LS Art Inquiry III

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Sharing the Planet An inquiry into the relationship between communities, environment and natural resources and how we can share these responsibly with each other and other living things.
Ms. Nadine Bouliane Essential Questions How do artists raise questions about problems connected to sharing the planet? How do ecosystems contribute to life? What is our responsibility? Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies: students consider problems associated with how we live and how that affects others. Science: students will discover the necessary elements of animal habitats and how they are affected by change.

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nbouliane.org Encourage your child to make connections between daily consumer habits and its impact on the environment such as leaving the lights on, and unnecessary consumption. Discuss the importance of environmental stewardship.

ESLR Connections Compassion:

students will understand that our actions impact the lives of others. Intelligence: students will use creativity and problem solving skills to create forms.

How you can help.

Enjoy the arts together with your child. Sing, play music, read a book, dance or draw with your child at home.

Unit Focus
Pre-K and K students will
explore how art and architecture can strive to create a better world. We will look at artists who are inspired by rural environments and use paint and oil pastels to build our own amazing homes. We will look at different cityscapes in art history and explore the language of art. Lastly, we will explore the life and work of Buckminster Fuller and the geodesic dome with tetrahedron sculptures. (summative assessment).

Grade 3 students will use rhythm

and movement to create representations of interdependence or cooperation found within the community in a collaborative mural made with recycled materials (summative assessment).

Grade 4 students will explore the

concepts of contrast, bilateral and radial symmetry and sculptural form through the works of Frank Stella and Dale Chihuly (summative assessment).

animals and create their own imaginary Wild Things inspired by the classic by Maurice Sendak (summative assessment).

Grade 5 students will focus on the

art principles of unity and harmony while creating an assemblage sculpture out of recycled materials and basic printmaking skills with ink and tempera resist inspired by the work of Shepard Faery (summative assessment)..

Grade 1 students will create a

Grade 2 students will focus on how

perceive and describe repetition and balance in art works. Our major projects will include how to make paper from recycled paper and create painted animal habitats in the style of Ken Done (summative assessment).

sculptural representation of one particular animals habitat including what the animal requires in order to survive within their habitat. Students will learn color theory through Andy Warhol Endangered
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