Lesson Proposal Form

Author:
Affiliation (e.g., school, organization):

Email Address:

Lesson Title:
Lesson Overview:
Targeted Grade Bands:
Arts Subject(s) Addressed:
Other Subject(s) Addressed:
Standards:

Arts Standards Addressed

Other Standards Addressed

Instructional Objectives:
Students will…
Short Description of Lesson Activities:

Assessment

Rubric
Test/Multiple Choice or True/False
Journal/Written Material/Essay
Performance-Based
Critique of Product
Teacher Assessed
Self-Assessed
Other (Explain)
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Handouts

Louisiana Lesson Plan Initiative:

Guidelines for Lesson Proposal Form

ArtsEdge, the K-12 education portal for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is launching a special solicitation for original, arts-integrated lesson plans from Louisiana school teachers and teaching artists. Integrated lessons must address and cite standards in two or more subject areas – at least one of which must be an arts subject. Special consideration will be given to lesson plans that make effective use of Louisiana-specific arts and cultural heritage. Accepted lesson plans will be posted for national distribution on the ArtsEdge website. Proposals for lesson plans to be considered under this initiative are due by 9 a.m. EST on Monday, March 31. For examples of completed lesson plans please review the Teach section of the ArtsEdge website: Lesson plan proposals should follow the attached template and guidelines. Applicants will be notified by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, April 14 as to whether they will be invited to submit full lesson plans. Upon completion and acceptance, writers of full lesson plans will be provided an honorarium of $250. Questions and completed proposals can be directed to Ramien Pierre () 202-416-8894.

Lesson Title: / The title of the lesson should reflect the content of the instructional plan. The best titles are concise and catchy.
Lesson Overview: / Provide a concise description of the lesson. This is first text users of the site will read when exploring ARTSEDGE lessons. Therefore, it should not only provide an accurate description of what the lesson entails, but it should also pique the interest of site users.
Using clear language, summarize what students will learn and accomplish in the instructional plan. Please limit yourself to one paragraph.
The blurb should reveal the arts-integrated nature of the lesson. It should touch upon the ideas, themes and/or skills explored in the arts subject AND the other subject area.
Targeted Grade Bands: / Select the appropriate grade band: K-4, 5-8, or 9-12.
If you wish to target grade(s) within the band, add the following sentence: “This lesson is particularly suitable for students in grade(s)…”
Arts Subjects: / Indicate which of the following arts subjects are addressed in this lesson:
  • Visual Arts
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Dance
Select as many that apply, but only pick subjects that are the focus of the lesson—not those that are tangentially included.
For example, if teaching a lesson on the Underground Railroad, merely showing Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series, for example, does not mean that the lesson addresses visual arts as a subject. However, if the paintings are analyzed and the instructional objectives include the interpretation of artworks, then the lesson does address visual arts as a subject. For each subject area you choose, you must provide an accompanying standard.
Other Subjects: / Select all subjects that are explored in the lesson. Note that you must provide a corresponding standard for each subject chosen.
  • Foreign Language
  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education and Health
  • Science
  • Social Studies (includes History, Geography)

Instructional Objectives: / Instructional objectives are used to guide the Instructional Plan and state the purpose of the lesson. It should also reflect the ideas present in the standards. Whether or not the student reaches these goals will be ascertained in the assessment.
Please ensure that the objectives address skills and/or concepts taught in the arts as well as other disciplines.
Begin with “Students will:” then provide a bulleted list of objectives, each of which must start with an action verb (in lower case) and end with a period. See "Appendix A: Verbs for Instructional Objectives" for a list of verbs that will help you formulate the learning objectives.
Instructional objectives should:
  • state what students should know or be able to do by the end of the lesson.
  • be clear and attainable.
  • be student oriented/centered.
  • be observable.
  • focus on what the student will learn, not what the lesson or teacher will do.
  • be measurable.

Assessment: / Please explain how the students are assessed and/or graded. There should be some type of logical, appropriate assessment for the lesson that checks for student understanding of the learning objectives.
Where possible, embedded assessments should be included throughout the instructional plan. Refer teachers back to these earlier assessments in conducting their overall assessment of student learning.

Appendix A: Verbs for Instructional Objectives

When writing instructional objectives, please avoid using verbs that denote actions that cannot be assessed, such as “understand”, “know”, and “learn.” Instead, choose one of the following action verbs:

acquire / discuss / organize / tell
analyze / distinguish / pass / test
arrange / document / plan / trace
articulate / draw / point / transfer
assemble / empathize / practice / translate
assess / employ / predict / treat
associate / estimate / prepare / update
calculate / examine / prescribe / use
choose / exemplify / prioritize / utilize
cite / experiment / produce / validate
classify / explain / propose / visualize
collect / express / question / write
combine / extrapolate / quote
compare / formulate / rank
complete / generalize / rate
compose / grade / read
compute / identify / realize
consider / illustrate / recite
construct / indicate / recognize
contract / infer / recommend
contrast / inspect / record
count / integrate / reflect
create / internalize / relate
criticize / interpolate / repeat
critique / interpret / report
debate / inventory / restate
decide / judge / review
deduce / list / revise
define / listen / schedule
demonstrate / locate / score
describe / manage / select
design / massage / separate
detect / match / sketch
determine / measure / solve
develop / modify / specify
diagnose / name / state
diagram / operate / summarize
differentiate / order / tabulate

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