We are excited to share some lesson plans created by our arts education intern Jordan Terracciano designed to be used with the current Kirsten Stolle: Only You Can Prevent A Forest exhibition.
Jordan is a senior at the College of Charleston’s School of Education, Health & Human Performance and a future teacher. The Halsey Institute staff are grateful to Jordan for developing these lesson plans that create an avenue for K-12 educators to engage with our exhibition from and interdisciplinary perspective! The lesson plans are for 1st grade Visual Art and ELA integration and 5th grade Visual Art and Science integration. Click here to check out the lesson plans and enjoy the preview of one below.
Art Standards
Indicator V A.CR NM.1.1 – I can combine several elements of art to express ideas, feelings, and stories in my artwork.
Indicator V A.CR NH.1.1 – I can select and arrange elements of art to create principles of design.
English Standards
Standard 5: Incorporate craft techniques to engage and impact the audience and convey messages.
5.1 Present poems, short stories, role-plays, or songs using voice inflection, expression, rhythm, and rhyme.
5.2 Employ a combination of words, phrases, rhythm, rhyme, repetitive language, similes, onomatopoeia, and alliteration for impact.
Learning Objectives
Art – The students will be able to utilize the materials provided to create images that coincide with the poem they create using both 2D (pencil, marker, etc.) and 3D (Tissue Paper) materials.
ELA – The students will be able to follow directions in formatting their own Haiku poem regarding their feelings about the exhibition with the proper rhyme scheme and syllable counts.
Example of the haiku sheet made by our fall 2022 interns Matty and Katherine.