Students use their creativity and critical thinking skills to consider the idea of integrity in art. They first discuss their existing understanding of integrity and generate and classify scenarios that do or do not show integrity before using a song to deepen their understanding of the concept. They then produce a piece of artwork that shows integrity before moving on to analyse the work of other artists, including Norman Rockwell, looking at how they portray integrity. Along the way, they compare their own perspectives with those of their peers and other artists, work on their mastery of art techniques, and develop their understanding of how art can be used to express ideas, as well as of the importance of integrity. 

• Become more proficient in using specific art techniques

• Analyze artwork and use appropriate vocabulary of art to explain compositional and communicative qualities

• Broaden knowledge of artists and the expression of ideas in art

• Explore connections between art and moral and cultural concepts

This unit has a creativity and critical thinking focus:

• Generate ideas and create visual art that shows expressive qualities or personally novel ways to engage the idea of integrity

• Consider several perspectives on the content or expression of a piece of visual art and explain the strengths and limitations

Web and print

• Shows integrity/does not show integrity chart and a means to stick scenario cards to chart

• Sentence scenario cards cut out and placed around the classroom (see appendix)

• The integrity song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RUWnfEFSK0

• 1-3 works of art showing the integrity of the teacher’s choice

• Integrity in Art paper/pencil alternative sheet to replace Google Form.

• Google Form version in Google Classroom for capable types if desired

• Print-out of Norman Rockwell handouts from Appendix 3 and of Norman Rockwell’s Schoolteacher, No Swimming, Father, and Scouts, or other prints of teacher’s choice

• The Norman Rockwell Museum website may be useful for further information, resources, and images https://www.nrm.org/.

Other Resources

• Computer/speakers to play the integrity song to the class

• Art materials for students to create their artwork

Opportunities to adapt, extend, and enrich

• The word “grit” could be incorporated into these activities as a way to help students understand that grit means finishing what you started.

• As a wrap-up activity, students could be asked to see if they can find acts of integrity on campus. When they do, have them fill out a 1⁄2 sheet of paper (see appendix 4) on why this shows integrity or create an artwork or story about this, which can be shared with the rest of the class.

• This could be linked with activities in literacy and language, drama, or music (looking at and producing stories/plays/music of integrity).

English Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NMHYH1wVgNbJMPpguJSsdQHUblmOR5WjNXX_zyxSJwk/edit?usp=sharing

Hindi Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/13a1LmwznV0n4XDMAsVAXylBeIF-ZMPgJ1aDqhZ92khA/edit?usp=sharing

Gujarati Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n61uupI2gfOr6bRj69TpZDcs2lOqDxf60blWP4vh0rw/edit?usp=sharing

Kannada Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1imHuc6mcTGq2kfWqJ5PVOGszM6GO9C27hTSpGFWnfzY/edit?usp=drive_link