Conceptual Basis for Lesson
Elementary students will discover how the sum of all parts is greater than a whole through the models of community.
Students will work as individuals to accomplish group goals through role playing activities. They will use act and play in order to convey information to other students in class. Students are a part of a community and the lesson focuses on how each unique individual has something to contribute to the whole.
Relation to the Series
Part of the series: My Community. This lesson introduces students to the idea of community and addresses the importance of members and characteristics. Students must also work in groups as well as individuals further contributing to the idea of community.
Art Materials
- Index cards which are color coordinated.
- Various props to be supplied by teacher. Includes items like: badge, vests, stethoscope, cardboard stop sign, medical gauze, band-aids, garden hose, chalk, eye glass frames, envelopes, a bag, hats.
Vocabulary
- Community: A group of people who live, work, and/or play together.
- Occupation: A person’s business or job, what someone does to make money.
- Acting: Pretending or playing to be someone or something other than yourself.
- Individual: Yourself, single, separate from everyone else.
- Respect: Having consideration for other people, places, and belongings.
- Participation: To join or take part in.
Motivation
Students will choose an index card which has a color on it and not know what significance the color has until they participate in the lesson activity.
The teacher questions students about their familiarity on acting and actors and informs students that they will be participating in an acting activity. "While one group is acting, the rest of the class will try and guess what is going on and who the main characters are. ”
The teacher then explains the relevance of the cards, “I would like for the colors *** to group...” and designates separate areas of the room for each color group. Each group then receives a bag of props which will pertain to their act.
