Favorite Lesson
I really don't understand it, but kids from elementary to high school, LOVE dreaming about hidden spaces. Whether it is a secret container to hide your money or jewels from robbers to secret rooms in pyramids or mansions, kids seem to love dreaming up secret spaces.
There is an illustration of the hidden space under the Lincoln Memorial in DC at Atlas Obscura. I have been to the Lincoln Memorial many times and had no idea there was anything beneath the memorial!
You can use that illustration and website to inspire a lesson about secret rooms or do an internet search and you can find plenty of examples. (Photo is in the Public Domain. National Park Service)
Kids are also intrigued by the pyramids of Egypt and the maps of the inner corridors. Hidden passageways drawings are a great art connection to the study of Ancient Egypt.
Prepared Art Sub Lessons: Secret Rooms/Hidden Passageways
If you don't want to create your own lesson, I have one in my TPT shop you might like. It is complete with historic references, student samples, and a complete script for what to say to teach the lesson.
Here are some reviews of the lesson.
"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved this project! The slide show with all of the interesting examples of hidden spaces was excellent and motivating. The students produced very detailed ideas after the slide show. I used it as a sub plan with a few classes when I had to be gone, and then I taught it in another class because the ones who had it from the sub loved it so much! " Used in 4th, 5th and 6th grades
"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved this project! The slide show with all of the interesting examples of hidden spaces was excellent and motivating. The students produced very detailed ideas after the slide show. I used it as a sub plan with a few classes when I had to be gone, and then I taught it in another class because the ones who had it from the sub loved it so much! " Used in 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th
"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved this project! The slide show with all of the interesting examples of hidden spaces was excellent and motivating. The students produced very detailed ideas after the slide show. I used it as a sub plan with a few classes when I had to be gone, and then I taught it in another class because the ones who had it from the sub loved it so much! "
For less than $5, your sub lesson is completely prepared. Don't waste your time doing more!!! I have already taken care of that for you.
You can find that lesson here: Art Sub Lesson: Secret Rooms and Hidden Passageways
