For this assignment, you will develop a lesson concept that explicitly demonstrates your engagement with the ideas, discussions, readings, and other texts we have discussed in this course. A lesson concept is a “work-in-progress version” of a complete music, art, or PE lesson. Although the lesson concept is only in skeletal form, the ideas, strategies, and resources are no different from a lesson implemented in a classroom. Your work could be a variant of existing products or it could be a new unit that you have designed from scratch. The unit concepts should be suitable for an elementary-level classroom, but you are free to focus on the grade of your choice.

Your paper should be approximately 4 pages long, double-spaced, with 12-point font, and 1-inch margins. It should be divided into three sections, guided by the following questions:

Concept: What grade level and student population are you aiming to teach in this lesson? (e.g. 4th grade / ELL / Lower-SES) What are the enduring understandings related to the music, art, or PE concept? In other words, what do you want students to take away from this project? How does this connect to the social justice themes we’ve discussed in this class? This section should be written in narrative form (1 page, double spaced).

Rationale: How does teaching this concept address the hidden and/or null curriculum in students’ current education? (i.e. What is missing from the traditional curriculum and how does this lesson address that gap?) What sparked your interest in pursuing this subject/theme? Why is this an important concept for students to learn? This section should be written in narrative form (1 page, double spaced).

Articulation of Concept: This is where you will describe the music, art, or PE lesson itself. What instructional strategies will you use to teach this concept? What resources would you employ? How might you assess students’ understanding, skill attainment, or change of disposition? This section can be in outline/bullet form (1-2 pages, double spaced)