Mind Mapping
Through the use of drawings, color, images and words, Mind Mapping encourages students to begin with a central idea and expand outward.
Resources
- Art paper
- Art paper
- Drawing instruments – all types
- Mapping Sam by Joyce Hesselberth
- My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams
- Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden Paperback by George Levenson and Shmuel Thaler
- The Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Fine Art Standards
VISUAL ART STRAND: CREATE (1.V.CR.) Students will generate artistic work by conceptualizing, organizing, and completing their artistic ideas. They will refine original work through persistence, reflection, and evaluation
Integrated Standards
K – 6 Literature Standard 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Objectives
Using drawing and other Mind Mapping techniques, students will organize information that includes a central idea surrounded by connected branches of associated topics.