Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart
Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels:
3
4
5
Subjects:
Language Arts
Social Studies
Keywords:
Issue Area:
Arts
Focus Question
How can our artistic voice be used to make communities stronger?
Photo Credit: Art Supplies by Laura Redburn is licensed under CC by 2.0
Unit Overview
Students identify ways that artists are a valuable part of a community and to explore how they contribute to the public good.
Service Experience
Art from the heart: Celebrate students artistic talents and find a way to share these talents with others. Follow your students’ voices to find an organization or group of people who would appreciate a poem, greeting card, or homemade piece of art to brighten their day or let them know someone cares. This may be soldiers, veterans, elderly people in a retirement home, or a local child with a serious illness.
Lessons in This Unit
This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.
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