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6th grade: VA:Cr2.1.6a
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

8th grade: VA:Cr2.1.8a
Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.

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3rd:   VA:Cr2.2.3a
Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes.

6th: VA:Cr2.1.6a
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

8th: VA:Cr2.1.8a
Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of artmaking or designing.

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Day 1:
Do Now: Draw or write about what the words, ancestor, indigenous, and forefather mean to them.

Videos about huichol indians and yarn painting.

sketching for 20 mins and choosing object.

Day 2:
Do Now: Cursive Letter
Videos
Sketching for 20 mins

Day 3:
demo the sharpie layer on the ornament and provide the markers

Day 4:
After students have prepared the  entire surface with sharpie - have students apply the beeswax with blow dryers. DEMO FIRST.

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25 mins of video after reading ‘Lubna and the pebble’

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25 mins of video after reading ‘Lubna and the pebble’

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Begin with coloring sheet of a bug to see their starting point.

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Begin with coloring sheet of a bug to see their starting point.

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Color superheros- 10 mins

Storytime: 20 mins
story about line
story about superhero

Draw-Along: stick-figure with ovals: 8 mins
Color

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Draw yourself as a superhero (15)
Color

Storytime: (20)
-story about line
- story about superhero

Movie about 'Story of Dion'. (5)

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DO NOW: when designing a character- where do you start? Your own story or characters you know from tv shows? Design a character- draw and write notes about who they are, where they're from, etc.

visiting artist: schroeder cherry
( use an entire day for schroeder)

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DO NOW: what elements of your story are you interested in telling through your art? Or would you rather explore a fictional story about yourself, an alternate reality?

SHARPIE the name to the inside cover

video: romare bearden 15 mins
end at 7:05.

demo: how to bring items together for a collage - thinking about one's self - pre-cut images to bring together. Show how to play with composition. Do on chalkboard with oversized images.

provide envelopes to help them keep their items

NO GLUE

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end at 7:05

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Elliott Hundley: Evoking Emotions | Art21 "Extended Play"

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Derek Gores

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MarcPaperScissor: Cut Paper Collage Artist

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how sesame street puppets are moved.

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Sesame Street Puppeteers Explain How They Control Their Puppets | WIRED

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Day 1: show videos
then...
-Demo how to sketch your puppet on the chalkboard, start with the under layer of the bag- explain working from under to over - the bottom layer to the top.
(draw bag then the bottom layer of skin- then talk about use of color pencils for effects on skin: blush, freckles, mole, etc- arms then sleeves, hands then fingernails, pencil in lines on hands)

-Begin sketching our paper bag puppets in our journals- have them specifically think about who their puppet is- character design.

-Have them sketch one page and have them write one page of bullet points about who their puppet is.

stencils for various shapes of faces, paper hair, hands.

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Henson puppet theater- adv puppeteery with master puppeteers

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Henson puppet theater- adv puppeteery with master puppeteers

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Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge: Creature Feature "Tavern at the Crossroads" | S1E8 | SYFY

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The history of puppeteering in the Henson company and the move into the digital age.

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The history of puppeteering in the Henson company and the move into the digital age.

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Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge: Brian Henson at TED | SYFY

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Warhorse: theatre preview- puppet example- 2 mins

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Warhorse: theatre preview- puppet example- 2 mins

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Day 2: 4 video clips and sketching then share

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Day 2: 4 video clips and sketching then share

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The Puppet & The Puppet Master | @jajavankova & @bdash_2 | WOD Boston

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a year of living dangerously puppet scene

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a year of living dangerously puppet scene

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The Year of Living Dangerously - Shadow Play

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Ricky & Doris: An Unconventional Friendship in New York City. With Puppets! | AARP

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Kara Walker: Starting Out | Art21 "Extended Play"

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Day 1:
Do now:
What is the meaning/significance of a shadow?

2 Videos and discussion

Day 2:
Do Now:

2 videos

Day 3:

watercolor technique demonstration

Day 4:
-work time on their watercolors
-Teacher stages and traces silhouettes
Day 5:
-work time on their watercolors
-teacher stages and traces silhouettes

Day 6: Mon.

Speak about how to do a critique:
- observation for two mins
- questions or thoughts for 2 mins.

- critique - names on back of pieces.

Day 7: Tues: Cut out silhouette pieces

Day 8: Wed: Connect the two separate pieces together using gluesticks.

Day 9: Thursday: catchup and early finishers activity for those who want it.

Day 10: Fri- critique

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tissue paper design paper cutting from mexico - for snowflake design

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Chicago Tonight | Phil Ponce's Papercutting Artistry

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PAPER CUTTING: Sketching & Cutting Your Piece - Part 2

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on documentation camera:

1. flat wash in one color
2. flat wash in second color
3. Gradated wash from one color to another.
4. Wax resist with oil pastel or white colored pencil
5.kosher salt on top of wash
2 a. Splatter technique on top one of the flat wash

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Border chains for the silhouettes- need strips of black paper.

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paper cutting design-How to make paper cutting border designs|  paper art easy step by step..

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heart, leaves, daisy chain,
star

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Easy decorative paper chain ideas  ||  DIY Paper cutting decorations  ||  Bulletin board borders

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Color Superhero Page (15)
TEACHER LAY DOWN PAPER AROUND THE ROOM AND TAPE EDGES.

Collaborative Learning Groups of about 4 each. Come up with group name (5)

Have group think about their collaborative superhero and how they are dressing, their gender and hair, special powers, props, do collaborative small drawing based on their ideas. (15)

Have them strike super hero poses
Choose one kid to lay down and the others trace around the body. (10)

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- draw along: face shape- simple shapes. then color.

