Name: Andrea Wilson

Title: Michigans Great Lakes

Art discipline-Drawing Core Subject: Art & Geography
Grade: 3rd Grade
Standards:
Geography
G2 Places and Regions
3 G2.0.2 Describe different regions to which Michigan belongs (e.g., Great Lakes Region,
Midwest).
ART.VA.II.3.2 Create a composition using the elements of art and
principles of design to communicate ideas.
CREATE
Standard 2: Apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.
(VPAA: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, P1, P2, P4, R1, R4)
ART.VA.II.3.5 Create artwork that aesthetically and creatively conveys an
idea.
Standard 5: Recognize, analyze, and describe connections among
the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
(VPAA: C2, C3, C4, C5, P2, P3, R1, R2, R3, R4)
ART.VA.V.3.1 Describe how art can be found in various environments.
ART.VA.V.3.2 Investigate and identify careers related to artists who work
in specific media.
Metacognition- English Language Arts
R.MT.03.01 self-monitor comprehension when reading or listening to texts by
automatically applying strategies used by mature readers to increase comprehension

including: predicting, constructing mental images, visually representing ideas in text,

questioning, rereading or listening again if uncertain about meaning, inferring, and
summarizing
Objective: Students will understand and discuss Michigan Great Lakes. Students will gain
knowledge of the agriculture and geography of the Michigans five Great Lakes: Lake Huron,
Lake Ontario, Lakes Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Superior. Students will understand and apply
the acronym HOMES. Students will create a drawing and explain the memory or vision of
fishing on the Great Lakes applying knowledge of cliffs, islands, sand dunes, and the architecture
of a lighthouse. Students will gain an understanding of colors and apply the knowledge to write
a description to their Lake Drawing creations.
Class time: 15-20 minutes
Materials: Paper, crayons, markers, pencil, pen, colored pencils
Procedure:
A. Interest Builder: Who can name Michigans Great Lakes?
Share with the students the acronym HOMES
Visit the website: http://sciencewithkids.com/science-facts/facts-about-the-greatlakes.html- and learn some Great Lake facts
B. Direct instruction:
1. After visiting the website: http://sciencewithkids.com/science-facts/facts-about-thegreat-lakes.html and sharing with the students the Great Lake facts and introducing
the acronym HOMES which stands for; Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
Remind students Lake Superior is the Largest of all the Great
Lakeshttp://sweetwatervisions.com/Pages/galleryGL.html by John & Ann Mahan.
2. the students and teacher will visit the photography of the Great Lakes on the website;
While looking at the webpage: http://sweetwatervisions.com/Pages/galleryGL.html the
teacher will point out the different lakes and the geography associated with the lakes.
Teacher: Students do you see the cliffs of Lake Superior?
Teacher: Students take a look at Lake Michigans sand dunes.
Teacher: Notice the Les Cheneaux Islands of Lake Huron.
Teacher: Presque Isle Lighthouse of Lake Erie.
Teacher: Do you notice the cool colors of the lake.
Teacher: Notice the Lighthouse is in the background.
3. Tell students along with the description of the Michigan Five Great Lakes the fish that
is most commonly associated with the fisheries of each lake:
Yellow perch primary catch
Lake Huron : whitefish
Lake Ontario: American eel, yellow perch, bullheads, sunfish and rock bass
Lake Erie and Lake Michigan: yellow perch, salmon and walleye support the fisheries

Lake Superior: herring, rainbow smelt, lake whitefish and yellow perch
Visit the webpage: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_53405216561--,00.html and show the students what a yellow perch fish looks like.
4. Next tell the students to imagine they are on one of the Great Lakes fishing and create
a drawing of the image the students are imagining .If the students do not like fishing
they may draw the Lakes, geography , and some architecture they remember from the
photography.
Remind the students of the islands of Lake Huron, cliffs of Lake Superior, sand dunes
of Lake Michigan and the lighthouse of Lake Erie.
Remind the students to use different colors remembering what cool colors are.
Students will write the name of the lake anywhere on the drawing.
Students will write 3 sentence description of their drawing on the picture.
The students will have the opportunity to share their drawings with the class.
Assessment: I will gain understanding of students comprehension of Michigans Great Lakes,
the students ability to transfer images in their head into a visual art drawing, and then write
about their drawing into three grammatically correct sentences using vocabulary learned in the
lesson.
Lesson Closing: The students will hand their drawings and descriptions to the teacher to display
on the art wall.
Instructional Resources:
Mahan J&A. (n.d). Great Lakes Photo Gallery: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and
Ontario. Retrieved from http://sweetwatervisions.com/Pages/galleryGL.html
Michigan Department of Education. (n.d). Visual Arts, Music, Dance & Theatre. Retrieved
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Complete_VPAA_Expectations_June_2011_
356110_7.pdf
Michigan Department of Education. (n.d.). English Language Arts; Grade Level Content
Expectations. Retrieved from
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/ELA_03_87354_7.pdf
Michigan Department of Education. (n.d.). Social Studies Grade Level Expectations. Retrived
from http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/3rdgradeSSGLCE_229667_7.pdf
Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (2015). Yellow Perch. Retrieved from
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_53405-216561--,00.html

Science With Kids. (2015). Facts about the Great Lakes. Retrieved from
http://sciencewithkids.com/science-facts/facts-about-the-great-lakes.html
Quizlet. (2015). Art Vocabulary. Retrieved from http://quizlet.com/1168299/art-vocabularyflash-cards/
Vocabulary:
Background-those things that seem the most distant, as if at the back of the picture. (
Quizlet, 2015)
Cliff-a high steep face of a rock dictionary.com. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cliff?s=t
Color- the result of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface. ( Quizlet, 2015).
Cool colors- colors that make you feel cool - blue, green and violet ( Quizlet, 2015).
Create- create to make or produce (Quizlet, 2015).
Describe- this process in responding to art work refers to the subject matter of the artwork
(Quizlet, 2015)
Fishery- a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.A place where fish or shellfish are caught.
-dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fishery?s=t
Island- a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called
a continent.-dictionary.com. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/island?s=t
Lighthouse- a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the
guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.dictionary.com
Great Lakes- a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting
waterways: the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior,
Huron, Erie, and Ontario, which are divided by the border between the US and

Canada and Lake Michigan, which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most
important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St
Lawrence into the Atlantic. Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq
km (95 170 sq miles)-dictionary.com. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/great+lakes
Photography- the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by
the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma
rays, or cosmic rays.-dictionary.com. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/photography?s=t
Sand dunes- a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and
Oceans-Farlex- The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sand+dune