lesson plans.
The following lesson plans are designed to support brain-based learning in the middle school classroom. Although the subjects are varied, the lesson plans can be adjusted to fit most subject areas or used to implement cross-curricular participation.
Arts Integration - all links attached here
Lesson Plans Sample arts-integration presentations, lesson plans, quizzes, and other documents from various teachers and classes at Bates Middle School.
Lesson Plans Sample arts-integration presentations, lesson plans, quizzes, and other documents from various teachers and classes at Bates Middle School.
- 6th Grade Science: Rotation and Revolution
- Presentation - lecture on rotation and revolution
- Lesson Plan - lesson plan on solar system, sun, and galaxy
- Dance Assignment - dance choreography that students need to incorporate into their project
- Task Cards - elements of dance to be used to demonstrate rotation and revolution
- Exit Ticket - student-reflection worksheet for rotation and revolution
- Quiz - sample quiz given at the end of the lesson
- 6th Grade Science: Creative Comparison between Planets and Painting
- Presentation - lecture on physical characteristics of planets integrated with color value concepts
- Presentation - presentation on Arts Ad Astra Project and warm-up routine for observing and imagining
- Worksheet - blank worksheet used for creative comparisons exercise
- 6th Grade Social Studies: Monochromatic Mapping
- Presentation - lecture on monochromatic mapping
- 7th Grade Intro to Spanish: Pop Art and Spanish Vocabulary
- Overview - students study the elements of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and create comic strip using basic Spanish vocabulary
- Presentation - lecture on pop art
- Presentation - presentation and warm-up routine with Lichtenstein's art and activity using Spanish dialogue
- Worksheet - tree map on colors, shapes, and lines and how they contribute to the artwork
- Worksheet - worksheet used to plan comic strip with Spanish dialogue and visual description for each panel
- Student Reflection - self-reflection worksheet for students to review their comic strip
- 8th Grade Math: Photo Story
- Presentation - lecture given on photographic composition for photo story project
- Lesson Plan - goals for photo story and how students will use principles of design to represent linear relationships
- Rubric - grading rubric for the photo story project
- Storyboard - blank storyboards used for digital photo story projects
- 8th Grade Visual and Language Arts: Portraits
- Presentation - presentation on characteristics of portraits from different art movements, including cubism, fauvism, impressionism, pop, and realism
- Lesson Plan - outline of a project in which students will compose a personal narrative detailing a life event
- Activity - matching cards game in which students match artwork to correct art movement
- Student Reflection - self-reflection worksheet on characterization and portraiture
- Personal Analysis - worksheet for student analysis of their self-portrait
- 8th Grade Science: Dance and Acceleration
- Presentation - lecture on velocity and speed, dance, and movement
- Overview - outline of a project in which students utilize the elements of dance to calculate and graph acceleration
- Worksheet - worksheet for dance challenge in which students calculate and compare speed by measuring dance movements they choreograph