Exploring Changing Perspectives on Slavery Through Arts-Integrated Lesson

Arts-Integrated Mini-Lesson Plan [Name] [University] EDU400: Social Studies and the Arts Instructor’s name 22/09/2025 Arts-Integrated Mini-Lesson Plan 1. Read & Annotate Visual and performing art allow students to experience concepts in social studies and become active participants in activities during the lesson. Through performing arts such as dramatization, teachers demonstrate the significance of cultural events in influencing historical events and perspectives. The Kennedy Center’s “dual objectives” idea incorporates arts in learning social studies and helps teachers achieve two learning objectives simultaneously. When preparing to use the approach, educators should explore the concepts they intend to achieve during the lesson and develop art forms that align with the goals of both subjects. Burstein & Knotts (2010) show that art can be an alternative approach through which teachers can relay content to students and assist them in understanding how themes in social studies connect. During this lesson, learners will be able to show how cultural experiences and legal factors have influenced changes in perspectives over time in the United States. The strategies for the lesson will include role-playing, character exploration, and script development for a short play that students will use to demonstrate the concept of slave