Task 3: Art Integration Lesson

Students will view the John Singleton Copely:  http://ncmoa.org/artnc/artifact.php?artifactid=25 which depicts a family together appearing to enjoy one another.  Students in grades 4 will incorporate language arts, social studies, art, and math.  Students will create a diorama in a box made of modeling clay of a favorite activity, tradition, game, etc. they enjoy doing as a family.  Students will also create a family tree.  They will ask parent(s) about their family history as far back as they can go.  Students will write the names of the family members on the tree houses.  Students can create a timeline to illustrate important events that occured in their family or in their lives (such as first steps, first tooth, first word, etc.) with the dates/years they occurred in chronological order and be able to illustrate on the timline and tell how things have changed over the years by looking at family photos.