Lesson Plan Trove
First Artistic Exploration: A series of intro projects with an the objective to explore how students are able to reflect on their identity (as individuals, students and a class) and work collaboratively together.
Intro Lesson, Middle School:
Exploring a Colorful Identity with Mandalas
Lesson Goal/Objective: We will learn ways to think about and illustrate our identity as individuals.
Lesson Problem: We will create round paper collages that express the layers of our identity using symbolic color and patterns.
Driving Question: How can we express our identity (who we are) by using only shape, color and pattern? What is radial symmetry and how can we use it to create our mandalas?
Lesson Problem: We will create round paper collages that express the layers of our identity using symbolic color and patterns.
Driving Question: How can we express our identity (who we are) by using only shape, color and pattern? What is radial symmetry and how can we use it to create our mandalas?
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Intro Lesson, GD 4-6:
Project Dream School
Lesson Goal/Objective: We will work collaboratively to communicate what our dream school would look like and feel like.
Lesson Problem: We will create a large collaborative map illustrating what our dream school would look like. We will construct a three dimensional model detailing one part of our dream school.
Driving Question: What do you value about your school? What do you think needs to be improved? How can we take a two dimensional map and create a three dimensional model?
Lesson Problem: We will create a large collaborative map illustrating what our dream school would look like. We will construct a three dimensional model detailing one part of our dream school.
Driving Question: What do you value about your school? What do you think needs to be improved? How can we take a two dimensional map and create a three dimensional model?
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Intro Lesson, GD 2-3:
Splish Splash Banners
Lesson Goal/Objective: We will learn ways that we can be respectful in the art room and in our daily lives. We will understand what pattern is.
Lesson Problem: We will create patterned splish splash banners to help us remember how to be respectful of each other and of our environment.
Driving Question(s): What are ways that we can be respectful? How can we create banners to remind us how to show our respect?
Lesson Problem: We will create patterned splish splash banners to help us remember how to be respectful of each other and of our environment.
Driving Question(s): What are ways that we can be respectful? How can we create banners to remind us how to show our respect?
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Intro Lesson, GD K-1:
My Many Colors
Lesson Goal/Objective: We will demonstrate an understanding of symbolism by representing emotion with color.
Lesson Problem: We will create life size, nonrepresentational silhouetted self-portraits that show the emotions that we feel using colored paint.
Driving Question(s): What is an emotion/feeling? What emotions or feelings have you felt before? What made you feel that emotion? Can colors show emotions? In what ways?
Lesson Problem: We will create life size, nonrepresentational silhouetted self-portraits that show the emotions that we feel using colored paint.
Driving Question(s): What is an emotion/feeling? What emotions or feelings have you felt before? What made you feel that emotion? Can colors show emotions? In what ways?
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Second Artistic Exploration: A series of projects dealing with dreams, identity and transformation.
School Identity Lesson, Middle School:
"Transformation" Mural
Lesson Goal/Objective: Students will develop an idea for a mural based around an issue that they find important within their school and community.
Lesson Problem: By using methods of idea generation, sketching, design transfer and painting students will design and implement their own mural within Barclay.
Driving Question(s): What does it mean to grow? as a person? a school? a community? How have you personally grown?
Lesson Problem: By using methods of idea generation, sketching, design transfer and painting students will design and implement their own mural within Barclay.
Driving Question(s): What does it mean to grow? as a person? a school? a community? How have you personally grown?
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