A finished fifth grader's papier mache Kachina. She called this "The Kachina of Conservation."

The writing style that I use to develop my art lessons is known as "Discipline Based Art Education" (DBAE). Discipline Based Art Education is a method for writing lessons that includes all of art's disciplines in each project. These disciplines include: Art Production, Art History, Art Criticism, and Art Aesthetics. Each lesson that I teach from first grade onward includes at least four student objectives, and at least one objective per discipline.

Discipline Based Art Edcucation is consistent with DoDDS art goals: Create Works of Art, Demonstrate Aesthetic Perception, Develop a Knowledge of Art Heritage, and Utilize Critical Judgment of the Visual Arts.

When I develop a lesson I am sure to include the study of some kind of culture, historical time period, or artist. Sometimes these lessons will tie into the social studies curriculum. Students are expected to participate in class discussions about the artwork. The students will share opinions and reactions to art works, artists, time periods and group discussion questions with the rest of the class. Older students are expected to reflect on their own projects in their self-evaluation sheet. Often they will be asked to write about what they had difficulty with, what they like or dislike about their piece and what they would change or would have done differently.