LS Art Inquiry III

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?

nbouliane@qiss.org.cn
Interdisciplinary
Connections

ESLR Connections
Compassion:

Social Studies: students

consider problems
associated with how we
live and how that affects
others.

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

Science: students will

discover the necessary
elements of animal
habitats and how they
are affected by change.

Unit Focus

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.

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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.

space.

Grade 2 students will focus on

perceiving repetition and balance in art

works through representations of
Pre-K and K students will explore animals of the rainforest. Our major
the animal kingdom and how to draw projects will include, drawing from
from observation using a variety of
observation, creating mixed media
media, identify the elements of art in paintings and 3D representational
nature, and create a 3D sculpture of
animal masks.
an animal. Projects will include
studies of birds, butterflies, fish,
Grade 3 students will explore the life of
snakes and their habitats.
Jacques Cousteau and Jane Goodall while
creating observational representations of the
Grade 1 students will create
deep sea and jungle habitats. Our summative
artworks based on observation and
assessment will include creating an illustrated
emphasizing texture. Students will
story about the life of one of these fascinating
explore creating textured bugs and
people using careful observation and our
create a paper mache sculpture of a
knowledge of how to create the illusion of
creature and its habitat.

Grade 4 students will explore the

work of artist Chris Jordan and use
some unsettling statistics to create
an effective graphic poster that
communicates an idea about their
chosen fact. Posters will be printed
large and presented throughout the
school.
Grade 5 students will focus on
observational drawing and creating
abstract compositions based on real
objects. Projects will include gesture
and contour drawings, creating animal
composites, and using the grid to
enlarge and compose an image.

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