K20 LEARN | Electives Lessons with ICAP Components

Summary

This collection features lessons for electives classes with integrated career components.

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5E Lesson

Clearly, This Is Art

Making Silk-Screen Prints Using Transparencies

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Students will use Wacom tablets to make monochrome images, burn them to transparency paper, and make some shirts and/or bags with them. Students also will watch ICAP interviews with a screen-printing business that prints its own materials and will then reflect on this as a career option. Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: May 30th, 2023

5E Lesson

Clearly, This Is Art

Making Silk-Screen Prints Using Transparencies

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Subject

Visual Arts

Course

Visual Arts

Standards

VA.CP.2 , II.VA.CP.2.1 , VA.P.2 , I.VA.P.2.1

Lesson for Visual Arts classes grade 9-12. ICAP interview with screen printer.

5E Lesson

Ink Me Up!

Designing Temporary Tattoos

Grade Level

10th - Undergraduate

After watching an ICAP video with a tattoo artist, students explore the history of tattooing and weigh in on the debate: “Are tattoos art?” Following this, students learn about the history of temporary tattoos, and they design their own temporary tattoos and print them. Finally, students do a Gallery... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: May 30th, 2023

5E Lesson

Ink Me Up!

Designing Temporary Tattoos

Grade Level

10th - Undergraduate

Subject

Visual Arts

Course

Visual Arts

Standards

CHP, VA.CHP.1 , I.VA.CHP.1.1 , I.VA.CHP.1.2

5 periods

Lesson for Visual Arts classes grade 9-12. ICAP interview with tattoo artist.

5E Lesson

Composition Shopping Cart

Embracing Musical Limitations in Songwriting

Grade Level

6th - 12th

In this lesson, students will create a composition using a limited number of musical elements by selecting from a menu of pitches, dynamics, rhythms, and symbols. Students will then reflect on their experience and engage in a discussion concerning the benefits and drawbacks of musical limitations in... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: June 6th, 2024

5E Lesson

Composition Shopping Cart

Embracing Musical Limitations in Songwriting

Grade Level

6th - 12th

Course

Music

Subject

Performing Arts

Standards

CR, M.CR.1 , AC.M.CR.1 , M.CR.2 , AC.M.CR.2 , M.CR.3 , AC.M.CR.3 , M.CR.4 , AC.M.CR.4

1-2 class period(s)

60-120 minutes

Lesson for Visual Arts classes grade 9-12. Can also be used by FACS. ICAP interview with a quilt maker.

5E Lesson

Comparing the Quilts of Indigenous Plains People with the Tessellations of M.C. Escher, Part 1

Diamonds, Not Just a Girl's Best Friend

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Students will watch an ICAP video of Plains tribe member Crystal Pewo Lightfoot who makes star quilts and start quilt based designs. They will learn the history of the quilts and the Plains tribes, examine quilts using modern principles of design, and make a design of their own. Students will share... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: May 20th, 2024

5E Lesson

Comparing the Quilts of Indigenous Plains People with the Tessellations of M.C. Escher, Part 1

Diamonds, Not Just a Girl's Best Friend

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Subject

Visual Arts

Course

Visual Arts

Standards

CP, VA.CP.1 , II.VA.CP.1.1 , II.VA.CP.1.2 , II.VA.CP.1.3

2-3 Periods

120-150 Minutes

Lesson for Music classes grades 9-12. ICAP interview with music engraver

5E Lesson

"Kind of Like an Octopus" (World Language Version)

Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Students discuss their favorite content creators on YouTube. They explore different content creators on a Wakelet and consider what it is about the video that makes it intriguing. Students learn from a YouTube content creator that creating YouTube videos is "kind of like an octopus"—you need a lot of... Read more »

Created by: James Doyle

Date Updated: August 19th, 2024

5E Lesson

"Kind of Like an Octopus" (World Language Version)

Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages

Grade Level

9th - 12th

Course

World Language

Standards

1, 1.3

4-5 class periods

240 minutes

Lesson for Visual Arts classes grade 9-12. ICAP interview with a muralist and sign painter.

5E Lesson

Think Big Picture

Mural Art History, Technique, and Concept Development

Grade Level

Secondary

In this art lesson, students explore the history of mural art—the values and themes that informed artists in the format throughout history. Students will also see interviews with Oklahoma mural artists who speak on their creative process, the techniques they have used, and proposal writing. By the end,... Read more »

Created by: Shayna Pond

Date Updated: March 6th, 2024

5E Lesson

Think Big Picture

Mural Art History, Technique, and Concept Development

Grade Level

Secondary

Subject

Visual Arts

Course

Visual Arts

Standards

VA.P.1

10 periods

435 minutes

Lesson for World Language Classes grade 9-12. Can also be used in Media Production classes. Using an interview with Youtuber Marques Brownlee.

Standards

Oklahoma Academic Standards (Fine Arts: Music (Middle School to High School (Accomplished)))

CR: Creating (CR)

M.CR.1 : Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.

AC.M.CR.1 : Compose and improvise musical ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

M.CR.2 : Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.

AC.M.CR.2 : Select and develop composed and improvised ideas to construct musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts while preserving them through notation and/or audio recording.

M.CR.3 : Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work that meets appropriate criteria.

AC.M.CR.3 : Evaluate and refine varied musical works based on appropriate, context-specific criteria.

M.CR.4 : Share creative musical work that conveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.

AC.M.CR.4 : Share varied, personally-developed musical works - individually or as an ensemble - that address identified purposes and contexts.

Oklahoma Academic Standards (Fine Arts: Visual Art (High School: Advanced (II)))

CP: Creative Process (CP)

VA.CP.1 : Learn and use vocabulary and concepts related to visual arts.

II.VA.CP.1.1 : Use the elements of art and principles of design to create artwork for the development of a portfolio.

II.VA.CP.1.2 : Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan personal works of art and design.

II.VA.CP.1.3 : Reflect on artistic choices through written response.

VA.CP.2 : Practice and refine techniques and skills related to visual arts.

II.VA.CP.2.1 : Continue to experiment to demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Oklahoma Academic Standards (Fine Arts: Visual Art (High School: Proficient (I)))

VA.P.1 : Utilize a variety of ideas and subject matter in creation of original works of visual art.

VA.P.2 : Use various media, supplies, and tools in an appropriate and safe manner in the creation of original visual artworks.

I.VA.P.2.1 : Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials used in art- making may impact human health and the environment. Demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.

CHP: Cultural and Historical Perspectives (CHP)

VA.CHP.1 : Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

I.VA.CHP.1.1 : Describe how knowledge of cultures, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

I.VA.CHP.1.2 : Describe how an artist or culture uses media (materials) to identify social, cultural, or political beliefs and actions.

Oklahoma Academic Standards (High School)

1: Communication: Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes

1.3: Presentational Communication: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 11)

11.1.W.1: Students will give formal and informal presentations in a group or individually, providing textual and visual evidence to support a main idea.

11.5.W.3: Students will demonstrate command of Standard American English, grammar, mechanics, and usage through writing, presentations, and/or other modes of communication to convey specific meanings and interests.

11.7.W.1: Students will design and develop multimodal content for a variety of purposes.

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