During my EPI 0020 Teaching Profession Field Experience, I got the opportunity to work with a wonderful art teacher and mentor, Mrs. Susan Peace, from Heathrow Elementary School, Lake Mary, FL.
Below are 3 lesson plans I set up similar to how Mrs. Peace lays out her lessons during planning.
T H E M E |
4th grade 8:10-8:55 |
2nd grade 9:40-10:25 |
K 11:55-12:35 |
If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, what kind of hat would he wear? |
Painting a Pre-historic landscape with dinosaurs |
Pretend to open your eyes into a snowstorm with snowflakes swirling everywhere |
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P R O C E D U R E S |
Explain about the Stovepipe Hat that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America. wore then have the students draw and color a hat first and then draw Abraham LincolnŐs head in it. |
Students reflect on what they learned last week about dinosaurs and the vocabulary such as details, scene, realistic 2-D. Teacher shows an example painting |
Ask students if they have ever seen snow. Show example paintings of snow. Introduce Ňcold colorsÓ Limit palette (blue, green, purple, white) Teacher demos how to draw snowflakes using three intersecting lines, triangles, circles and smaller lines and how resist works. Show how important it is to press hard. Explain about curves and spiral lines for wind. Build up 2 layers one at a time. First layer use oil pastels to draw wind and snowflakes, layer two watercolor of cold colors |
M A T E R IA L S |
Paper Crayons |
Brushes Water containers Tempera Paint Paper |
Oil pastels Water containers Water color paints Paint cloths Paper |
S S S |
The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. (VA.A.1.2) |
The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. (VA.A.1.1) |
The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts. (VA.B.1.1) |
V O C A B U L A R Y |
Portrait 2-D |
Landscape 2-D |
Weather Repetition Cold Colors Resist Mixed media |
A top hat or top-hat (sometimes also known by the nickname "topper") is a kind of tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn by men throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The first top hat was made by John Hetherington in 1797; the hats became popular in the 1820s. Men commonly wore top hats for business, social events, and pleasure.
They were made from stiffened felt made from beaver fur and later, due to the influence of Prince Albert, from silk. A popular version, particularly in the United States in the 19th century, was the stovepipe hat, which was popularized by Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. Unlike many top-hats, this version was straight, like piping, and was not wider at the top and bottom. Often they were taller than the typical top-hat.
Paleobotony combines the scientific fields of biology, botany, and paleontology. Paleontology is the study of ancient life. Botany is the study of the biology of plants. Paleobotanists use fossil evidence in order to draw conclusions about plant life that existed long ago.
What is a Crayon resist? The word resist is used to describe the action in which two materials or media repeal each other either chemically or physically. In this art piece we are using wax and water based paint to resist each other and repel. The repelling of the water in the paint with the wax of the crayon allows paint to be used between shapes of crayon and shows a black line around the edges of the crayon. This mixed media work is using the cool color palette paint to show a contrast between the shapes of crayon and gives the illusion of a snowy scene.
EVALUATIONS:
2th Grade: Ask about dinosaurs and their habitat, landscape painting and what they learned.
4th Grade: Ask about Abraham LincolnŐs hat of 19th century and 21st century, reflect on last week with portraits
Kindergarten: Ask about the seasons and winter, resist painting