-Put down the cut out superhero pieces and tape them to floor.

- put reference papers of their earlier collaborative drawing on the floor with their pieces.

- Color on the floor.

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Draw along- hair- multiple kinds
straight, curly, afro, twists, bun, flat top, short fro. (15)

special accessories: masks, hats with ears, headbands with ears.

- Story time with another superhero story: review previous books and vocab (15)

- Coloring large superheros for (20)

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Share ideas with group of 4 and get their tips on each others designs and troubleshoot certain ideas.

Lay out supplies and let them get to work- names on bags and no glue the first day.

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Friday of the first week, a half way work-in-progress critique.

Day 7- explore adding arms and props, hair and wire to hold arms up and allow for puppeteering.

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Possible artist talks

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Do Now: brain map yourself into your separate identities.

Work time: composition must be approved to be given glue to start gluing their pieces down.

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Do Now: Areas of your life overlapping - abstract elements obscuring parts of your life, art cut-outs etc.

Demo: Layers and overlap

Work time: shift seats as needed.

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Do Now: Do you prefer telling your own stories when around your friends? Do you feel you are living a life worth telling about? Do you prefer telling fictional stories or the stories you hear through the lyrics of your favorite artists?

WorkTime:

Gallery Walk at the end.

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Do Now:
Cursive 'A'.

Demo community looms

Those who are finished can do the modge podge, final step with leaving it on the drop cloth, then help their friends finish.

OR do community looms

Final Critique

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Draw or write about what the words, ancestor, indigenous, and forefather mean to them.

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History of the Huichol people in Mexico video

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History of the Huichol people in Mexico video

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DocuMinute #14-- The Huichol Indians of Mexico Bead Art

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Bucerias "Huichol Artist" Martin Jimenez Garcia & his DaZzling beadwork.

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Have a sketching session to help the student find and distill images and symbols which inspire them.

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Color and cut the water bottles that we have collected so far.

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kids create paper layered cards and learn how to make a pop-up card

These cards will be mailed to the people who paid for the art supplies after being photographed.

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do now, videos, sketching

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The huichol indians use symbols to communicate what is most important to themselves and their culture. Think about what you are most passionate about and what symbols you could use to communicate those things in an image.

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Part 1: Contemporary Art: Vochol= VW in huichol.

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Part 1: Contemporary Art: Vochol= VW in huichol.

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How Many Beads Can You Glue to the Outside of a Volkswagen Beetle?

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Demo sharpie application of design. Continue sharpie stage until entire piece is covered.

Gauge time needed to complete sharpie stage and then figure out when to show the demo for the beading and yarn painting.

Label chosen pieces with name in sharpie on the bottom.

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Show how to care for the blowdryers and yarn

Pass out tools for pressing the pieces into the beeswax.

Provide box or ledge for storing pieces.

Work time

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REMINDER: exit ticket at the end of every week.

Have a halfway 'Works in Progress' : gallery walk

Have an end of project Critique- should last the entire hour with do now and exit ticket.

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Coloring pages of inventions by black ppl

DA of the inventions

‘Black man ‘ by Stevie wonder (2 verses and then instrumental w call and response)

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Look up Liberian regional tribes. Create masks similar.

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Picasso portraits of famous African Americans, using cardboard. Couple with drawings of them. And a value study on day 2. Project onto half the board w white paper. Draw next to it with chalk.
Do a pastel drawing as final piece, incorporating color after sketching on paper.

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Carbon copy of their faces as our future.

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Catchup on work. Cursive video

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Monarch and bees, hyperlapse

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Mold Making And Resin Casting - How I Make Plastic Copies of My Toys

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3d birds

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Pharaoh Ants

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What is casting?

What are some examples of casting?

What material was used to cast the monarch bracelet and bee paperweight?

What company made the casting kit in the video with the sock puppet?

How many parts are mixed together to create the substance that Illustrated casting in the monarch video and the sock puppet video?

What was used to make the cast of the ant farm?

What specific type of ants lived in the ant farm which was cast?

What did you think about the monarch bracelet and mold?

What did you think about the honeybee paperweight?

What surprised you about the casting process?

What is something you would like to cast?

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Draw Alongs : Bugs (3) and then color them

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Draw Alongs : Bugs (3) and then color them

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Coloring demo and then begin collaborative coloring sheet.

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Coloring demo and then begin collaborative coloring sheet.

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Hungry catapillar, loud click cricket: Eric carle.

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Learn about the spanish name for colors and bugs

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Learn about the spanish name for colors and bugs

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Mariposa and cucharache

Have them color the visual aids which correspond to different colors. Use those to play a matching game then create a color wheel.

Also play hungry catapillar bingo where they need to do matching to play the game.

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Learning what colors make other colors.

They will finger paint objects which allow them to transform their superheroes for the ‘winter wonderlane’ project.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Official Animated Film | Made For Kids | Eric Carle Book

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Baby Shark - Pinkfong Kids’ Songs & Stories

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Bug'n Roll | Dance Along | Pinkfong Songs for Children

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BUG SONG FOR KIDS | Body Parts Exercise and Dance with Ryan ToysReview!

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Tuesday: butterfly garden book then video 

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Tuesday: butterfly garden book then video 

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Blippi Explores the Pacific Science Center | Educational Videos for Toddlers

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These Divers Search For Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors | National Geographic

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Wednesday: Color theory game then video then book.

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Wednesday: Color theory game then video then book.

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Water color and oil pastel background with crayon and photo layered on top and crown.

3rd grade