Art project 3 consisted of using salt dough to create my own artwork. Integrating this with social studies would be very easy in a younger classroom. I believe that 2nd graders would have the most fun with it, and they would be able to really produce beautiful pieces of art using concepts from social studies.
Referring to Sandard 2.1.4: Identify and describe community celebrations, symbols and traditions and explain why they are important.
Example: Local and regional festivals, city flags and seals, and community mottos
Students would be able to create symbols, flags, and other important elements of a community through the end project while using salt dough.
Here is a project students did to create a 3D map: Pinterest
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
Art Project 3: Salt Dough
For the third art project I chose to use salt dough. I chose this material because it seemed easy to work with, and I knew I could easily integrate it into any lesson in my future classroom.
The process of making salt dough is very simple, mix salt, flour, and water to the consistency of a dough. Then you are able to manipulate it into any shape or creation that you want.
This would be great for students of any age because it would allow them to be creative and make artwork that is important and relevant to them.
I chose the make Mickey Mouse ears because Disney is a huge part of my life. I grew up going to Disney every few years, and am currently employed at The Disney Store. My love for all things Disney is very evident in my day-to-day life so it only seemed appropriate that I make Mickey Mouse ears.
Through this process I learned about the importance of ratios while making the salt dough mixture, as well as how relaxing it was to just sit and create artwork with my hands.
Using this idea in the classroom would be great during the fall months!
The process of making salt dough is very simple, mix salt, flour, and water to the consistency of a dough. Then you are able to manipulate it into any shape or creation that you want.
This would be great for students of any age because it would allow them to be creative and make artwork that is important and relevant to them.
I chose the make Mickey Mouse ears because Disney is a huge part of my life. I grew up going to Disney every few years, and am currently employed at The Disney Store. My love for all things Disney is very evident in my day-to-day life so it only seemed appropriate that I make Mickey Mouse ears.
Through this process I learned about the importance of ratios while making the salt dough mixture, as well as how relaxing it was to just sit and create artwork with my hands.
Using this idea in the classroom would be great during the fall months!
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Art Project 2 Integration with Social Studies
My second art project utilized graphic art to create my image. Graphic art consists of photography, drawing, painting, computer graphics, etc. This can easily be integrated into social studies with an interactive lesson.
The first idea that came into my mind was based off Standard 3.1.5: Create simple timelines that identify important events in various regions of the state.
Students would be able to create a timeline using the method they are most comfortable with; whether its drawing the timeline, or creating it on a word document. This would allow students to create the timeline and be successful at it using the method of their choice.
Here is a link to get free Timeline Notebook pages for your students to use.
Then, as a class you could use this idea for a timeline. You would have to adapt it to the content you're learning about instead of using the months and pictures.
The first idea that came into my mind was based off Standard 3.1.5: Create simple timelines that identify important events in various regions of the state.
Students would be able to create a timeline using the method they are most comfortable with; whether its drawing the timeline, or creating it on a word document. This would allow students to create the timeline and be successful at it using the method of their choice.
Here is a link to get free Timeline Notebook pages for your students to use.
Then, as a class you could use this idea for a timeline. You would have to adapt it to the content you're learning about instead of using the months and pictures.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Art Project 2: Graphic Art
For my graphic art project I chose to incorporate my love for Disney into this project. I decided to use the computer program, Photoshop, to alter an image and create my own artwork. This project took the most time because of the precision necessary to get to my end product that I had imagined.
I took an image of the Tree of Life from Animal Kingdom, located at Walt Disney World, and bring back to the life the animals that make up the trunk of the tree. This is the before picture of the Tree of Life:
I took an image of the Tree of Life from Animal Kingdom, located at Walt Disney World, and bring back to the life the animals that make up the trunk of the tree. This is the before picture of the Tree of Life:
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| Credit to Google Images
As you can see, this would take anyone a long time to edit because of the amount of detail.
I took the time to individually color the animals that make up the trunk of the Tree of Life. Some may call me crazy, but I wanted to take on the challenge.
Through this entire process I learned that while I do have a lot of patience, it was no match for the amount of work and detailing that this project was going to need. This is what my final project looked like:
Here is a link to a school project where the students to had mash-up two Disney characters
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Friday, February 13, 2015
Art Project 1 Integration with Social Studies
Found in a previous blog post, my first art project was on creating a collage. Having the students create a collage could easily be integrated into social studies by having the students focus on a specific time period that they are interested in, or basing it around an era of the teacher's choice.
Using the standards found on the IDOE website and zoning it on the particular grade level you teach, the integration of art would make the class more enjoyable for some students!
Standard 4.1.9: Give examples of Indiana’s increasing agricultural, industrial, political and business development in the nineteenth century. The students are given a focus of the 19th century and would have to create a collage related to the development on Indiana during that time period, which would include agricultural, industrial, political, and business developments. Then they could present their project and discuss what they believe had the most impact on Indiana's development.
