Art Lesson Plan

Title: Contour family portrait Unit: African art

Grade level (s): 2-6 Medium: Drain!
"u!!ested Time: # $our (varies upon a!e !roup)
Instructional Objectives (2-3):
#) "tudent ill create an artor% of a fi!ure in an action pose&
2) "tudents ill s$o respect for ot$ers or% and or% space
Elements of Art (#-') line( color( s$ape( form( space( te)ture( value
Principles of Desin (#-') repetition( pattern( movement( *alance( emp$asis( contrast( unity
Materials and +,uipment:
#) Construction paper (-)## sin!le color)
2) .-6 African statues/ art pieces (statues( mas%s( etc)
') 0$ite sc$ool !lue
.) "$arpie
1) 2rinter paper
6) "cissors
!ocabular" (#-$):
Contour( 3lind contour( portrait( o*servational( composition
Art Pro%uction (*ased on Madeline 4unter model)
#&anticipatory set 2& state o*5ectives '& 6nput: art $istory( instructions .&demonstration( modelin!
1& c$ec% for understandin! 6& !uided practice 7& independent practice -& closure
#) 2$oto of African statue
2) Tal% a*out $o e ill learn to *e acceptin! of ot$ers differences and create a
picture of statues&
') "$o family portraits (pre-donloaded) and as% $y t$ey are funny/uni,ue& +)plain
$o e ill ma%e a uni,ue family portrait from African art pieces
.)
a& "$o contour/demo
*& 4ave eac$ student dra a contour of African art pieces (sittin! a*out t$e room)
c& Demo $o to trace over pencil and leave a *order (#/. inc$)
1) 0al% around and c$ec% to ma%e sure all instructions are understood
6) 0e modeled in step .C
7) Give students plenty of time to add finis$in! touc$es and or% independently $ile
drain! t$eir ed!es and cuttin! out
-) Tal% a*out special features and $o all t$e art pieces are different from eac$ ot$er
even t$ou!$ t$ey all dre t$e same t$in!& Discuss $o eac$ culture $as families even if
t$ey loo% different from our idea of family&
Art &istor" ' (esources (2-#):
Aest)etic *uestions (+-2):
Art ,riticism ' Anal"sis *uestions (3-$):
Evaluation ,riteria (s)oul% relate to objectives):
-o%ifications ' .pecial /otes ' Dra0in