Objective: Students will follow the steps used to design a stop motion animation film and create their own movie.

Directions: Students will collaborate to create a story board, design props, use the stop motion app, and create their own movie.

Guidelines: Stop-motion animation films are created in the visual arts class by 4th and 5th grade students. Language arts, technology, and visual arts are integrated in this engaging, collaborative, hands-on lesson. Students research different stop motion animation movies. Students brainstorm and complete a story board. Students choose and/or create the props and backdrops. After a demonstration by the teacher on how to use the animation app on the iPad, students create their movie and present it to the class. 

Standards: ACOS VA.4.2 Collaboratively design and create artwork that has meaning and purpose.

  ACOS VA.5.2 Demonstrate the methods of the art-making process, including brainstorming, sketching, reflecting, and refining, to    

 create a work of art/design.

 ACOS ELA.4.35 Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical plot, transitional words and phrases, sensory details, and    

 dialogue, and providing a sense of closure. 

 ACOS ELA.5.34 Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue,    

strong voice, and clear event sequences. 

 ACOS Technology 3-5.2 Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.