Professional Documents
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Students will be learning weaving techniques while also forming a dialogue between historical
Iroquois and Onondaga culture and contemporary artistic culture.
3rd
8
9:00-10:50
N/A
2D
Cultural
Subjective
3D
Structural
4D
Postmodern
Artwork
Artist
Audience
World
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
1.
Create a woven section of a collaborative sculpture that is at least two square feet in size, using found
objects that have meaning. VA:Cr3.1.3a
2.
In writing, define any one of the vocabulary terms by correctly using it in a sentence and relating it to an
activity we did in class, or an artist we learned about in class. VA:Re8.1.3a
3.
Orally explain how an art-making process affects the final products meaning by answering the question,
how did the specific image you drew change after you cut it up, then wove it together again? VA:Re.7.1.3a
scissors
magazines
wire
TEACHER MATERIALS
PRINTED:
-images of ash tree identification/
-vocabulary words
images of different paper weaving
techniques
images of artists works
STUDENT MATERIALS
cut paper for short weaving activity
traditional weaving materials: yarn,
fabric, natural fibers
found objects: plastic bags, leaves,
sticks, cds, corn husks cut into strips,
corn fuzz, flowers...etc
teacher examples
name tags for students
thumbtacks
Large sticks
worksheet
ARTISTS IN CONTEXT
Key Artists
EE = Early Elementary grades K-3 LE = Late Elementary grades 4-6 MS = Middle School grades 6-9
EHS = Early High School grades 10-11 LHS = Late High School grade 12
Key Artworks
Gail Tremblay, Since High School My Most Wanted Has Been to See
Roles for Red ReadersAmong All the Images of Blacks & Whites on the
Silver Screen.
Gail Tremblay, It Was Never About Playing Cowboys and Indians, 2012.
16mm film, leader, rayon cord & thread. 24.25 x 14 x 14 in
EE = Early Elementary grades K-3 LE = Late Elementary grades 4-6 MS = Middle School grades 6-9
EHS = Early High School grades 10-11 LHS = Late High School grade 12
Gail Tremblay
What material do you recognize being used? Does the title
mean anything to you at first? Lets look at its title and unpack
it. clue: High School and Most Wanted were titles of movies she
was deconstructing. everything else the artist wrote.
Does anyone know what a Silver Screen is? What do you think
Roles for Red Readers means? What does the artist mean by
among all the images of blacks and whites on the silver
screen?
Ashleigh Echevarria
What material is this artist using? What do you think about when
you see this material being used, instead of yarn? Why do you
think the artist didnt just use yarn?
VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Vocabulary
Language Functions
Language Demands
Language Tasks and
Activities
Language Supports
Culture - The beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
Indigenous- original inhabitant of land
Medium/media- materials that are used to create a work of art
Found Object- an undisguised material, used for art, that originally had a non-art purpose
define a vocabulary word, use this word in a sentence
Syntax
Discourse
Students will practice syntax by using a vocabulary word in a sentence and, and practice
discourse by relating that word to an activity we did in class, or an artist we learned about.
Students will practice this through repetition throughout the class period, by prompts from
the teacher.
EE = Early Elementary grades K-3 LE = Late Elementary grades 4-6 MS = Middle School grades 6-9
EHS = Early High School grades 10-11 LHS = Late High School grade 12
Instruction Methods
hands-on student involvement, group
discussion
1.
2.
3.
OBJECTIVE-DRIVEN ASSESSMENTS
Students will have created a section of a collaborative sculpture that is at least two square feet in size, using found objects and
weaving processes.
In writing, students will have defined any one of the vocabulary terms by correctly using it in a sentence.
Students will have orally explained how an art-making process affects the final products meaning by answering the question,
how did the specific image you drew change after you cut it up, then wove it together again?
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS
Biology, History
REFERENCES
Emerald Ash Borer. (2015, May). Retrieved from Extended Onondaga website:
http://www.extendonondaga.org/natural-resources/emerald-ash-borer-agrilus-planipennis-fairmaire/
Kimmerer, R., Dr. (n.d.). SACNAS Biography. Retrieved from SACNAS website:
http://bio.sacnas.org/biography/Biography.asp?bio=138
The Legend of the Black Ash Basket (Cocobanoggan). (n.d.). Retrieved from Basket Makers website:
EE = Early Elementary grades K-3 LE = Late Elementary grades 4-6 MS = Middle School grades 6-9
EHS = Early High School grades 10-11 LHS = Late High School grade 12
Mithlo, N., W. Wilson, P. Phillips. (2012). Manifestations: New Native Art Criticism.. Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
* Developed and written by (Whitney Johnson), Art Education, Illinois State University, 2015 *
EE = Early Elementary grades K-3 LE = Late Elementary grades 4-6 MS = Middle School grades 6-9
EHS = Early High School grades 10-11 LHS = Late High School grade 12