Lesson Plan Template

Name: Moraya Date: Nov 15

Subject: Visual Art Grade: 7/8
Content: Digital art project Teaching Instructional Strategies:
Students are going to create a digital art Lights off or clapping to get their attention
piece, “what does social justice mean to if it wanders. Walking around the class to
you?” keep students focused on the task.
PDP goal: Giving clear instructions for EAL
learners. Vocabulary explanations.

Outcomes: Indicators:
CP8.10 Create visual art works that express
student perspectives on social issues (e.g., CP8.10 (a) & (b)
poverty, racism, homophobia, sustainability). CH8.1 (c)

CH8.1 Research and share insights about arts

expressions that incorporate social
commentary

Prerequisite Learning:
Prior knowledge of social justice topics will be helpful.

Adaptive Dimension:

Materials Needed/Preparation
Chromebooks & Internet access for research and digital art
Presentation: Students are going to create a digital art Teaching Notes:
piece, “what does social justice mean to you?” __________________________
__________________________
1 hour long lesson __________________________
Set: This will be the second part of a 3 week lesson on __________________________
Social Justice. __________________________
__________________________
Development: __________________________
__________________________
Video clip and discussion (5 min): 3:25 - 6:35
What is the role of culture in determining who counts in Notes: Students are diverse,
society? What is the role of art in social justice? but our education system isn’t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRjq17Q2XTQ It often fails to adequately
provide for:
What can we do to raise awareness on these issues? • Students of color,
Which of these topics are the closest to our own hearts? •Neurodivergent students,
Is there another SJ topic that is important talk about? •Students living in poverty,
•Students with physical and
Power Point (20-30 minutes): Going over last weeks mental disabilities and more.
social justice brainstorming. Vocabulary. Examples of
social justice collages.

Canva instructional
Extension:
Rubric for artist statement

Time to work on Social Justice Art (30-35 minutes)

Closing (1-2 min): We will be working on this for the rest

of class. And we will have more time to work on it again
next Wednesday when I’m here. So I really want you to
take your time and think about these ideas and what you
want to add into your power point. And I want you to also
keep your artist statement and your references in mind as
you work. Any more questions? Let’s begin.

*Couldn’t send PPT so some of the important slides are

included below.
Using Canva & Pixlr
-Snipping tool
-Lasso tool
-Ctrl + c = copy
-Ctrl + v = paste
-Layers - send back bring forward

Citing your sources

-When we are using images from the internet it’s important to cite where we get our
information and our images from.
-I would like you to keep track of the websites where you get your images to make a Reference
section
-You only need to copy and paste the websites into the document with your artist statement.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Ms. Coleman
 4 3 2 1

Quality of Art- Student used Student used Student used Student’s work
work 8+ images re- 5-7 images in 3-4 images in appears incom-
lated to Social collage directly Social Justice plete. Student
Justice, great related to So- collage that did not incor-
composition, cial Justice, apply to theme. porate themes
expression, was well of Social Jus-
creativity, de- thought out tice.
sign, and com- and designed.
munica-tion of
ideas.

Quality of Artist Artist State- Artist State- Artist State- Artist State-
Statement ment clearly re- ment clearly ment relates to ment is less
lates to the relates to the the topic of So- than 2 sen-
topic of Social topic of Social cial Justice. tences and has
Justice. It in- Justice. It pro- But no support- little or nothing
cludes 5+ per- vides 3-4 sup- ing details to do with the
sonal support- porting details and/or exam- goal of the as-
ing details and/or exam- ples are given. signment.
and/or exam- ples.
ples.

For my Social Justice Collage I wanted to include images to represent topics that
are close to my heart. I chose to include eagles, because birds are a symbol of
freedom, and also because animals have rights in this world that humans should
consider. The hands along the side are there to show that we are all the same
even if our skin is different in colour. I wanted to include the trees and the ocean,
because we need to watch over our planet, and these parts of our planet are im-
portant and not always treated fairly. At the bottom I included some Indigenous
people to show that I stand with Truth and Reconciliation, the people wear tradi-
tional powwow regalia. The rainbow is for pride and support of the LGBTQ com-
munity. Lastly I wanted to include something to show my support of mental
health so that is the person along the side with the cloud coming out of their
head, to show that we do not always know what is going on in other peoples
minds. This is why I care about Social Justice.

REFERENCES
https://www.melindajosie.com/childrens-books/ifd6noiylcicyrfqye2rn80shzpfnb
https://www.icanvas.com/canvas-art-prints/tag/ocean?
product=canvas&sort=popular
https://www.ted.com/playlists/445/talks_to_help_you_understand_s
https://www.cliffordchance.com/about_us/inclusion-and-diversity/lgbt/annual-
pride-art-exhibition-2019.html
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1513042855/watercolor-stack-of-books-clipart-
16?
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When I tell your group to go, that group will go get a computer, but first…

First thing you should do will be to open a word document to cite your websites. Write ARTIST
STATEMENT on top
Your name
Then after a few spaces write REFERENCES, this is where you will copy and paste the websites
you use.
Open https://canva.com
Open https://pixlr.com
Let’s begin!

Adrienne my co-op teacher worked with me on this and created a spot for the artist statement
and citations for the students as well as a place to submit the art portion of this assignment on
google classroom. This will be graded for the students as part of their report card for ELA and
Art.