Students electronically visit a Kentucky theater company and explore jobs and drama elements.
- Length: 1 or 2 45-minute class sessions
- Grades: 5
Concepts/Objectives:
Students learn about various elements of drama production and performance.
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The Story of Wheat – Lesson Plan
Students learn the story of wheat as they explore its significance in the lives of pioneers and in their own lives.
- Length: 4 30-minute lessons
- Grades: K-3
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students understand how bread is made from wheat.
- Students recognize differences between past and present daily life.
- Students apply elements of dance to perform and create original dances.
- Students experience different purposes of dance.
Resources Used:
“Weevily Wheat,” Program 3 in the KET-produced series Dancing Threads: Community Dances from Africa to Zuni. It is taught by Appalachian storyteller Anndrena Belcher.
The Challenge of Painting Realistically – Lesson Plan
Students experiment to better understand the challenges of drawing and painting in a realistic style.
- Length: 1 or 2 class periods
- Grades: 9-12
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students will evaluate challenges to the artist of varied subject matter: self-portrait, still life, landscape, interior scenes.
- Students will examine the use of varied media.
- Students will use art terminology to examine artists’ use of varied processes.
Resources Used:
(Found On: Spectrum of Art Part 2: Subject Matter and Genres)
Realism: Landscape
Realism: Self-Portrait
Realism: Still Life
The Art and Science of Glass – Lesson Plan
Students explore properties of glass and observe the creative process of creating art glass.
- Length: 4 lessons
- Grades: 4-8
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students examine the process of creating glass-blown art.
- Students identify the properties of glass.
- Students examine glass art relative to the elements of art and principles of design.
Resource Used:
Glass: Stephen Rolfe Powell
Found On: Spectrum of Art Part 4: 3D Media/Processes
Symmetrical Portrait – Lesson Plan
Students create portraits that demonstrate symmetry and the use of warm and cool colors.
- Length: 1-2 class periods
- Grades: 2-5
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students will create symmetrical designs that compare and contrast warm and cool colors.
- Students will identify the use of warm and cool colors in the painting Priscilla Johnson by Alice Neel.
- Students will discuss the use of colors in significant artwork.
Resource Used:
Warm and Cool Colors/Cut-Paper College Found On: Spectrum of Art
Priscilla Johnson by Alice Neel
Reading Dramatic Parts – Lesson Plan
After viewing the story of “The Cat and the Rat,” students will retell the story as a dramatic reading. Students will create characters through vocal expression.
- Length: 2 30-minute lessons
- Grades: 1-3
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students use skills of listening and observation to interpret a story.
- Students vary vocal expression to create their own characters in storytelling.
- Students work cooperatively to perform a dramatic reading.
Resource Used:
Cat and Rat
Found On: Storytelling Sampler
Rangoli: Making Art for a Purpose – Lesson Plan
Students create rangoli designs and analyze their work using principles of design.
- Length: 2 or 3 60-minute lessons
- Grades: 5-8
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students will explore a form of art that is used for religious purposes and as a decorative greeting.
- Students will discuss how this art form ties in with others practiced by different cultures.
- Students will work with principles of design (repetition, pattern) to create an artwork that is both functional and decorative.
- Students will complete a written assignment applying art terms in an art discussion format.
Resource Used:
A Prayer on the Doorstep (Indian Rangoli)
Found On: Visual Arts and Culture
Ragtime and Swing – Lesson Plan
Students explore the evolution of ragtime and swing music.
- Length: 1-2 sessions, or more at teacher’s discretion
- Grades: 9-12
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students will understand and appreciate ragtime and swing jazz styles and the jazz masters who created them.
Resource Used:
“Keith McCutchen on Jazz”
From: Humanities Through the Arts
Author
Kay Twaryonas
Performance Spaces and the Production Process – Lesson Plan
Students learn how a performing arts center operates and the process of creating a performance.
- Length: 50-90 minutes
- Grades: 6-8
Concepts/Objectives:
- Student will identify and analyze the uses of different performance spaces/stages.
- Student will explain the technical elements and collaborative process of theater.
Resource Used:
Electronic Field Trip to the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Found On: Aspects of Drama Part 4: Drama Across the Curriculum
Pantomime – Lesson Plan
Students pantomime a scene from Pinocchio.
- Length: 1 30-minute lesson
- Grades: K-4
Concepts/Objectives:
- Students recognize the elements of performance in their own and others’ performances.
- Students apply the elements of performance to their own characters.
Resource Used:
Pinocchio
Found On: Performance Excerpts