Hi Stacie,
I love Ann's idea about foodmobiles etc. In fact, there is a whole
movement around "art cars" also known as outsider art. Here's a link to
a museum.
http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?docid=1019
There is a video out titled "Wild Wheels" that interviews these outsider
artists. My MS kids thought this was weird and wonderful. We had some
good discussions about what was art and who could be called an artist.
If you order the video, be sure you buy the edited "education" version
as there is some swearing in the original video. I would tell my
students that there were some swear words in the video and they would
really tune in to catch them, but they only heard bleeps!
-Alix
Alix E. Peshette
Technology Training Specialist
Davis Joint Unified School District
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From: Ann Heineman [mailto:aiheineman@prodigy.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:43 PM
To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] me again stacie
Hi Stacie,
You mentioned that your students like cars. Here is a lesson that my
fifth graders liked. Collect as many large pictures of cars as you can
from magazines and newspapers. The students cut away the wheels and the
windows. Mount on a piece of paper. Think of an animal or creative
creature and add parts like legs, wings, etc to the chassis of the car
picture where the wheels would be....draw eyes in the windows.
Sometimes we incorporated pictures of food items and called them
"foodmobiles." The students can create fantastic settings for their
cars. You can bring in examples of works by Archimboldo or Magritte to
make an historical connection. The process is a blend of collage and
drawing with any handy media you may have. Another lesson in
advertising design may be a good follow-up, like business cards for the
new vehicle.
PS I think I got the idea for the fantastic car lesson from School
Arts or Arts and Activities many, many years ago.
Ann-on-y-mouse in Columbus
Art teacher, K-5, Retired
> Thanks Randy. I have asked them in general what they might like, but
> a lot of them seem clueless. So far, I know that they like hip hop,
> cars and sports. I just don't have a bunch of lesson plans up my
> sleeves. In fact, I had NO plans when I took this job, so it's been
> really hard for me to come up with interesting things. Often the cool
> lessons I find online seem too complicated.
> I don't have the confidence to attempt them. Other plans call for
materials
> that I simply don't have. I find that finding good lessons which
require
> little research and only basic materials has been one of my biggest
> challenges. I
> know that I need to take some classes and workshops to get more
experience,
> but right now I just don't have the time. I spend hours every day and
pretty
> much most of my weekend trying to find suitable lessons that I really
> understand. It's totally draining me.
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