social Studies
Guiding Question : What are the character skills of a good president?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Social-Emotional Literacy

Students Promote Anti-Bullying Through Dance

Students Promote Anti-Bullying Through Dance

Grade Level : Grade 4
Content Area : Character Education
Guiding Question : How can dance be used to express values?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts

Drama Teaches Anti-Bullying and Other Life Lessons

Drama Teaches Anti-Bullying and Other Life Lessons

Grade Level : Grade 5
Content Area : Character Education
Guiding Question : How does one actor become many different characters?
Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts
Unit Topic : Character Education

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