Making History to Go
After learning about the artistry and cultural importance of the Lakota Tipi, students will use their imaginations and creativity to make tipis that tell stories about their own lives.
After learning about the artistry and cultural importance of the Lakota Tipi, students will use their imaginations and creativity to make tipis that tell stories about their own lives.
Students will analyze Trade Canoe for Don Quixote and explore how Jaune Quick-to-See Smith used objects and symbols to express her views on the Iraq War, war in general, and other political issues. In contrast, students will create their own painting that reflects a positive cultural exchange.
Students have the opportunity to explore the importance of getting someone’s attention and listening through the Iatmul Culture Orator’s Stool. They will have fun learning how to use the “Quiet Coyote” technique and other attention getting methods, examining the details of the Orator’s Stool, and creating an “orator’s stool” of their own using found materials.
Students will learn the definition of hue and explore Monet’s use of various blue hues in his painting Waterloo Bridge. Students will then create a painting of a famous bridge using various hues of one color.
Students will learn about the history of the painting Three Young Girls. They will then examine the tiny details that make the painting special, from the intricate lace pattern to the tiny petals of each flower.
Mimicking Monet’s love of gardening, students will create paintings and transform their classroom into a garden gallery, using The Water Lily Pond for inspiration.
Students will explore how William Merritt Chase repeated lines and textures throughout his fish painting. They will make a Japanese-style gyotaku fish print, then choose a line to repeat by adding an object to their print with oil pastels.
In this lesson, students explore what is beautiful with the intention of expanding their definitions of the word through the Japanese concept of wabi. A careful examination of the Natsume, Sun and Moon Thin Tea Caddy and the Ceramic Tea Caddy for Thick Tea will guide the discussion.
The Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva was created by a group of artisan-specialists, rather than one individual carver. In this lesson students will work as a class, each drawing one specific body part, to create a representation of their teacher.
Students will examine Jeffrey Gibson’s parfleche (pronounced “par-flesh”)-inspired artwork Freedom, and explore how it might express his identity. Students will learn about the art concepts of geometric shape, color, and scale by creating their own artwork using materials of their choice to express something about their own identity.
Students will work collaboratively to research and respond to the use of symbols in the Eyedazzler Blanket/Rug and what those symbols can tell us about the history of the people and the artist who created it.
Explore architecture with the idea that buildings don't have to be box-shaped. Students will create their own architectural designs by literally thinking outside the box.