THE COMPONENTS
CITA Programs provides classroom teachers (with or without background in art) instructional material to teach any curricular subject through art.
UNITS: Consisting of four to eight lessons dealing only with one subject (Sea Life, The Hopi, Social Studies, etc.) and adapted to one or more grade levels. The lessons in the unit are presented in an order to follow as a learning process (from simple to complex contents and technical skills). Each LESSON PLAN presents: (A) Introduction, (B) Group Demonstration and (C) Evaluation, correlated with Teacher Strategies, Materials, Students Activities and Visual Process. The correlation between academic contents and art activities (visual process) result in a unique format of the lesson’s plan designed to help room-teachers uses art classes in their every-day activity.
The UNIT OVERVIEW (unit-at-a-glances) introduces the most important contents of each lesson (number of lesson depending of each unit). Unit Overview present: Summary, Title of each Lesson, Purpose, Academic Contents, Themes and Vocabulary, Art Contents Focus and
LEARNING BY LOOKING EXERCISES are designed for the students to review the academic subject while helping to develop skills for writing, reading, and critical thinking.
VISUAL GLOSSARY is a visual and written definition of art-vocabulary.
TECHNICAL CORNER are suggestion for the use of art materials and techniques.
The contents are consistent with the National Standards: National Science Curriculum, Social Studies Standards, National Mathematics Standards, and Standards for English/Language Art.
