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Plan Number: 024
Title/Lesson/Theme: Regional Cultural Celebrations
Designed by: workshop participant
Grade level/Discipline: 4th and 5th grades/Art and Social Studies
Estimated Time:
Objectives (what will be assessed?):
Objectives (what will be assessed?): Students will compare/contrast the African cultural celebrations to those of the U.S. regions. Students will create visual items to enhance the celebration of a selected occasion or event.
Description/Background:
Description/Background: While studying regional cultural celebrations within the United States we will emphasize similarities/differences between U.S. and Africa. Relating to the art objectives studied, students will recreate a similar object found in the African culture. Students will use original patterns and designs to embellish their artwork. Patterns and designs familiar to our own culture will be integrated into the Art/Social Studies Unit. Follow-up study trip will include a trip to the Davenport Museum of Art to view the African art exhibit, A Sense of Wonder: African Art from the Faletti Family Collection (April 18-June 13, 1999).
Step by Step Procedure:
1. Class discussion on traditional celebrations.
2. Review Art and Life in Africa CD (or Internet site) for traditional African celebrations.
3. Select a specific art form that students will create.
4. Sketch ideas of various ideas.
5. Compare and contrast patterns and designs found in both countries.
6. Individual presentation of created artwork and social studies project related to a cultural celebration found in Africa.
Assignment in CD (essays, chapters):
For African references go to "Tool" on the menu bar. Select "Index and Slide Show". Enter "(Any)" into all selections except "Function". Choose "performance" under Function arrow. Select from 388 items.
Studio Materials Needed:
Pencils, erasers, paper, related specific media/tools needed for weaving, clay, mask making, etc.(numerous art forms can be used to satisfy this unit).
Vocabulary:
Ceremony, initiation, symmetrical, 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, heddle, warp, raffia, weaving, plaiting, weft, utilitarian, incised, slip.
Evaluation/Assessment tool (how will objectives be assessed?:
Did students accomplish the art objectives identified in the lesson? Students will verbally present how their project relates to an African celebration.
Bibliography/Alternative resources:
Websites:
Submitted 7/24/98