Lesson 1 - LearningThroughMuseums
Lesson 1 - LearningThroughMuseums
Lesson 1 - LearningThroughMuseums
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Curriculum Overview<br />
The Art Institute of Chicago MAPS Curriculum: Understanding Environments and Values<br />
<strong>Lesson</strong>s That Develop Reading and Writing Skills as Students Interpret Art to Understand<br />
and Communicate about Important Topics in Science and Social Studies<br />
<strong>Lesson</strong>s for 4th Grade<br />
Overview<br />
Students apply reading and writing skills as they learn about topics represented in<br />
artworks. The lessons complement the core curriculum in reading, science, social studies<br />
and writing.<br />
The lessons emphasize literacy development. Students reinforce reading skills as they<br />
infer main ideas of works of art and write about what they learn. Activities include<br />
vocabulary development and art-making in which students communicate the ideas they<br />
learn through their own drawings. Each lesson includes an Extended Writing question<br />
based on a relevant reading. Teachers may use the lessons in conjunction with language<br />
arts or content development.<br />
The lessons also can be used in conjunction with science or social studies curriculum<br />
so that students develop content knowledge as well as literacy skills. The topics of the<br />
lessons match fourth-grade content requirements.<br />
6 • Understanding Environments and Values