II. Lesson Plan and Activities
Rainforest ArtLink Unit Plan
Enduring Understandings Students will understand that …
• Personal and cultural introspection is the first step towards global competency.
• Expanding one’ s awareness of other cultures enhances appreciation of the lives of peers living in another country.
• Art is a universal language that can convey cultural norms and values.
• One’ s natural environment affects one’ s culture.
• Elements of the environment are interconnected and depend on each other for survival.
Students will know …
• Cultural norms and values underlie global understanding.
• People create and interact with artwork that can define, shape, enhance and empower their lives.
• Different people may describe the same event or situation in diverse ways, citing reasons for differences in view.
• Family, groups and community influence the individual’ s daily life and choices.
• The environment not only affects one’ s own culture but that of peers living elsewhere on the planet.
• What is culture?
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment / Evaluation
• Artist Description Sheet
• One-on-one Student / Teacher Interactions
• Peer Feedback
• RainForest ArtLink Norms and values Assessment Criteria( Rubric)
Essential Questions
• What are values and how do they help define one’ s culture?
• What are the advantages of using art( nonlinguistic communication) instead of written or verbal means of conveying ideas?
• How does the process of creating art give one perspective on one’ s own culture?
• How does the environment affect my partner’ s daily life? How does it affect my own?
• What is the connection between my partner’ s environment and my own?
Students will be able to …
• Develop cross-cultural communication skills through visual, written and video exchanges with Rainforest ArtLink partners.
• Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies and cultures address similar human needs and concerns through creation and exchange of original artwork.
• Use visual and written strategies to explore factors that contribute to their cultural norms and values.
• Plan for and create an original piece of art illustrating an aspect of their cultural norms and values.
• Understand and articulate the effect the environment has on both their own and their partner’ s culture and how they relate to one another
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