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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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Squish, Swish and Sniff…It Must be Spring!

Susan Columbia

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

Storytelling with Emotion

Linda Collura, Wendy Menachery

  • Grade Level: Third
  • Arts Content Area: Dance, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
  • Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies

The Dance of a Plant

Erin Vick

  • Grade Level: First
  • Arts Content Area: Dance, Music
  • Non-Arts Content Area: Science

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 Dancing Scientist

Lisa R. Mattocks

  • Grade Level: Fifth
  • Arts Content Area: Dance
  • Non-Arts Content Area: Science

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

The Midnight Dance of Paul Revere

Katie Ferneyhough, Bobbi Byrd, Jaclyn Scott

  • Grade Level: Third
  • Arts Content Area: Dance
  • Non-Arts Content Area: Social Studies

The Perfect Quadrilateral Adapted from The Perfect Square by Michael Hall

Megan Kornegay

  • Grade Level: Third
  • Arts Content Area: Dance, Visual Arts
  • Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts, Math

The Preamble—Our Freedoms Defined through Music and Dance- Connects with Unscramble the Preamble

Angela Mangum, Dana King, Erin Robbins, Jim Stranix

  • Grade Level: Fifth
  • Arts Content Area: Dance, Music
  • Non-Arts Content Area: Social Studies

The Rhythm of Motion

Julie Martois-Kinsey

  • Grade Level: First
  • Arts Content Area: Dance
  • Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts, Science
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