4th grade Title: Make a basket out of repurposing Skill/Concept: Weaving, eco-friendly art

magazines!
BIG IDEA: Repurposing for Function 4th grade Art TEKS addressed
Essential Question(s): Observation and Perception:
1. What is the difference between low art and high art? ☐(A) compare and contrast variations in objects and subjects from
2. In what ways can we reuse materials to create art? the environment using the senses;
3. How can we repurpose something and give it a new function? ☐(B) identify the elements of art, including line, shape, color,
Learning Goal(s): texture, form, and space, and the principles of design, including
1. Students will recognize similarities and differences between high and low art. emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, and balance.
2. Students will make connections between reusing materials in our environment to create art. Creative Expression:
3. Students will weave magazine pages to create a functional basket. ☐(A) express ideas and feelings in personal artworks using a variety
Vocabulary: of lines, shapes, colors, textures, forms, and space;
• Weaving ☐(B) create compositions using the elements of art and principles
• Warp of design; and
• Weft ✓ (C) identify and practice skills necessary for producing
• Low Art drawings, paintings, prints, constructions, and sculpture,
• High Art including modeled forms, using a variety of materials.
• Environmental Art Historical & Cultural Relevance:
Materials/Resources: ☐(A) compare content in artworks for various purposes such as the
• Magazines role art plays in reflecting life, expressing emotions, telling stories,
• Glue or documenting history and traditions;
• Tape ✓ (B) compare purpose and content in artworks created by
• Rulers historical and contemporary men and women, making
• Sharpies connections to various cultures;
• Scissors ☐ (C) connect art to career opportunities for positions such as
• Videos I created architects, animators, cartoonists, engineers, fashion designers, film
Procedures: makers, graphic artists, illustrators, interior designers,
Day one: photographers, and web designers; and
• Art history lesson on low art vs. high art. Discuss the difference. Show examples of woven baskets that ✓ (D) investigate connections of visual art
were considered low art. concepts to other disciplines.
• Explain what it means to re-use materials to create art. Encourage a class discussion and ask the Critical Evaluation & Response:
following questions: ☐(A) support reasons for preferences in personal artworks;
o What is the purpose of using materials you already have to create art? ☐(B) compare and contrast ideas found in collections such as real or
o How can this help our environment? virtual art museums, galleries, portfolios, or exhibitions using
o What does Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle mean to you and how can you practice this at home in original artworks created by artists or peers; and
your everyday life? ☐(C) compile collections of artwork such as physical artwork,
• We will be using magazines to create woven baskets. We will begin by folding pages of magazines (do a electronic images, sketchbooks, or portfolios for the purposes of
demo or show video I made). self evaluations or exhibitions.
Day 2:
• Begin weaving the folded magazine pages (do a demo or show video I made).
• We will start with the bottom of the basket and work our way to the sides.
Day 3/4:
• These will be work days. When complete, we will do a gallery walk and look at everybody’s woven
baskets!
Differentiation:
• Not one basket will look the same due to the variety of colors in the magazine pages. If students want
to create a certain color scheme they are more than welcome to but are not required to.
• If students have trouble weaving, I will allow them to weave a basket that is smaller or I will have them
fold their magazine pages larger, to make the weave larger.
• For advanced students, I will show them a way to weave the sides as a continuous weave to challenge
themselves.
Assessment:
• To assess for this project, I will ensure each student has created a woven basket with a bottom and four
walls.
• We will have a gallery walk so that everyone can see what their classmates created.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
• Math
-There is a math connection to this because in the beginning as they are folding their magazines, they
must use a ruler to measure out their magazine pieces.
• Science
-There is a science connection to this because we will be discussing our environment and what it means
to be eco-friendly.
Created by Carli Marriot