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Brushstrokes & Beats Unit Plan

Students will deepen their understanding of how music and visual art inform each other by painting emotional responses to sound and composing original soundscapes for peer artworks, fostering creativity, critical listening, and multimedia expression.

Integrating visual arts with music cultivates cross-disciplinary skills, encourages self-expression, heightens auditory and visual literacy, and engages learners through hands-on, creative exploration.

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30 minutes

Step 1

Session 1: Introduction & Sound Sketch Warm-Up

120 minutes

Step 2

Session 2: Canvas Composition & Music Memoirs

120 minutes

Step 3

Session 3: Soundscape Composition & Soundtrack Gallery

120 minutes

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Connecting Sound & Sight

Unit Objectives

What Are Cross­-Modal Connections?

Synesthesia in Art & Music

Music–Art Pairing Examples

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Session 1 Agenda

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Warm Up

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Activity

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Journal

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Brushstrokes and Beats

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Mikaela Secore

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