Choose a children’s book and use it as the center or starting point and build the two-pronged lesson to combine literature with another art form—music, visual arts, dance, or theatre. Create a structured lesson plan that will actively engage the students with both the core subject—Language Arts—and one of the other arts. Identify the California State Standards for the Arts that are being met and relate the cross-curricular connections to CCSS. • Research children’s literature so you know the genre of literature, grade level, and standards that can be met by your chosen book. • Analyze the ways in which the language and illustrations of the book support the development of o Positive social identitieso Respect for differenceso Recognition of unfairness in social interactionso Empowerment to act against prejudice and/or discriminatory actions
You only need to create one Arts Integrated lesson on the children’s book for this assignment, but keep in mind that it can also be the springboard for future lessons on other core subjects that you develop in this course and in your future classroom.
Two-pronged Focus1. Language Arts: Literary elements/concepts—theme, plot, character, setting, point of view, style2. The art form (visual art, music, dance, or theatre): elements and principles Objectives: Students will be able to do the following;       1. Identify the literary elements       2. Summarize the events of the story and describe the attributes of the            characters3. Identify the elements and principles of the art form—visual art, music, dance or theatre– integrated in the lesson4. Respond to the thematic and artistic content of the book with some artsactivity as a means of deepening the student’s experience:• Visual art—draw or paint a character or scene from the story• Music—sing a song that is introduced in the book or find another song that relates to a theme of the story• Dance—create a dance that can be incorporated with a dramatic reading of the story• Theatre—create a dramatization through improvisation, pantomime, or a scripted retelling of the story • Literature—write a response to the story (“What did you learn about yourself or others?); change the POV from which the story is told or change the ending (“Did you identify with the main character?”); discuss the ways that the language and the illustrations of the book either support or undermine the development of strong individual identities and positive social interaction