Museum Lesson Plan Assignment

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ARS 130—Art Methods

Professor Julia Healy

Lesson Plan Based on Your Museum Trip—Due May 6

Note: There is no class at QCC on May 20 as that is your slated museum comp time.

This is a Major Assignment and will count as 20% of your semester grade. As we discussed in class, learning how to create an original and dynamic lesson plan is a key factor in being an excellent art teacher. Using the model for art lesson planning, create an ORIGINAL lesson plan, based on your museum trip. Do NOT COPY lessons from the internet. I know a copied lesson when I see one!!!!

After going to the museum, reflect on the various things you saw that inspired you. It may be the architecture, a grouping of art works or an individual piece. Ideas can come from almost anywhere. 

Decide how you could devise a lesson that will give students the chance to explore materials in an authentic way, yet give them a “take away” as to what inspired the lesson in the first place. 

The attached rubric will help guide you in this process. Be sure to list the museum, the art object or objects, the title of your lesson, the age group, your time frame for the lesson, your aims/goals, objectives (learning outcomes), New York State Standards covered, materials and tools, vocabulary you intend to introduce, your motivation, visuals you plan to use, questions you will pose in your delivery of the lesson, procedure, assessment and rubrics, closure, follow-up (if any) and how you will differentiate instruction for students with learning disabilities as well as gifted students.

Make your lesson plan like a detailed “recipe” of sorts. It should be clear enough so that an art teacher familiar with the techniques and materials used should be able to teach it.

Pay attention to grammar and spelling. Always proofread your work!