Visual Art 5 Week Plan
UNIT TITLE / Give Peace A Chance / DATES / 3/12 – 3/17
National Visual Arts Standard(s) / 5-8 1b / Materials
Common Core State Standard(s) / ·
Focus/Assignment/Theme / The communication of peace through artistic interpretation
Learning Objective(s) / 1. Student will use newsprint and charcoal to draw three spheres that are four inches in diameter that have a highlight, mid tone, and shadow.
2. Students will use white charcoal pencils and a blue piece of paper, 9x12 inches, and draw and snowman that has a highlight, mid tone, and shadow.
3. Students will be read the book Snowmen At Night, list activities of snowmen, and explain light sources while comparing it to their own in their drawings.
Assessment
Modifications/Accommodations
Early Finisher Activities
WEEK / ART MAKING / VOCAB / ARTIST/ART HISTORY / ACTIVITIES / CRITICAL QUESTIONS /
1 / Wish Tags / installation / Wish Tree
Int’l Peace Day
Yoko Ono’s / Set Induction: / · What is a wish tree?
· How can it be a form of art?
· What are benefits of creating a wish tree?
· What are some meanings of Yoko Ono’s installation? /
1. Project overview
2. Show Wish Tree PPT pres about Yoko Ono’s installation in the Sculpture Garden in MOMA, NYC
3. Use SmartBoard to brainstorm w/students
4. Students will create wish tags for the future pertaining to their home, school, and community.
5. Students share their wishes /
Closure: /
2 / Peace Themed Collages / value
texture collage
mosaic / Derek Gorez
Sam Price / Set Induction: / · Who are Derek Gorez & Sam Price?
· What type of art do they make?
· What do you notice about their artwork?
· How do you define collage?
· How do you create collages? /
1. Project overview
2. Elmo demo cutting & gluing techniques
3. Show Derek Gorez/Sam Price PPT pres
4. After looking at & discussing artwork, students will create peace collages by cutting & pasting magazines & mosaic paper tiles to create a themed design. /
Closure: /
3 / AS ABOVE / AS ABOVE / Set Induction: / · The importance of repurposing materials.
· How cam art share the same theme but be created in so many different ways? /
1. Discuss value of collage–since it is made of pre-made materials someone else previously created is it of less, more, or equal value than other artworks?
2. Discuss how the theme of peace is represented differently in students’ collages and wish tags.
3. Artist statement writing /
Closure: /
4 / Set Induction: / · /
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Closure: /
5 / Set Induction: / · /
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Closure: /
Teacher Notes/Reflections