Step 1: Warm up Hand out a project journal to each student. Have the students do two warm-up drawing exercises. 1. Imaginative Drawing: students do an imaginative drawing based on a story told by the teacher. Tell or read the students a true story of a time in history. On the first page of the
LESSON 2: Researching Like an Artist
Step 1: How to use project journals Teachers need to allow time for journal entries (10 minutes for each drawing during a field trip or in-class history lesson). Students should have a minimum of three entries per field trip or in-class session. How to use the project journal: Use pencil. Use journals for all project
LESSON 3: Creating the Mural
Step 1: Transfer drawings Students who have drawings in the mural (“artists”) transfer their drawings in pencil to the panel through the use of an overhead or digital projector. They are given a last opportunity to make changes/revisions. Sometimes additional research is necessary to make details accurate (students can use visual references, e.g., of a
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
Celebration Suggestions Classroom Teacher Led Mural Project Option 1: A School and Community Event The classroom teacher shares the process of the research project and culminating mural. The project journals are displayed. Students are asked to read parts of the journals that influenced the mural content and images. Option 2: A Classroom Event The students
MURAL MAKING: STANDARDS ADDRESSED
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS corestandards.org Reading Standards for Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1–3.10 Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1–3.10 Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1–10 Vocab Acquisition: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L3.1–10 Comprehension and Collaboration: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1A–D Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL3.4 Math, measurement and Data: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3MD.A.1–4 Social Studies: Time, Continuity and Change People, Places & Environment NATIONAL CORE ART STANDARDS nationalartsstandards.org CREATING Anchor Standard 1: Generate
Learning Standards for Maine Elementary Schools
Common Core Literacy – http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/ Common Core Math – http://www.corestandards.org/Math/ Maine Learning Results: Visual and Performing Arts – http://www.maine.gov/doe/arts/standards/index.html Next Generation Science Standards – http://www.nextgenscience.org National Core Arts Standards – https://www.nationalartsstandards.org
Arts Integration Activity Prompts
Summer Arts Institute, Lewiston, 2019: Poetry Prompts Summer Arts Institute, Portland, 2016: Peregrinations in Art (from the Portland Museum of Art) Using Physical Theater to Look at Art with Gretchen Berg
LESSON 1: Learning about Landforms
Step 1: What are landforms? Begin by listing some of the critical questions about landforms that students will be exploring. Write these on the board: What is the landform’s core material? How does it change over time? Is it slow or fast? Where is the landform located? Step 2: Critical questions Show images and videos
LESSON 2: Drawing Exercises
Teaching Tip: Provide each student with a field journal at the start of the unit. A field journal reinforces art and science connections while giving students one place in which to keep all their research and drawings. Step 1: Close looking Bring the rocks to the floor and have students sit in a circle. Pass
LESSON 3: Sculpting Landforms
SET UP: Once students are ready for plaster: Each table should be covered with newspaper for collecting plaster. Each table should have a bowl of water for dipping strips. Be sure to keep stash of strips away from the water. If they get wet prematurely, the plaster’s ability to stick is compromised. Step 1: Planning
You must be logged in to post a comment.