Cheryl M' Lynch

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Report on Lesson Plan Developed Through the Terra
Teacher Lab, 2007-08
Cheryl M. Lynch Smyser School Library Science
Grade 3
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Walter W. Ellison Train Station, 1936 Oil on
Canvas The Art Institute of Chicago
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• Key Ideas about the artwork(s) that informed the
  lesson
• People migrate from one place to another for
  various
• reasons
• Paintings reflect social values of the time
• ?This painting shows discrimination, racially and
  economically
• ?At the time of the painting, the train is a
  metaphor of hope for African-Americans

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• What I wanted students to learn
• ?To complete a close read a painting
• ?To see a correlation between a story, a piece of
  art, and life
• ?To appreciate American art

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A few major learning activities ?Teacher reads
Going North by Janice Harrington ?Students
participate in a discussion of the book ?Students
do a close read of Train Station by Walter
W. Ellison ?Students make connections between
the book, the painting, and their own
lives ?Students respond to the experience by
drawing a picture
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What my students learned ?Students learned how
to do a close read of a picture ?Students learned
art vocabulary ?Students made connections between
the book, the art work, and their lives ?Students
learned to look at art ?Students learned to
appreciate art ?Students learned that there is a
place called The Art Institute of Chicago
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What I learned ?I learned how to do a close
read of a picture ?I learned art terms to use in
leading discussions ?I learned to really look
at art ?I learned to appreciate American art