Continents

This project will include the preparation for a grade level project. Each of the 6 first grade classes will study one continent. In May, we will present our learning to our families and community by:
1) Each class will study one continent.
2) Each room will show what they learned about their continent by filling each classroom with maps, symbols and realia.
3) Families and students will walk through each classroom with passports that are stamped in each room.
4) The 1st grade team will put on an evening presentation for the families and community with songs, dances and symbols showing what they have learned about the continents.
5) Each class will use what they have learned about “their” continent to the other 1st grade classes and their families.
6) The DVD being produced in this project

Students will discuss and decide what activities to photograph/video tape through out the year. Student will help in the decision making of the presentation by selecting appropriate photos and clips, helping to write captions and previewing the final product at several stages throughout the year.



2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Visual Arts
Students apply artistic processes and skills, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original works of art.
2.8 Create artwork based on observations of actual objects and everyday scenes.

5.0 CONNECTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, APPLICATIONS
Connecting and Applying What Is Learned in the Visual Arts to Other Art Forms and Subject Areas and to Careers
Students apply what they learn in the visual arts across subject areas. They develop competencies and creative skills in problem solving, communication, and management of time and resources that contribute to lifelong learning and career skills. They also learn about careers in and related to the visual arts.
Visual Literacy
5.3 Identify and sort pictures into categories according to the elements of art emphasized in the works (e.g., color, line, shape/form, texture).