Iron Sharpens Iron: Master Blacksmithing
Kasalina Maliamu Nabakooza
Guide Entry to 25.01.08
This visual arts unit, Iron Sharpens Iron: Master Blacksmithing, is written for teaching 8th grade students. Students will learn about the ironwork of the master blacksmith Samuel Yellin and create artwork inspired by his wrought-iron gates on Yale’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Students will reflect on and respond to ironworks by the master blacksmith Samuel Yellin. It is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches students how to analyze artworks and investigate objects. This unit concludes with a field trip to the Yale University Art Gallery. Students will experiment with materials to reinterpret artistic blacksmithing practices to create drawings and 3D artworks.
(Developed for Visual Arts, grade 8; recommended for Visual Arts, grade 8)