Using the standards found on the IDOE website and zoning it on the particular grade level you teach, the integration of art would make the class more enjoyable for some students!
Standard 4.1.9: Give examples of Indiana’s increasing agricultural, industrial, political and business development in the nineteenth century. The students are given a focus of the 19th century and would have to create a collage related to the development on Indiana during that time period, which would include agricultural, industrial, political, and business developments. Then they could present their project and discuss what they believe had the most impact on Indiana's development.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Art Project 1: Collage
In class we had to choose four different kinds of art to make and reflect on what we learned during the creation process. My first project was a collage, which seems fairly generic, but it entailed more work than I thought.
In elementary school I was taught that a collage is a piece of art where all of the materials or pieces that are used are based on a central theme or idea. In this case, we had to create a collage of ourselves and used magazine clippings of words, images from the internet, etc. to create the artwork.
For this art class I researched what a collage really is and discovered that a collage entails much more. I had a central idea, flowers, and needed to make flowers using different materials; this is what a collage was. I painted a green background using watercolors and then glued my various kinds of flowers onto it. For my flowers I used uncooked noodles, pom poms, and buttons. All of these different kinds of materials that were used had absolutely nothing to do with flowers, but they made my collage a real collage.
Through this process I learned that a collage means much more than what meets the eye. A collage is made up of different materials and mediums that are not related to the central idea, but bring a cohesive element to the piece. All of my materials: noodles, pom poms, and buttons, came together to serve the purpose of displaying flowers for my artwork. This can be taken a step further and related to our world: many individuals with different interests, talents, and purposes can come together, work together, and create something beautiful, which is life.
Link to project for students: Pinterest
In elementary school I was taught that a collage is a piece of art where all of the materials or pieces that are used are based on a central theme or idea. In this case, we had to create a collage of ourselves and used magazine clippings of words, images from the internet, etc. to create the artwork.
For this art class I researched what a collage really is and discovered that a collage entails much more. I had a central idea, flowers, and needed to make flowers using different materials; this is what a collage was. I painted a green background using watercolors and then glued my various kinds of flowers onto it. For my flowers I used uncooked noodles, pom poms, and buttons. All of these different kinds of materials that were used had absolutely nothing to do with flowers, but they made my collage a real collage.
Through this process I learned that a collage means much more than what meets the eye. A collage is made up of different materials and mediums that are not related to the central idea, but bring a cohesive element to the piece. All of my materials: noodles, pom poms, and buttons, came together to serve the purpose of displaying flowers for my artwork. This can be taken a step further and related to our world: many individuals with different interests, talents, and purposes can come together, work together, and create something beautiful, which is life.
Link to project for students: Pinterest
Friday, February 6, 2015
Dragonfly Pond
Understanding the importance of civics and collaboration among peers is a task that not many college students get to experience. When given the assignment to create Dragonfly Pong with my classmates, it seemed like it would be a fairly simple thing to do. Our town had all of these great ideas to build businesses and organizations that seemed important to a city; but what we did not realize was that another city had already started building on the land.
The importance of understanding civics and collaborating prevents people from becoming angry because decisions are made without them. For the other section of the social studies class, they did not realize the lack of communication occurring and began making decisions on the town without consulting all members. This created a division among the people.
Through this Dragonfly Pond experience, I have learned how important it is to make decisions as a whole in order to keep the entire town happy. In this case, it became evident that the first group of people to start building on Dragonfly Pond were not going to budge from their ways and allow a rebuilding of the city. Due to this, the other group had to destroy part of the waterways in order to build more land so that they could be a part of the town. This created more work than necessary, and continued to keep the town divided.
Pictured here is Dragonfly Pond. The grouping of houses and businesses to the far left is the first set of construction done by the other group. The houses and buildings in the middle and the right side are all part of the new development done by the second group.
Here are some other ways to build a classroom community with your upper elementary students: BlairTurner.com
When a town is beginning to develop, there are many opinions that want to be heard so that all ideas are discussed. The problem is when not all of the city's members are present at the same place during the same time. This causes discussions to occur that the other members of the town are not a part of, and consequently, decisions are made that are not agreed upon by all townspeople.
The importance of understanding civics and collaborating prevents people from becoming angry because decisions are made without them. For the other section of the social studies class, they did not realize the lack of communication occurring and began making decisions on the town without consulting all members. This created a division among the people.
Through this Dragonfly Pond experience, I have learned how important it is to make decisions as a whole in order to keep the entire town happy. In this case, it became evident that the first group of people to start building on Dragonfly Pond were not going to budge from their ways and allow a rebuilding of the city. Due to this, the other group had to destroy part of the waterways in order to build more land so that they could be a part of the town. This created more work than necessary, and continued to keep the town divided.
Pictured here is Dragonfly Pond. The grouping of houses and businesses to the far left is the first set of construction done by the other group. The houses and buildings in the middle and the right side are all part of the new development done by the second group.
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