Time Needed: 30-45 minutes
Social Studies Pedagogy: Tableau
Arts Integration: Tableau
Best Arts Practices: Application and practice, inside-out motivation, engagement and active learning
Standards:
Social Studies:
2.C&G.2.1 Exemplify characteristics of good citizenship through historical figures and everyday citizens.
Art:
2.C.1.1 Use non-verbal expression to communicate elements of characterization, including age and physicality.
Civic Goals: Practicing deliberation, and civic dispositions
Essential Question: What qualities should you be looking for in other candidates?
Lesson Development
Social Studies Pedagogy: Tableau
Arts Integration: Tableau
Best Arts Practices: Application and practice, inside-out motivation, engagement and active learning
Standards:
Social Studies:
2.C&G.2.1 Exemplify characteristics of good citizenship through historical figures and everyday citizens.
Art:
2.C.1.1 Use non-verbal expression to communicate elements of characterization, including age and physicality.
Civic Goals: Practicing deliberation, and civic dispositions
Essential Question: What qualities should you be looking for in other candidates?
Lesson Development
- Welcome students to Campaign Day!
- Play, "Yes We Can" again.
- Let students practice tableau from day before (10 minutes)
- Have one group present at a time.
- Project the group's ad while they present.
- Students who aren't presenting should practice active listening skills.
- While they listen they should fill out this chart.
- After all of the presentations, have students rank the tableaus in order of their preference (1-5)
Specific Questions:
- Which candidate stood out to you?
- Why did that candidate stand out to you?
- Which performance stood out to you?
- Which performance did you find interesting?
- Who do you think you might vote for?
Assessment:
Students' presentations will be assessed with this checklist:
- Tableau has an appropriate title
- Tableau includes the name of the candidate
- Tableau's candidate demonstrates 3 different qualities
- Tableau is performed within the time limit (1-2 minutes)
- Tableau has clearly been practiced.