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Plan Number: 018
Title/Lesson/Theme:
Mural painting
Designed by: J. Olson
Grade level/Discipline: 9-12/Art
Estimated Time: 12- 90 minute class periods
Objectives (what will be assessed?):
Students will research the "Art and Life in Africa" CD and the Internet to locate mural designs. The students will work in small groups and create a mural to be painted and hung in the school building.
Description/Background:
After researching the "Art and Life in Africa" CD, the Internet and other sources, the students will work in small groups of 3-4. They will first locate an appropriate space in the school for a mural. They will meet with staff from this location at the school (i.e. science teachers, music teachers) and interview with them for what they would like to see included in the mural. The students would then go back and each student in the group would design a proposal. These would be taken back to the staff for further discussion. A final draft would then be proposed, painted and then hung in the school.
Step by Step Procedure:
Outlined above.
Assignment in CD (essays, chapters):
See art images database. Also, http://satie.arts.usf.edu/~ooguibe/africa11.htm, http://www.ableza.org/mural.html
Studio Materials Needed:
4' X 8' sheets of plywood, latex primer, acrylic/latex paint, brushes
Vocabulary:
mural, neagtive space, overlapping, contrast, line, weight, 2-dimensional, iconography, symbolism
Evaluation/Assessment tool (how will objectives be assessed?:
Completion of procedure, effectiveness of design, craftsmanship, work ethic, cooperation with others
Bibliography/Alternative resources:
Websites:
Submitted 7/21/98