Survival Kit for the Elem/M.S. Art Teacher
Category: Fine Arts: Art
Copyright/published Year: 2001 by Ctr Applied Research
ISBN: 0-13-092574-8
Binding: Paper
This comprehensive "survival kit" gives new and experienced art
specialists and classroom teachers practical advice and
ready-to-use tools for implementing an effective K-8 art
education program plus over 125 exciting, illustrated art
projects with reproducible student handouts in a variety of
creative media. For easy use, all materials are printed in a big
8-1/4" x 11" lay-flat binding that folds flat for photocopying of
the student project handouts and organized into two major
parts.
Part I, The Art Program , provides tested guidelines and
reproducibles for building the program and making art
appreciation and activities fun. Included are tips for writing
art lesson plans, creating bulletin boards, and assessing artwork
as well as the developmental characteristics of students as they
apply to art at each grade level, K through 8, discipline
suggestions, safety precautions, and more.
Part II, The Art Curriculum , presents more than 100 specially
selected art projects organized by medium into nine units. Each
project is illustrated, complete and ready for use, and includes
adaptations for younger students, alternative project(s) and
interdisciplinary and multicultural connection. Here's an
overview of the projects you'll find in each curriculum unit:
Exploring the Elements and Principles of Design . Unit 1 features
12 stimulating projects to help students understand the basic
elements and principles of art, such as Costumes and Color
(color)... Collage Cityscape (space)... Mexican Sun
(texture)...and Black and White Makes It Right (contrast). Paper.
The 10 projects in Unit 2 include a paper-making activity,
Handmade Paper , and introduce various techniques for creating
with paper in activities like Story Quilt and Pop-Up Greeting
Cards . Drawing with Pencil, Pastels, Crayons and Markers.
Unit 3 offers 14 projects exploring new ways to work with
unfamiliar materials. In The Bestiary, Animal Drawings , for
example, students draw an imaginary creature by combining parts
of familiar animals. Painting.
The 15 projects in Unit 4 introduce painting in tempera,
acrylics, watercolor, and ink. For example, in Open the Door!
Students study different examples of historical doors and arches
then paint their own doorway. Printmaking.
Unit 5 presents 11 methods of printmaking with how-to tips for
each process, plus 7 stimulating printmaking projects such as
Colorful Tiles , Relief Prints , and Japanese Fish Printing .
Three-Dimensional Design.
In Unit 6, you'll find 16 projects that give students the
chance to assemble, carve or create masks with paper, wood,
metal, soap and other materials, including Rolled Paper-Tube
Sculpture , 3-D Sports Heroes , and Assemblage . Ceramics.
The 8 popular projects in Unit 7 involve students in working
with clay. Examples include Double Pinch Pot , Architectural
Birdhouse , and Mural: Ceramic, Cement, Marbles, Noodle and Glass
. Architecture: The Built Environment.
Unit 8 features 10 architecture-based research activities,
such as City Planning; Victorian Houses; Design a Chair; and
Paint Your Dream House. Technology: Computer, Photography, Video
are included.
All 7 projects in Unit 9 utilize a computer. Students learns
how to produce different typefaces, add texture, transform black
and white copies, manipulate photos and more in activities such
as Graphic Design: A Public Service Flyer, Line Drawing with a
Flashlight, and Video Production.
Written by a master educator with more than 30 years of
classroom experience, A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle
School Art Teacher places in your hands a ready source of
practical information, seasoned management advice and exciting
content activities that might otherwise take many years and much
effort to compile.
430 pages, paper
Condition Information
This book is new.
