Category: Fine Arts: Art

Copyright/published Year: 2001 by Ctr Applied Research

ISBN: 0-13-092574-8

Binding: Paper

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

Written by a master educator with more than 30 years of ì classroom experience, A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle ì School Art Teacher places in your hands a ready source of ì practical information, seasoned management advice and exciting ì content activities that might otherwise take many years and much ì effort to compile. 430 pages, paper

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