Unit: Paper Manipulation Grades: 3-4 Intermediate Medium: Cut Paper Durations: One Class Period
Objectives Students will create artwork that reflects images, symbols, and ideas from other sources. (KS) Students will recognize the relationship between history, culture, and the visual arts. (KS) Students will identify and use symmetrical balance. (MO) Art Production 1. Anticipatory Set 2. State Objectives 3. Input (art history, instructions) 4. Demo 5. Check for Understanding 6. Guided Practice 7. Independent Practice 8. Closure 1. Teacher will wear African mask as students enter the room, the mask will then be passed around the class so the students may look through the eyes. 2. Show an example of the finished artwork. State objectives. 3. PowerPoint presentation about African masks in comparison to other cultures including our own. Discuss vocabulary words such as ceremonial, scarification and culture. 4. Demonstrate drawing an eye on the half sheet so that it touches the edge of the paper, and then allow students to do the same. 5. Walk around the room and check the students understanding. 6. Model carefully cutting out the eye. Allow the students to do the same, again walking around the room to check for understanding. 7. Describe the similarity in process for drawing and cutting out the nose and mouth. Allow students work independently on drawing and cutting out the remaining facial features. 8. Once student have completed cutting out their shapes, demonstrate the method of gluing the pieces down. Start by gluing down the half sheet so that it creates one half of the face. Then piece together the puzzle replacing the cutouts to their original positions. Add glue to the eye cutout then flip it over the center line and press down. Encourage students to focus lining up their cut outs so that they match up with the center line as perfectly as possible. (This creates the symmetry). 9. Check for understanding and then allow students to work independently on piecing together their masks. Constantly be walking around the room to check for understanding and help students. 10. When students have completed gluing their pieces down, line all of them up on the table and discuss the objectives again with the class, relating them to their pieces. Tell students what will be covered next time.
Materials 8.5x11 Construction Paper (light colors) 4.25x11 Construction Paper (dark colors) Scissors White (Elmers) Glue Pencil Elements of Art Shape Space Principles of Design Balance Unity Vocabulary Symmetrical Mask Ceremonial Scarification Culture Art History/Resources PowerPoint (about 5 minutes)- africanmasks.ppt YouTube Video (1:27)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT xx14R44o Modifications/Notes Encourage students who quickly complete basic facial features (eye, nose, mouth) to add other elements to their masks such as eyebrows or scarification.