EED 435 Week 2 Individual Assignment, Co-Planning Arts Integration Scenario Paper.doc C

EED 435 Week 2 Individual Assignment, Co-Planning Arts Integration Scenario Paper.doc    Co-Planning Arts Integration Scenario: Social Studies Art Integration  EED 435  Name  Instructor  Date  The lesson attached is that on Ancient Civilizations which students have previously studied. The art that is supplied is suggestive & will allow students to put together knowledge they have received in the past & extending such knowledge to be able to correlate between people from ancient civilizations to people today. In the particular lesson, students look at different occupations as they try to use their critical thinking skills to come up with occupations that might have arisen during the ancient times. Included in this lesson are possible connections between merchants in Egypt, scribes in Samaria & traders from India with occupations that we have today. Students can use their highly developed cognitive capabilities not to limit themselves to their occupation as a student but to what other occupations adults may have. Making a connection between occupations during ancient times & occupations today is the objective in using art in social studies.  Description of the development stage & critical thinking skills of the children            This lesson targets children who are 10-12 years of age. This is where the student develops inherent abilities that children rely on for their learning process (Developmental Milestones, Ages 10 to 12, n.d.) The capabilities & limitations of the students then surface at this stage. Nature rather than nurture is what is considered as hig