--Valentina Lopez--

Intended Audience: 3rd grade

 New York State Learning Standards:

 Standard 1- Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts.

Performance Indicator A:  Experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramic, printmaking, video and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

Performance Indicator B: Develop original ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based in themes, symbols, and events.

Performance Indicator C : understand and use the elements and principals of art ( line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate ideas.

 Standard 3- Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art

Performance Indicator B: Describe visual and other sensory qualities found in a wide variety of art works ( color, texture, shape, size, volume)

 Standard 4- Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts

Performance Indicator C: Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture

 Prerequisite Knowledge:  

Students have experience with printmaking

 Goal: Students will explore and understand aboriginal design by Styrofoam printing

Objectives:

1.    Students will learn about aboriginal design by using earth tone colors

2.    Students will learn about aboriginal design by adding patterns and shapes inspired by aboriginal works of art to their own work

3.    Students will create a Styrofoam plate using the basis of their drawing

4.    Students will be able to make multiple prints using two different colors. The students will learn to print two separate plates.

 Duration: 2 class of 1 hour

 Materials/ Equipment: drawing white paper, construction paper, earth tone color pencils, Styrofoam, pencils, printing ink, brayers, tray

 Vocabulary: Aboriginal design, earth tone colors, brayer, patterns

 Art Historical Reference: Australian Aboriginal design

Teaching Procedures/ Task analysis:

Day 1

A.    Introduction:

Time: 5 min

Introduce the lesson: I want you all to take a look at these two pieces. Can anyone tell me where he or she think these pieces were made? What are the colors that you see that are been used in both examples? Does anyone know what these colors are called? Why do you think they are called earth tone colors? What types of shapes can you see in the design?

  B.    Presentation/ Modeling/ Demonstration

Time: 10min

Introduce the activity: Using the colors and the patters that you got to observe in the aboriginal design, I want you all to start by creating a drawing of an animal of your choice. We are going to start by making a border. On the outside of the border, I want you to create a pattern that goes around the whole border. On the inside, I want you to draw your animal. Draw the animal as big as you can so it touches the edges of the margin. After you draw the outline of your animal, I want you to add patterns on the inside and outside of the animal using the earth tone colors.

    C.    Work Period:

Time:40

              Students are going to be working on their animal aboriginal design drawings

D. Summary:

Time: 5 min

  Students will be told when its time to clean up. If they are not done, they can finish the piece next class

  Day 2

  A . Introduction:

Time: 5 min

Introduce the second part of the lesson: the students that are done can start the second part, which is to create a Styrofoam plate using the aboriginal inspired drawing of an animal.

B. Presentation/ Modeling/ Demonstration

Time:  10 minutes

Demonstrate how to copy the drawing to the Styrofoam plate: I want you all to use a pencil to copy your drawing to the Styrofoam plate. After you have copy all the detail, go over with pencil the outline of your animal about three times. I want you all to do this so your animal separates from the background patterns. This way you are able to print the animal and the background two different colors. Raise your hand when you are ready to print since only two people are going to be allow to print at a time. Before you start printing, choose the color of construction paper you would like to use. After you have your paper, go to the printing station. Using the brayer you can roll ink to one of your two plates. We are only going to use black and white ink. It is best if you add ink to the background first and place it were you want in the paper. After that, it is easier to place the animal. It’s like a puzzle. After you place both plates in the paper, turn it around and rub it. You can do this for about 15 seconds. After that, turn it around and separate the plates from the paper. You have a wonderful print. When you are done printing, go to the sink and watch your plates since everyone is going to print another edition using the opposite colors for the background and the animal.

C. Work Period

Time: 40 minutes

Students are going to copy their drawing into the Styrofoam plate. After they are done with their plate, students are going to print their plate in color construction paper using black and white.

D. Summary:

Time: 5 min

  Students will be told when its time to clean up. Students who finish early are encouraged to make more prints or do free drawing

Assessment: Students ability to follow directions.

  Enrichment/ Reinforcement: Students who finishes early are encouraged to do more editions.