Elementary Art Lessons
Saturday Art: I Need a Hero
Lesson Theme: Superheroes
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Superheroes and strong, heroic protagonists are something that we all grow up with. Students will consider local issues in their community and create a superhero whose ability assists with a particular issue. We love superheroes, but the real hero of our life needs to be empowered young people. Students being aware of community issues and problem solving ways to assist their community to becoming a better or safer place is important because they are the future, the heroes that can make a positive difference.
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Superheroes and strong, heroic protagonists are something that we all grow up with. Students will consider local issues in their community and create a superhero whose ability assists with a particular issue. We love superheroes, but the real hero of our life needs to be empowered young people. Students being aware of community issues and problem solving ways to assist their community to becoming a better or safer place is important because they are the future, the heroes that can make a positive difference.
Saturday Art: Delicious Traditions
Lesson Theme: Traditions
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: We will be investigating how food and traditions play a role in our daily lives. Food is a cultural keystone across the globe and it is something we all experience everyday in our own homes and communities. It's important to understand that the traditions and food we eat are special to us, but that we all have different traditions that are unique or special in their own way.
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: We will be investigating how food and traditions play a role in our daily lives. Food is a cultural keystone across the globe and it is something we all experience everyday in our own homes and communities. It's important to understand that the traditions and food we eat are special to us, but that we all have different traditions that are unique or special in their own way.
Saturday Art: Cards of Kindness
Lesson Theme: Gratitude and Kindness
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Gratitude and kindness are things that we need to encourage and foster in all environments. These characteristics and qualities transfer to make us more compassionate and empathetic individuals. Students will be designing and creating watercolor thank you cards for people in their life.
Grade level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Gratitude and kindness are things that we need to encourage and foster in all environments. These characteristics and qualities transfer to make us more compassionate and empathetic individuals. Students will be designing and creating watercolor thank you cards for people in their life.
Saturday Art: Connections with Others
Lesson Theme: Relationships
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Creating a printed logo design that represents a relationship with another person, using the knowledge and discussion about the Myaamia Heritage Logo as cultural connection.
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: Creating a printed logo design that represents a relationship with another person, using the knowledge and discussion about the Myaamia Heritage Logo as cultural connection.
Saturday Art: Classroom Community
Lesson Theme: Individuals making up a community
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: This week’s lesson continues to build upon the ideas of identity from the previous lesson. There will be an emphasis on diversity and celebrating individuals with a group/community. Students will create artwork that can be cut and traded with others to create a collaborative class piece. A positive classroom climate and respect for each other’s artwork is important for a good learning experience.
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: This week’s lesson continues to build upon the ideas of identity from the previous lesson. There will be an emphasis on diversity and celebrating individuals with a group/community. Students will create artwork that can be cut and traded with others to create a collaborative class piece. A positive classroom climate and respect for each other’s artwork is important for a good learning experience.
Saturday Art: Who Am I?
Lesson Theme: Self-Identity
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: To start off an exploration of people,relationships, and culture, the first thing we need to understand is ourselves. Individuality and diversity is important to celebrate, as we are all part of a greater whole. This lesson will be an expression of students’ personality and self-identity through a multimedia approach on a silhouette portrait.
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Time: 90 Minutes
Lesson Overview: To start off an exploration of people,relationships, and culture, the first thing we need to understand is ourselves. Individuality and diversity is important to celebrate, as we are all part of a greater whole. This lesson will be an expression of students’ personality and self-identity through a multimedia approach on a silhouette portrait.
Geometric Robot Collage
Lesson Theme: Using recognizable geometric shapes, students will learn how basic shapes can be used to construct ideas from imagination.
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Time: 45-50 minutes
Lesson Overview: This lesson is a geometry review of shapes and 3D forms with an accompanying art project. Students will be exposed to a related contemporary artist and will interpret the artwork they see. They will review faces and shapes of 3D forms such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders- to then create a 2D paper robot with a special skill/superpower with those same shapes with guided demonstration.
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Time: 45-50 minutes
Lesson Overview: This lesson is a geometry review of shapes and 3D forms with an accompanying art project. Students will be exposed to a related contemporary artist and will interpret the artwork they see. They will review faces and shapes of 3D forms such as cubes, prisms, and cylinders- to then create a 2D paper robot with a special skill/superpower with those same shapes with guided demonstration.
Myaamia Lesson 1: "A People With a Past, Not From the Past"
Lesson Theme: Myaamia Culture and Imagery
Grade Level: 4th grade Time: 45 minutes Lesson Overview: In this lesson, we are discussing the Miami Tribe and their interactions with art and social studies. We will be touching on their complex past by discussing geography through maps. We will move to a discussion about their reality of migration and cultural revitalization through language, education and visual imagery. A brief background of ribbonwork will be touched on by showing it as a contemporary visual art form practiced by the Myaamia people. This lesson was created in hopes that we can help educate students on Native Americans in a way that is relevant to them and their community. Our connections and opportunities of interaction with Miami Tribe members here at Miami through the Myaamia Center, assisted us in creating a fair and respectful representation of the Miami Tribe and their valuable story. Through the lesson, we hope to be telling a story through visual art and geography about a very important culture that is close to home for the students, yet most likely not often taught about. The lesson also serves the fact that the story of Myaamia culture is still being told and is nowhere close to being over, thanks to the revitalization of the current members. |
Myaamia Lesson 2: Ribbonwork Bookmark
Lesson Theme: Myaamia Imagery
Grade Level: 4th grade
Time: 45 minutes
Lesson Overview: After learning historical and contemporary concepts about the Miami Tribe in the first lesson, this lesson will be a representation of student learning about Myaamia culture and imagery. Students will be taken through guided practice & step-by-step instructions to create a paper bookmark representing the style of ribbonwork.
Grade Level: 4th grade
Time: 45 minutes
Lesson Overview: After learning historical and contemporary concepts about the Miami Tribe in the first lesson, this lesson will be a representation of student learning about Myaamia culture and imagery. Students will be taken through guided practice & step-by-step instructions to create a paper bookmark representing the style of ribbonwork.
Mini Lesson Plan: The Art of Change
Lesson Theme: Taking the idea of change and exploring it through seeing examples of environmental artwork.
Grade Level: 1st grade
Time: 20- 25 minutes
Lesson Overview:
This is a short lesson based upon the big idea of change. Students will analyze and discuss two different example of environmental art and think about the the natural changes we see in nature versus man-made changes, in this case- artwork! After viewing and discussing examples, the students will collaboratively explore how to make art with a small kit of nature items as a fun and interactive activity!
Grade Level: 1st grade
Time: 20- 25 minutes
Lesson Overview:
This is a short lesson based upon the big idea of change. Students will analyze and discuss two different example of environmental art and think about the the natural changes we see in nature versus man-made changes, in this case- artwork! After viewing and discussing examples, the students will collaboratively explore how to make art with a small kit of nature items as a fun and interactive activity!