The purpose of this case study is to investigate the artistry of elementary school social studies instruction. The case of this study is The Paideia Instruction Report submitted in the form of autobiographical instructional criticism. I studied the teaching cases practiced by teachers, who judged instruction as art. The view of instruction as art enriches the understanding of social studies instruction as it deviates from the engineering paradigm. I explored the artistry of social studies instruction by the meta-criticism of the records of case instruction which dealt with the meaning of National Foundation Day. The instruction of National Foundation Day allows learners to recognize the narrative of national identity through the founding myth. The artistry that appeared in the course of the case instruction was found to be incidentization of emotional experience . In other words, psychological emotional states such as humor and sense of loss accidentally appear in the flow of teaching and learning, causing the artistry of the instruction. In terms of the outcomes of the instruction, the artistry of the instruction was reification of mental cultivation and realization of the meaning . Namely, the practitioner of the case instruction pursued the purpose of the subject while allowing learners to understand and present the good and beautiful minds of their ancestors. When a social studies teacher sees instruction as art, he can understand the instruction richly and pursue faithfulness of the instruction.