Multicultural School Bus
Lesson submitted by:
Elementary Art Teacher
Toms River Schools
Toms River, New Jersey
Art
Lesson~
Kindergarten~
Beginning of the year project.
Objective~ Students
will be able to create a school bus out of cut paper & crayons using
shapes, lines, & overlapping. School bus will contain 'students' with a
variety of skin tones.
Procedure~ Discuss
new experiences in kindergarten. Discuss riding the bus & making new
friends that have diverse backgrounds. Students will trace a bus pattern and 5
circle patterns (each on a different shade of 'skin') + 2 circles on black for
tires. Demo how to make windows out of squares. Demo how to add students inside
windows (driver, too)! Add details to students' faces; add lines and other
details to bus in crayons. Demo how to overlap tires on the bottom of bus.
Materials~ 12x18 yellow paper
Bus patterns
Small circle
patterns
Small pieces
of multicultural skin tone papers
Small pieces
of black paper
Glue~
scissors ~ crayons
Evaluation~ Participation,
effort, behavior, & craftsmanship
Standards~ 1.3: All students will utilize
art elements and art media to produce artistic products & performances.