ELEMENTARY
PALISSY PLATES 2ND & 3RD GRADE
In this project, students explored texture and radial balance in Bernard Palissy’s Plates. They were be able to identify the difference between sculpture in the round and relief sculpture, use clay hand building techniques to create their own low relief plates that depict plants and animals of a specific environment of their choice, and finished their work with an oil pastel resist using the fauvist approach to color.
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ADINKRA INSPIRED TEXTILE 3RD GRADE
POKEMON PLASTER SCULPTURES 3RD GRADE
WHO I AM/ASPIRE TO BE MIXED MEDIA SELF PORTRAIT 3RD GRADE
“If they can see, they can aspire to be.” – Octavia Spencer
This unit was inspired by a talk given by actress Octavia Spencer at IU in spring 2017. At one point of her talk, she addressed representation in schools and making sure that every student is exposed to accomplished people of similar background including upbringing, culture, language, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender, and bracket because, “If they see, they can aspire to be.” In this project, students explored personal and societal role models and the qualities they possess that they (the students) want to emulate. We also explored mixed media, symbols, and how color can represent emotions.
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