
Designed a six week curriculum using different media and active participation strategies.
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Included literacy elements in each two hour lesson.
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Students collaborated on a student-run art exhibition for their families and the college community.
Horizons Summer Camp - Rising 6th
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Big Idea: Transformation
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Essential Question: How do we transform something to make it cute or creepy?
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Focus Artists: Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Kush, Carrington, Garcia, Baseman, Koons, Skoglund.
Objectives:
1 - Students will be able to define the main attributes of surrealist artwork.
2 - Students will explore what makes something cute or creepy.
3 - Students will explore compositional techniques.
4 - Students will create an oil pastel drawing showing abstraction that will create cute or creepy characteristics.
Twelve Corners Middle School - 8th Grade
Cute and Creepy
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Big Idea: Identity
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Essential Question: How can we use symbols to depict our identity?
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Focus Artist: Aztec Calendar, Tibetan monks, Native Americans
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Technology Use: Students used compasses, protractors, and rulers to create mandalas.
Twelve Corners Middle School - 7th Grade
Personal Mandalas
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Big Idea: Transformation
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Essential Question: How can we transform a landscape into an abstract landscape?
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Focus Artists: Van Gogh, Dali, Miro, Britto, Hockney, Kandinsky
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Technology Use: Flipped classroom. Created YouTube videos that were viewed on students’ tablets.
Twelve Corners Middle School - 8th Grade
Imaginary Abstract Landscapes
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Big Idea: Community
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Essential Question: How can we create a large scale mural to celebrate a diverse community?
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Focus Artists: Bansky, Wall Therapy Rochester, Stephen Powers, Swoon, JR.
Technology use: Students collaborated on the best way to enlarge their image.
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Students learned about the community at the School of Holy Childhood.
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Allendale students collaborated with the staff and students in designing, planning, and executing the mural.