MOOD BOARDS

A Middle School Art Lesson By Mckenna Schley

Central Focus:
Students will create a “Mood” Board using
magazines clips and a collage technique,
analyzing images, colors, and text to
reflect their personal aesthetic and
discuss the emotional responses.

Standards:
VA:Cr1.2.6a- Formulate an artistic
investigation of personally relevant
content for creating art.
VA:Cr2.3.8a- Select, organize, and
design images and words to make
visually clear and compelling
presentations.
VA:Re.7.2.7a- Analyze multiple
ways that images influence specific
audiences.
Objectives:
Students will create a Mood Board
using clips from magazines and a
collage technique.
Students will analyze images,
colors, and text in the magazines
and decide which fits their personal
aesthetic.
Students will learn about
aesthetics and how certain things
can make us feel emotions.

Instructional Procedure:
Explain what a Mood Board is: a collage of images, colors, and text to convey a mood or aesthetic
and show examples. Talk about mood vs emotion and what it means when images appeal to us.
Distribute materials and magazines to students.
Instruct students to flip through magazines and choose images, colors, and text that appeal to them.
Have students cut out their chosen elements and arrange them on the poster boards- encourage
creativity and experimentation with layout and composition.
Instruct students to glue down their selections once satisfied with the arrangement.
Prompt them to discuss why they picked specific elements and how they contribute to their personal
aesthetic- lead a class discussion where students share their thoughts and emotions.
Invite students to present their Mood Boards to the class.
Summarize the lesson by discussing aesthetics and going over the Big Aesthetic Questions.

Assessment:
Big Aesthetic Questions: Grade based on completion, creativity,
Why am I drawn to certain objects, and originality in the design of the Mood
photos, colors, words, etc.? Board.
How do you decide what is beautiful? Grade based on active participation in
What is a "personal aesthetic"? class discussion and to show
Can it change? How? understanding of aesthetics.