Students will look at the print, “Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali and talk about what they see. Students will discuss the importance of foreground, middle ground and background in a painting. Students will then visually draw a creative clock ticking throughout the day, utilizing the sky to tell morning, afternoon and evening as the hands on the clocks move!
Students will merge their science knowledge of day and night with their exploration of Native American literature. This will be achieved by first examining a Native American legend that depicts the story of how day and night came to be. Students will integrate story-telling elements into their retelling of the Native American legend. Finally students will be asked to apply their knowledge of day and night to a group task. In small groups, they will craft their own original legend of day and night applying various story-telling elements to their performance.
Use limericks to help students simultaneously explore language arts and music skills and understandings.
This lesson will give students an opportunity to create a piece of art that will identify each individual artist, but is not a standard self portrait with traditional facial features. The self-portrait will be a collage incorporating images, colors, symbols and text to help describe “who” that artist is. Students will be using several modern masters as inspiration, such as Michel Basquiat, Karen Mi- chels and Robert Rauschenberg.
Move to learn! You and your students will have fun moving and dancing to create and understand sequence and patterns. Emphasizing multiple learning styles will allow students to explore concepts in the way they learn best.