The samples I brought to the art show were from an art lesson that I had designed for this course, then adapted to suit my practicum. The lesson actually became two: the first was a HACE lesson which was based on the story The Giving Tree where the students and I brainstormed the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships (using the story as an example). The HACE PLO is to: "identify characteristics of healthy and unhealthy
relationships." The Fine Arts PLO is to: use a variety of image sources to create images,
including observation, emotions, ideas and concepts, imagination,
memories, and sensory experiences. Thus, I had the students think of a positive relationship in their life and write three characteristics of that relationship (with examples). One student for example wrote honesty as one of their characteristics and we tell each other about our day as the example. These had to be written on three of the leaves they created and then glued to the tree.
The students then used the relationships they chose to inspire their tree. This was the result!! (credit to Beatrice Michell for the photo)
I enjoyed reading your lesson plans but the quality of the integration really comes alive when you have the product to share. You were able to teach a new construction technique, connect image making to expressing emotions, and integrate the emotional health goal in a beautiful way with literature - The Giving Tree, a classic children's book with deep and somewhat ambiguous meaning (although I choose to read it as an optimistic message). Thanks for this important contribution to our art show, which is richer with the information you've shared here.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! I also connected an art lesson to HACE! I read my students the book "It's Okay to be Different" by Todd Parr and then I we created a class book on how its okay to be different, using the Todd Parr style of colours and drawings! It was both effective and fun connecting HACE and Art
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