Arts Integration Thinking Walls

Components and Examples

What goes on an Arts Integration Thinking Wall?

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• Objectives
• Include both the content and the arts objectives for the activity.
• Process
• Use images, student work, and/or narratives to show the creative learning process that the students engaged in during the activity.
• Product
• Display student created work.
• Reflection
• Students should complete some type of reflection that includes the following:
• Description of the final piece of artwork
• Explanation of how the final piece of artwork demonstrates the student’s understanding of the content topic.
• Artist Statements are a great form of student reflection
• Click HERE for Artist Statement Guidelines and examples

Let’s Look at an Example of a Global Studies Thinking Wall Piece by Piece

Portrait Study

6 Elements

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1. Facial Expressions

2. Focal Point

3. Gestures

4. Clothing

5. Setting

6. Objects

Arts Integration Strategy being Utilized

What do we want our students to learn about this topic/idea?

Content

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SS.6-8.WGGS.20.Explore instances of oppression in the modern world as well as individual and group resistance movements for social justice which have developed in response.

Arts

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VA:Re8.7.1 Interpret art by analyzing art making approaches, the characteristics of form and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

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Together

Refugee Wordless Timeline through Portrait Study

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Objectives

Include both the content and the arts objectives for the activity.

Content teachers are not expected to be arts experts

• Utilize our arts (visual, media, music,dance,& theatre) teachers
• Utilize our Instructional Coaches
• Access the National Core Arts Standards HERE

Process

• Use images, student work, and/or narratives to show the creative learning process that the students engaged in during the activity.

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• Ex:
• Students used the portrait study to research their refugee on the UNHCR Website.

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• They collectively read their assigned refugee’s story.

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• They mapped the journey checking distance, weather conditions, and more.

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• Using the 6 elements of a portrait study, students created a wordless timeline recreating the refugees journey.

Product!

Display student created work.

Reflection

• Students should complete some type of reflection that includes the following:
• Description of the final piece of artwork
• Explanation of how the final piece of artwork demonstrates the student’s understanding of the content topic.
• Artist Statements are a great form of student reflection
• Click HERE for Artist Statement Guidelines and examples

Teacher Examples

Objectives

Process

Product

Reflection

Use QR codes to display videos

Get Creative With Your Display!

Celebrate an Artist Using their Own Style

Recruitment Night/ Gallery Walk

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Thursday 2/16/23

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