Fine Arts: Theater

K-4 Standard 2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations

• Students imagine and clearly describe characters, their relationships and their environments.
• Students use variations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movement and vocal pitch, tempo and tone for different characters.

Fine Arts: Visual Arts

K-4 Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques and Processes

• Students use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.

K-4 Standard 3: Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols and Ideas

• Students select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

Social Studies: Individuals, Groups and Institutions

Pre-K-12: Standard 5

• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.

National Council for the Social Studies, Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (Washington, D.C.: NCSS, 1994). This book may be purchased by calling 800-683-0812. Electronic copies of it are not available. Source: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

Source:Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

Career exploration at the early elementary level allows students to develop skills in critical thinking, goal setting and planning. As students play in small groups, they engage in dialogue about how diverse people come together to serve a community and the special clothing required for their jobs. Second language learners can learn the English words for careers through this project.

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

Supplies Used: Cardstock, Crayons, Glue, Paper (Silver), Pens (Colored), Scissors

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Fold a 4 1/2" x 12" piece of cream, tan or brown cardstock or construction paper in half horizontally, then fold back again 1" (Figure A).
2. Place the fold just inside the bottom cutting edge of the AllStar Doctor/Nurse, Firefighter or Police Officer and die-cut (Figure B).
3. Open the die-cut shape. Fold the 1" fold back up inside the shape to make a platform (Figure C). This will allow the shape to stand up.
4. Die-cut each figure using various colors of paper to make the clothes, hair, shoes and other items. Adhere the clothes and other items to the figures while they are flat. Crayons or colored pens may also be used to embellish and add highlights to the figures.
5. Glue the front and back of the figure at the top (see Main Photo).