Education in Arts - H / Spring 2023

  I  Unit: Teaching Theme: Integration, Lesson Plan, Rubric  Introduction   What Are Integrated Lessons? In general, integration is defined as the process of combining two or more things into one . Within education, integrated lessons take on a similar meaning in that they combine two or more concepts or subjects into one lesson.   II Learning Objectives   Understand the different parts of a lesson plan Explain why the lesson plan is an important part of teaching Gain awareness of the effect lesson planning has on teaching Experience teaching and giving feedback to other students teaching III Main Lesson   1 Attention Grabbing Video 2  3    PARTS OF A LESSON PLAN 1.  Title  (Somewhere at the top of the lesson plan) Course Subject Grade Level Teacher's Name Volume 2.  Date  (current date) 3.  Objective  (S.M.A.R.T / Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results Focused & Time Bound) 4.  Standards  (...

   I Unit Dance Theme: Creative Movement   Introduction   Creative movement can be defined as movement that indicates the inner nature of a child . The encouragement of children to explore this movement using music and dance encourages the development of physical skills, channeling energy in a healthy way and nurtures their creativity. II Learning Objectives Understand how to appreciate creative movement and dance Explain the importance of the brain dance warmup Gain an awareness of the way creative movement and dance work in the classroom Experience the teaching of an action word combined with a quality of movement . III Main Lesson 1 The Warm Up Parts of the Brain Dance Breathing Tactual  Core-distal Head-tail Upper-lower Body-half Eye-tracking Cross-lateral Vestibular Breathing Question 1 What is important about this warm up?      Question 2 What would you change if it were your class?   --------------  2   INTRO TO CREAT...

  I  Unit: Drama Theme: Tableau   Introduction A tableau vivant, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts.   II Learning Objectives   Understand the use of tableau in the classroom Explain in which way is tableau useful to students Gain an awareness of the elements of tableau necessary to tell a story Experience the performance of a fairy tail using tableau III Main Lesson  1   Teacher Toolkit: Tableau   Question 1 Based on this video; how can we use tableaux to teach subjects other than theater? ---------------------------------------------   2      Santa Monica Repertory Theater: How to Create a Tableau     Question 2 Based on this video; why are tableaux useful for young students? ------...

    I  Unit: Music Theme: E lementary Music  Introduction Music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. It is one of the cultural universal aspects of all human societies. II Learning Objectives  Understand the dynamics of a music class Explain the process of learning concepts such as beat and rhythm Gain an understanding of the usefulness of creating harmonies Experience the concept of the drumming a circle III Main Lesson   Concepts Harmony the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect. Rhythm a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Beat In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensurable level. The beat is often defined as the rhythm  listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, o...