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Coursework Plan Module 5

Monday

Tuesday

Anne Marie DAgostino

6th Grade Visual Arts
Ethopia - Cave Painting
Mesopotamia - Rivers/ Water
Wednesday

Week 1

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

Cave Painting and

LaCaurex

COLLECT:
REVIEW & Update - Blog - make
sure all students photographed all
art projects to date - give time to
finish up photographing work.
- http://jamsnews.edublogs.org/
category/art-gallery/

Review Day 1
SHOW and have running for
all of class all youtube links of
the cave paintings.
PLACE ALL REFERENCE
MATERIALS on Tables
GO over Rubric
SHOW & Go over

Review Day 1 & 2

Watch CAVE Paintings Come up with your own

idea of a painting you
would like to do.
Watch and read article
about discovering oldest
painting in history
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
news/worldnews/asia/
indonesia/11150560/Worldsoldest-cave-paintingsfrom-40000-years-agodiscovered-in-Indonesia.html
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=V7NvuCphsbY
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ANsyyzdXucg
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=LvhDb4phhzY
http://
www.smithsonianmag.com/
smart-news/ancient-womenartists-may-be-responsiblefor-most-cave-art-1094929/?
no-ist
Table Jobs:
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue

SHOW, Discuss and review

Cave Paintings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
news/worldnews/asia/
indonesia/11150560/Worldsoldest-cave-paintingsfrom-40000-years-agodiscovered-in-Indonesia.html
MODEL: Go over and help/
Model drawing - Using Shapes to
draw animals.

PAINTINGS: Blue, Yellow, Red,

Purple, Black and Wood tables

Students Begin project.

Distribute Materials.
Black Ink
Paint Brushes
Water cups
Recycled Boxes and Brown
paper bags

Materials for White & Gray

Zip ties
2 ASSIGNMENTS:
3 Large refrigerator boxes
Week 1= White and Gray tables
Extra pieces of flat
build the set for the cave out of
Cardboard
Refrigerator boxes - Give
blueprints and have them go over Newspaper
Flour
the directions
Water
Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple, Black Buckets
and Wood tables
Screw Drivers
Do 4 Cave paintings on Brown
Paper bags.

Everyone draws Prehistoric

Animals on Cardboard and brown
paper bags.

H/W - Make sure to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=V7NvuCphsbY
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ANsyyzdXucg
https://www.youtube.com/

SHOW and have running for

all of class all youtube links of
the cave paintings.

Friday
DAY 4
Review TABLE JOBS
& locations to put projects
GO over Rubric again

Guided - Demonstrate
creating your cave animals

Assginment for the Day:

Finish Dome and individual
paintings.

Studio Time:
Distribute Materials.

Students finish work.

Review TABLE JOBS

& locations to put ceramics
ART Clerk - Collects Art work,
puts it in the portfolio, hands it
in and put portfolio away.
Materials Clerk - Gets, puts
away and cleans supplies
Table Clerk - Cleans Table
and make sure it is set up for
next class
FLOOR Clerk - Cleans Up
floor and throws away all
trash
TECH CLERK - Takes pics/
videos and returns tech to
teacher

PLAY
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=LvhDb4phhzY

Anyone who finishes early:

Make 750 springs.
(See Attached Worksheet.)

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Q_0N7E7nScc

- 4 springs per painting

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wYicUHxjn1k

Tech Clerk photographs

and uploads completed
projects to school Art
Gallery.

HW
FOR STUDENTS to
Watch:

After watching these

videos, come up with a

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Coursework Plan Module 5

Monday

Tuesday

Anne Marie DAgostino

6th Grade Visual Arts
Ethopia - Cave Painting
Mesopotamia - Rivers/ Water
Wednesday

Friday

Week 2

Monday 10:36-11:34

Tuesday 10:36-11:34

Wednesday 10:05-11:48

Friday 10:36-11:34

Mesopotamia

Day 5
Go over - After watching
these videos, come up with
a design of water you
would like to paint!

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Go over
Review & Watch video on
Mesopotamia

GO over Roman Mural

Rubric

Review and Due:

1.
Students turn in 4 squares.
2.
Students turn in 1yard square

Assginment for the Day:

Enlargement - Each student
is given 1 yard square of blue
fabric.

Students work independently to finish

decorating their projects.
Tech Clerk photographs and uploads
completed projects to school Art
Gallery. Takes a video of students
building Column.

Students distribue materials

and clean up materials.

Assessment:
Handouts- Have your table mates
answer the following questions for you
about your work then respond to their
comments. (See Worksheet)

FOR STUDENTS to
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Q_0N7E7nScc
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wYicUHxjn1k
After watching these
videos, come up with a
design of water you would
like to paint!
ART HISTORY about
Mesopotamia
http://arthistoryworlds.org/
early-river-valleycivilizations/

Table Jobs:
Blue
Red
Yellow
Green

Read with the Class:

ART HISTORY about
Mesopotamia
http://arthistoryworlds.org/
early-river-valley-civilizations/
Students play with paints and
develop different patterns for
water on a 12x12 square

8 Stations for texture - Students

continue to paint their 1x1
square. - Student decided on the
pattern they want for their water.
Bring ideas for your water and
reference materials
MATERIALS
Blue fabric
White
Silver
Different Blue paints

1 ASSIGNMENT:
In Class work = paint 4 1 x
1 squares inspired by
water.

Students begin to compile

materials list for creating their
column and style and start
creating their mural.

Weekly Project: Paint navy

blue fabric. Each student gets
1 square yard to paint.

Students start making the grid

onto their paper.
Review TABLE JOBS
& locations to put art work
ART Clerk - Collects Art work,
puts it in the portfolio, hands it in
and put portfolio away.
Materials Clerk - Gets, puts
away and cleans supplies
Table Clerk - Cleans Table and
make sure it is set up for next
class
FLOOR Clerk - Cleans Up floor
and throws away all trash
TECH CLERK - Takes pics/
videos and returns tech to teacher

MODEL: How to use

different paint brushes
H/W - Wave - I want you to
look for patterns you can use
in your paintings.
Watch videos
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Y-uqE0Y4FOo

Tech Clerk photographs and

uploads completed projects to
school Art Gallery. Takes a
video of students painting and
interviews them on their
inspirations.
Students work independently
with teams to create their
section of Water.
Play videos
https://
www.khanacademy.org/
humanities/ancient-artcivilizations/ancient-neareast1/sumerian/v/standingmale-worshipper
WATCH - Mavericks
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wYicUHxjn1k
Due Friday - 1 square yard
of fabric

Finish - Mavericks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wYicUHxjn1k
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
smart-news/ancient-women-artistsmay-be-responsible-for-most-caveart-1094929/?no-ist
EXTRA CREDIT : Stay and help sew
squares together at Lunch.
HW: Watch and
CHINA - READ
https://www.khanacademy.org/
humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/
song-dynasty/a/an-introduction-to-thesong-dynasty-9601279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Owe12ySgvpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iQKVlYhPnXA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BIZSwS416o4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BIZSwS416o4

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=qZjL59LZ-RQ