Lesson Overview
Students will use all of the information they have gathered to begin preparation for their final project. Students will begin the planning and gathering of materials for this sculpture. They will also work with a partner to discuss ideas for sculpture. The ultimate goal of this project is for each student to create a sculpture out of material that is from nature, or would have otherwise have been thrown away or recycled. It is up to the students to use all of the visual information they have been given as a means of inspiring their own designs. Students have to use the materials and make a connection to the message they are trying to convey. Students will have had many examples of this in previous lessons through the work of the artists we discussed, so it should not be a new concept. Students working with partners will help them to refine their ideas and have a concrete plan of design.
Duration
Lesson Three will be two 56-minute class periods and will involve 7
th
and 8
th
graders during different periods.
Materials
Sketchbooks, pencils, erasers
Instructional Objectives
Students will:
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Discuss as a class the environmental issues they have learned about
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Discuss the various artists and how they can inspire their individual pieces
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Brainstorm for ideas on what materials to use for their sculptures
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Sketch ideas for how to use these materials
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Commit to one thing they will do to lessen their waste for one day
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Find the parallels in these artists and the issue of recycling
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Review requirements for the final project
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Instructional Plan
We will begin the lesson with the students providing feedback on the environmental issues they have become aware of, or already knew about and what types of steps they can take to make a difference. Students will review the list of their personal waste collection from a previous lesson. This will serve as a reminder of all of the things that we can so easily throw away in the course of a day! They will come up with three ideas of how they can make environmentally conscious choices in how and what they consume and write them in their sketchbooks. They will try to implement at least one of these for a day and report back on their results.
We will continue with a review of some of the works of art we discussed in the previous lesson. We will discuss which elements of them we like and which we do not like. Students will work with a partner to discuss their ideas for a Recycle Art sculpture, as well as the materials the students plan on using. This sculpture will be made out of all recycled or natural materials.
Students will review the requirements for creating a sculpture and review vocabulary words such as sculpture in the round, balance, three-dimensional, rhythm. They will look at examples of sculptures and discuss these concepts as they relate to the examples.
Assessment
Students will be assessed on the three ideas to make small steps, their participation in the open discussion, their sketches for a sculpture, as well as their daily journal entry.