Lesson Plan

Names:                                                                                                            Grade Level: Elementary

Title of Lesson: Toy Story

National Standards:

Texas Essential Knowledge Skills (TEKS):

117.5 (1) Foundation: observation and perception. The student develops and organizes ideas from the environment. Students expand visual literacy skills, utilizing critical thought, imagination, and the senses, to observe and explore the world by learning, understanding, and applying the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Students use what they see, know, and have experienced as sources for examining, understanding, and creating artworks.

117.5 (2) Creative expression/performance. The student expresses ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media with appropriate skill. Students communicate their imaginative thoughts and ideas by challenging their creativity in producing original artworks and solving art problems using a variety of media with appropriate and progressive skills.

Objectives:

1. To learn how to make a stuffed doll/shoebox car
2. To learn that it’s okay for boys and girls to like toys that traditionally the opposite gender prefers.

Introduction:
Vocabulary: Equality, Stereotypes

Social/Historic Context for Lesson: Learning about gender equality and going against gender stereotypes.

Historic Artists Used: Unsure

Contemporary Artists Used: Unsure of any that are elementary school appropriate

Books: Ballerino Nate by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. A book about a boy who enjoys dancing, despite his brother telling him only girls can dance.

Websites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFn81_HAvWg (maybe not this exact video as it’s 7 minutes long, but a video to show the students other kids who are challenging gender roles)

Materials Used:

-        For girls: Have them bring a shoebox/any cardboard box to class from home, tacky glue, paint, toothpicks, Scissors

-        For boys: I will supply pre-sewn and stuffed cloth dolls in a basic gingerbread-like shape; googly eyes, markers, scissors, glue, have them bring old fabric they want to use

Technology Used: Computers and printers for girls to print out what kind of car they want to design their’s after. Boys may also use the internet for clothing style ideas.

Timeline for Lesson: One week, possibly two if needed

Activity/Procedure:

1.     Have the girls and boys design their dolls/cars on a piece of paper before they begin.

2.     Have the girls cut circles out of cardboard for wheels and the boys cut out the outfits for their dolls.

3.     Have the girls paint their boxes whatever color they choose.

4.     Have the boys glue on the googly eyes and clothing.

5.     Help the girls stick 4 toothpicks, 2 on each side, for the wheels. Then place the circle cutouts through the toothpicks.

Assessments (objective or subjective):

1. Have the children learned how to make their own toys?

2. To see if students can challenge the ideas of traditional gender roles and stereotypes

Future Considerations/Notes: Let the boys know the dolls don’t have to be girly and the girls know their cars don’t have to be boyish.

Budget = $250