Lesson

Name: Lauren Best and Stacy Vail

Title of Lesson: Benjamin Franklin
Grade Level: 1st or 2nd grade
Class Time: 45-60 minutes

Concepts: Students will work on the element of shape/form and the principle of proportion through this lesson.

Objective: The students will demonstrate the usage of shape/form and proportion through creating an invention of their own or by recreating one of Ben Franklin’s inventions. Students will use many different types of medium to complete this task. Students will be focusing on the standard; NA-VA.K-4.6 Making Connections between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines

Motivation: Students will be motivated by an intrinsic-internal goal to perform well.

Instructional Strategies: The students will also be motivated by using any kind of medium they desire to complete this art project.

Modifications: The lesson can be modified for students with special needs by providing a partner for the student. Students with disabilities will also be allowed extra time to complete the task and the teacher will also walk around to guide/assist these students.

Assessment: This assignment will be graded on participation and completion.

Materials: Paper, markers, crayons, oil pastels, paint, glue, scissors, and recyclable materials
Resources: What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz

Closing: This lesson covers a state social studies standard that in taught in the first grade. Through this lesson we have incorporated a required social studies concept with a creative art project.