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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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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

Tap To Tens and Ones

Pam Maloney

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

The 6 M’s – Meter, Measure, Music, Math, Movement and More!

Kenya Snider

  • Grade Level: Third
  • Arts Content Area: Music
  • Non-Arts Content Area: Math

The Adventures of Koala Lou

Elda McGrath

  • Grade Level: Kindergarten
  • Arts Content Area: Creative Writing, Music, Visual Arts
  • Non-Arts Content Area: English Language Arts

The Adventures of Koala Lou by Mem Fox

Pam Maloney

  • Grade Level: Kindergarten
  • 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 a Plant

Erin Vick

  • Grade Level: First
  • Arts Content Area: Dance, Music
  • 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 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
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