| Block Name |
Description |
"Collage"
(Responding and 2-D Creating Block)
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Students focus their observations on a collage by Romare Bearden. They respond to the images they see in the artwork and apply their perspectives to interpret the "story" depicted in the collage. Finally, students create collages around the memory of a childhood place.
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"Whisper Box"
(Responding and 2-D and 3-D Creating Block)
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Students are introduced to the relationship between form and function in design by studying photographs of several packages. They apply their understanding of this relationship to analyze different kinds of packages. They then create two designs: one for a package to carry a fish on a bicycle, and one to hold a sound.
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"Self-Portrait"
(Responding and 2-D Creating Block)
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Students are introduced to self-portraiture by observing two self-portraits. They analyze the self-portraits, applying their knowledge of aesthetic properties such as composition, style, and line. They also consider the relationships between these properties and the expressive qualities of each self-portrait. Then students create their own self-portrait drawings. |
"Mother/Child"
(Responding Block)
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Students analyze five artworks on the theme of mother and child, representing a variety of cultures, forms, and historical periods. They apply their knowledge of aesthetic properties, using their technical and art historical knowledge, and their understanding of how artists convey meaning in their works. |
"Metamorphosis"
(3-D Creating Block)
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Students hear a short story about metamorphosis, and examine a drawing showing a transformation. They are then asked to render a metamorphosis of a man to a fish in plasticine. |
"Monument"
(3-D Creating Block)
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Students are introduced to the concept of the monument. They are asked to sketch an idea for a monument based on the theme of International Children's Day, and then to realize that idea in chipboard and plasticine. |
"Kitchen Sculpture"
(3-D Creating Block)
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Students are introduced to a contemporary sculpture that explores and transforms a common object. They are asked to sketch a series of ideas for a sculpture based on a kitchen implement, and then to realize those ideas in a sculpture using plasticine and wire. |
