1. Traveling Across
the Curriculum
Through Art

2. Where can the journey
take you ?

3. What do you see?

4. Trucking Through
Social Studies

5. Louisiana History The World In Spatial Terms Places and Regions
Physical and Human Systems

6. Cultural Regions Sportsman’s Paradise Plantation Country Crossroads
Cajun Country
Greater New Orleans

7. World Geography Formal and Functional Regions of the U.S. Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Northwest
Great Lakes

8. Features for each state
Demographics
Natural Resources
Landforms
Cultural Features – Music, Religions, Festivals
Historic Aspects

10. To essentially global…
From hardly mobile
To essentially global…
How have the highway system and advances in communication technology changed the culture of the United States?

11. Motoring Through
Math

12. Superhighway Vacation
Using the “Electronic Superhighway,” students will select a vacation destination based on a predetermined budget issued to each group

13. Activities
Employing Mapquest or similar technology, students will design a route for their trip with certain mathematical specifications
-distance will be calculated
-cost will be estimated depending on current gas prices
-time will be determined

14. In selecting their destinations, students will be required to visit two historical sites and two places of interest to them
-entrance fees will be researched
Available lodging will be reserved along the way
Cost of meals for the entire traveling party will be estimated
Funds will be appropriated for souvenirs and miscellaneous expenses
Final budget will be determined to ascertain if the trip is feasible

15. Student Product
The student product will be a booklet that includes all assigned components of trip planning.

17. Expressway to ELA

18. 9th Grade ELA OBJECTIVE:
Teach students to see art as another text and learn to read it
GLE’s
Draw conclusions and make inferences from print and nonprint responses

19. Prior Lessons Teach What is Art? Teach the language of art
Practice the process of analyzing art

20. For this Lesson
Play the video version of the “Electronic Superhighway” located on the scholar site
Allow students 3-5 min to complete the graphic organizer or Art Analysis – Observations (Facts- what do you see) then share with a partner
Allow students 3-5 min to complete the section on Interpretations (Opinions – What do you think or feel?) then share

21. Writing Prompt Essential Question -
Do the images that Paik selected still represent America in 2009? Is his art still current? Include the elements of art (lines, shape/form, color, value, texture, size and quantity. Also include the images in Louisiana and two additional states to support your point of view

22. Student Products
Students create podcasts representing their interpretations to post on the teacher’s eboard or class website.
Write a letter to the artist – Posing Questions and sharing their interpretations
Create a collage with one new image for each state
Write a poem or song to respond to art