1. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop a unit focusing on a specific concept or theme that is appropriate for early childhood. This unit will contain several activities for early childhood addressing the following content areas: language and literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies. The unit will use a variety of creative arts approaches in the procedures. Lastly, this unit will be developed in a group setting.

2. Directions: You will create a presentation with a voice-over for this group assignment. Find help for creating a power point presentation with voice-over below. For each of your content areas, you will create a detailed activity (introduction/ art-skills builder, primary activity, follow-up, assessment/evaluation) that integrates a creative arts approach. Create one lesson for EACH of the content areas (language/literacy, math, science,& social studies). You will use the format for the arts-based lesson presented in your text p. 410-415. For each of your activities, you will address the following:

• Title of lesson
• Learning Objective
• Grade level (infants-2nd grade)
• Content area and art forms addressed
• Standards addressed CCSS or Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Developmental skills addressed
• Materials used
• Classroom setup
• Arts skills builder (warm-up/introductory activity)
• Procedures
• Follow-up activity
• Assessment and evaluation
• Differentiating instruction (accommodations for ELL, ESE, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners-CLD)
• Habits of Mind that assisted you with this activity