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Grade Level: 2
BIG IDEA: LIFE CYCLES
1. Content area 2- Reading : The students will (TSW) be able to explain meaning making
and big ideas through understanding of the assigned reading, TEaching Real Art Making. They will
have the opportunity to discuss between peers and reflect on the big idea, Life Cycles.
Content area 1 Visual Art : The students will (TSW) be able to create a life cycle wheel
using different art mediums: water color, crayons, markers, pastels and use different
techniques to create their Life Cycle Wheel. The students will then create a life cycle wheel by
creating their own interpretation of any living cyle.
3. Content area 3 Science The students will (TSW) be able to have the opportunity to
use the scientific definitions of the stages of life and be guided by what they learn in their
science classes ex: Butterfly metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa and adult. They will identify other
living things that go through life cycles such as insects, plants, animals and humans.
Assessment with Lesson Objectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3K5L7nCODM&feature=youtu.be
Throughout history and across cultures, people have been concerned with . . . LIFE
CYCLES.
.
are the series of changes in the life of an organism and how they
relate to each other.
birth, adolescence, reproduction, and death.
Inspiration Artist: ALICE NEEL (1900-1984)
Leading American portrait artist and one of the most
engaging painters of her times.
Her paintings range from the time period 1940s to the
1980s.
She painted people at different stages of life and included
different emotions and qualities of each stage. For example,
her paintings of mothers and babies reveal her deep
understanding of their close bond. Her paintings of the
elderly show empathy for the changes in body and mind that
come with old age. She also includes themes such as the
vulnerability of children, the awkwardness of adolescence,
the energy of youth, the wisdom of middle age, and the
peacefulness of later life.
Readings: Discussion Activity
Closing Thoughts: