Arts, Care & Connection

Arts for Learning Northwest in partnership with Oregon Department of Education and talented Teaching Artists throughout the state of Oregon created a collection of free K-5  lessons that integrate directly with the Oregon Core Art Standards and the Transformative SEL Framework & Standards which center ideas of identity, agency, collaborative problem solving and belonging.

What do the lesson modules look like:

• Each module includes a written lesson plan for teachers and a slide deck that can be used in the classroom with students and includes embedded instructional videos recorded by the teaching artists.
• Lessons are designed to be completed in 60 minutes in a K-5 learning space and include a warm-up, explore, create and reflection. You may also choose to use shorter portions of the lesson modules to fit your need.
• Teachers will facilitate lessons for their classroom with the artist (asynchronously) as co-teacher.
• Ready-to-use modules are currently available in the resource library linked above and additional modules will be added as they are completed throughout 2025.

Need a shorter activity?

Check out these curated playlists of standalone videos pulled from the longer lessons.