Art Lesson Plan

Title: African Family Portrait (Contour) Unit: African Art

Grade level (s): 3~5 Medium: ra!in"# Pa$er Mani$ulations
%u""ested Time: &'&#()rs
Instructional Objectives (2-3):
* %tudents !ill develo$ $ersonal vie!$oints re"ardin" c)aracteristics and merits of
art!or+s,
*%tudents !ill inter$ret t)e -ualities of visual art!or+s for com$arison
Elements of Art (&*3) line. color. s)a$e. form. s$ace. te/ture. value
Principles of Desin (&*3) re$etition. $attern. movement. 0alance. em$)asis. contrast. unity
!aterials an" E#uipment:
Pa$er
Construction $a$er (any color)
African %cul$tures
1lmer2s sc)ool "lue
Pencil and Pen
3lac+ %)ar$ie
$ocabular% (&-'):
Contour.
3lind Contour
Portrait
Art Pro"uction (0ased on Madeline 4unter model)
&,antici$atory set (, state o05ectives 3, 6n$ut: art )istory. instructions 7,demonstration. modelin"
5, c)ec+ for understandin" 8, "uided $ractice 9, inde$endent $ractice :, closure
&, 6ntroduce c)ildren !it) $ictures of family $ortraits, As+ -uestions of students o!n
e/$erience !it) family $ortraits,
(, Tal+ a0out t)e !ord contourin", Givin"#s)o!in" e/am$les )o! Contourin" !or+s in
art,
3, ra! a contour, As+ c)ildren to dra! a contour from one of t)e e/am$les "iven
0efore,
7, 4o! e/$lain !)at 3lind contour is, ra! an e/am$le of 3lind Contour,
5, ;o! s)o! a family $ortrait and e/$lain !)at today2s art is, 1/$lain, ra!in" t)e
fi"urin" on t)e ta0le and e/$lain )o! t)e art !ill !or+,
a) <nce t)e limit amount of time is u$ students !ill "o (cloc+!ise) to anot)er
ta0le !it) a different fi"urine and dra!, =e$eat t)e $rocess until everyone )as dra!n all
t)e fi"urines "iven,
8, 1/$lain )o! to cut out t)e family mem0ers and )o! to dra! t)e outlines !it) 0lac+
s)ar$ies, T)en s)o! t)em )o! to $lace it on construction $a$er, As+ if t)ere are any
-uestions,
9, Give time to students to "lue t)e dra!in"s )o! t)ey !ould li+e it s)o!n, =e$eat t)at
t)is is family $ortrait and leave on t)e e/am$les of family $ortraits from t)e internet,
Art (istor%) *esources (2-&):
Pictures of African art from t)e internet
Place African related 0oo+s on ta0les
Family Portraits from t)e 6nternet
Aest+etic ,uestions (--2):
o you )ave any Family $ortraits at your )ouse>
?)y do !e ta+e family $ortraits>
o you t)in+ t)at ot)er countries ta+e family $ortraits>
o ta+in" family $ortraits mean t)e same in ot)er countries li+e in t)e %tates>
Art .riticism ) Anal%sis ,uestions (3-'):
@uiA t)e students on t)e African Art
4ave students !rite a0out !)at t)ey2ve learned and e/$erienced !)ile doin" t)e
$ro5ect,
Evaluation .riteria (s+oul" relate to objectives):
T)e Art =u0ric:
Com$letion
Content
Craftsmans)i$
Creativity
!o"ifications ) /pecial 0otes ) Dra1in
For %$ecial needs:
4ave $ictures dra!n. cut out. and ready to 0e $asted
4ave a $artner to )el$ !it) t)e "luin" and dra!in"