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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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Arts Integrated Lesson Plans

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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

Show Me the Money!

Susan Howard, Brandy Garrett, Joey Mulholland, Kathee Myers

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

Skip’n to the Beat!

Tam Bobbitt

  • Grade Level: Third
  • Arts Content Area: Dance
  • Non-Arts Content Area: PE

Squarescapes

Erin Gannon

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

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

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
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Big thank you to Commissioner Tara Waters for join Big thank you to Commissioner Tara Waters for joining us today at Joyner Elementary for the Artists in Schools program by Living Rhythms #wakearts #arts919 #ais4all
Wake County Visual Artists come on and raise up!! Wake County Visual Artists come on and raise up!! Our friends at South Arts have returned with the Southern Prize & State Fellowships. 

Nine visual artists across the South will receive $80,000 in awards. AL • FL • GA • KY • LA • MS • NC • SC • TN 
* Fee-Waiver Deadline: March 11 
* Application Deadline: March 18  @southartsorg
Larry (from Venezuela) and Joe (from Winston Salem Larry (from Venezuela) and Joe (from Winston Salem) shared so much bilingual, musical fun with these kiddos yesterday! #ais4all #wakearts #arts919
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 High Sc Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 High School Spoken Word Competition produced in partnership with the Raleigh Fine Arts Society.

1st place: Sophie Britton, Enloe High School, Marks/Not Alone

2nd place: Selina Sentosa Harmon, Green Hope High School, Invisible Hand

3rd place: Shia Raine Edwards, Enloe High School, A Taste of the Black Experience
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