Arts Integrated Lesson Plans – Page 3 – United Arts Council

We are excited to provide this searchable directory as a resource for educators to integrate the arts into elementary classrooms across Wake County. These lesson plans have been developed by educators who’ve participated in the Arts Integration Institute. To date, nearly 100 lesson plans are available to inspire and engage you and your students!

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Punctuation Produces the Message

Celeste Petrick

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Dance, Music, Theatre Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

Retelling through Shadow Puppets

Lee Pruette, Karen Downey, Jennifer Klyne, Sarah Chew

Grade Level: First, Kindergarten, Second
Arts Content Area: Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

See, Think, Write!

Jet Schmidt, Jessica Gizzi, Bonnie Martin

Grade Level: Second, Third
Arts Content Area: Creative Writing, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies

Shadow Pigs

John Bowman

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Theatre Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

The Art of Music

Sierra Wooden, Nerissa Gilchrist, Autumn McCord, April Labadie, Yivecka Hines, Elena Lopez, Jan Prevatte

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Music, Visual Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

The Dance of the Butterflies

Sierra Wooden, Nerissa Gilchrist, Autumn McCord, April Labadie, Yivecka Hines, Elena Lopez, Jan Prevatte

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Dance
Non-Arts Content Area: Science

The Drama of Addition Strategies

Annie Burke

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Theatre Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: Math

The Many Faces of Cinderella

Sonia Marquez, Kathy Hopkins, Catherine Napolitano, Cindy Martin

Grade Level: Fifth, First, Fourth, Kindergarten, Second, Third
Arts Content Area: Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

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Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Music
Non-Arts Content Area: Math

Weather in Motion

Heather Capps, Denise Harrington, Jennifer Medlin, Paula Barnes-Cardinale

Grade Level: Second
Arts Content Area: Dance, Visual Arts
Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts, Technology

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