ART EDUCATION FOR THE BLIND
STANDING TALL
Social, Communication, and Independent Living Skills
through the Arts Curriculum
■ Activity Plan ■
(Song lyrics and audio & bibliography included)
- Activity Plan Overview
- Activity Plan 1: Great relationships start with hello
- Activity Plan 2: Ice Breaker and Small Talk
- Activity Plan 3: A two way street
- Activity Plan 4: From Casual to Formal Conversation
- Activity Plan 5: Handling difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Activity Plan 6: Nonverbal communication and tips for your tics
- Activity Plan 7: Strike a pose! Field trip to the museum
- Activity Plan 8: Making our Self-portrait
- Activity Plan 9: The Art of Dressing
- Activity Plan 10: Making a Fashion Statement
- Activity Plan 11: Personal Narrative: Writing your story
- Activity Plan 12: A Collaborative Song Writing Activity
- Activity Plan 13: Preparing an interview
- Activity Plan 14: Meet a stranger: an exploration of the interview process
- Activity Plan 15: Let's prepare our own Talk Show!
- Final Event
- Glossary
- Songs by Brian Muni
Final Event Let’s perform and film our own Talk Show!
Grade: 6th to 8th grade
Duration: 45 min.
Warm up:
Group Cohesion/Establish a Professional Working Environment
1. Acting professionally- making our rules
- Self-presentation: wear ties and scarves
- Making a movie cost money, we need to be effective and not waste time.
- Listen to each other.
- Camera is expensive: take care of it, you are responsible for it.
- Help each other: when someone is having difficulties, don’t just tell them, ‘”That’s not it, or that’s not right,” give them suggestions for what they could do.
Objectives and Outcomes:
- Students will learn to work collaboratively.
- Students will develop, film, perform and edit the show.
- Students will practice their public speaking and interviewing skills.
- Students will act professionally, responsibly, and learn to present themselves well.
Filming and Performing
Take 1 – 5 to 10 minutes
Feedback – 5-10 minutes
Take 2 – 5 to 10 minutes
