Sample Lesson Plan

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The Blue Dog in You -- Lesson Three 

Content Standards (The State of Arkansas frameworks)

Critique artworks in terms of history, culture, and aesthetics (RR.5.AI.1)

Compile a sketchbook that includes various techniques, observations, and art experiences (CP.4.AI.5)

Learning Objective(s)

Students will need to know how to compile a sketchbook.

Logical, visual, intrapersonal, linguistic

Students will need to know the work of George Rodrigue. (RR.5.AI.1)

Linguistic, visual/spatial, musical (classical music playing)

Assessment

Students will write a story about how these dogs represent a part of the culture, lifestyle and artwork of Rodrigue: (A slide of I just Don’t Want to Be Me will be shown)

Visual, logical, interpersonal

Academic prompt

Activities

Students will view I Just Don’t Want to Be Me and write an interpretive story in pairs about how these dogs represent a part of the Cajun culture of George Rodrigue. Students will include a proposal about why the dogs don’t want to be themselves, according to the title of the work. They are free to make inferences about the artist’s reasoning as to why the work of art is titled as such. 

Visual, logical, interpersonal, intrapersonal

Materials

Smartboard/Individual smart devices/InFocus

Digital copy of I Just Don’t Want to Be Me

Sketchbook

Pencil