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Terra Foundation for American Art Teacher Lab Talman School Team. Gina Alicea, Team Leader Amy Hassan Jeff Horn Theresa O’Rourke Baldemar Rodriguez. Unit Plan. Theme of the Unit: Identity through Art Topic of the Lesson: How to interpret American Art Timeframe: 5 weeks
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Terra Foundation for American ArtTeacher LabTalman School Team Gina Alicea, Team Leader Amy Hassan Jeff Horn Theresa O’Rourke Baldemar Rodriguez
Unit Plan Theme of the Unit:Identity through Art Topic of the Lesson:How to interpret American Art • Timeframe: 5 weeks • Note: Five different teachers will be implementing this plan. • We are using a layered curriculum approach, in which some students reach an essential level of ability and others reach advanced levels.
American artwork(s) that relate closely to the theme or topic : Title: Girl in a Red Dress Artist: Ammi Phillips Dates: 1835 Collection: Terra Foundation
LOOK, DESCRIBE, ANALYZE, INTERPRET – DO A CLOSE READ Teacher presented a poster, “Girl in a Red Dress”, by Ammi Phillips. Teacher asks students a series of questions—listed below.Students respond and fill out graphic organizer based on the discussion. Look/Describe: • Who is in the picture? • What is she wearing? • What is she holding in her hands? • Who’s beside her? • What is she sitting on? • What is on the floor? • What is in the background? Analyze: • What is the focal point in this picture? • What is the strongest color in the picture? • Is there a sense of space in the picture? • What is the little girl’s expression? • What is the dog’s expression? • What is the mood of the painting?
Guide interpretation with questions…….. Interpret: • What do you think the artist wanted to communicate in this painting? • Why do you think the artist chose to paint a little girl? • What can you tell me about the little girl from this picture? • What do you think she cares about? • What do you think is the main idea in this painting? • What might some of the elements (i.e. dog, etc.) in the portrait represent? Evidence: (focus on techniques used to convey meaning) • How does the artist communicate mood in this painting? • How does the artist show the focal point in the picture? • How does the artist show the time/place of the painting? • How does the artist represent the girl’s identity?
American artwork(s) that relate closely to the theme or topic : Title: American Gothic Artist: Grant Wood Dates: 1930 Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Key Points—themes & ideas central to lesson and artwork • A person’s identity usually relates to the situation in which the person lives—the context, the values, the current and previous events. • You can interpret a person’s identity through how they look and what they do. • A portrait is a way of presenting someone’s identity. Just as a writer uses words to communicate what is important to know about the person, a painter uses pose, props, clothing, and techniques of art to communicate that person’s identity as the artist wants you to understand it.
Students fully engaged in learning; filling in their graphic organizers.
Synthesis/Assessment How students interpret American art based on readings and research • Students interpret the painting and then identify how to interpret a painting. Then they apply those same abilities to interpret a poem and another portrait. How students respond to works of American art through their own creative efforts • Students create their own works of American art---their own character portraits.
CRAFT Your Content Your students can use the CRAFT approach to make writing interesting to do and interesting to read – to increase their thinking. (Note: This is an adaptation of RAFT – role, audience, format, topic, New Directions in Reading.)
Continuation of art lesson….. • Students sketch their portrait. • Students exchange sketches and identify each other’s use of techniques. • Students complete portrait. • Students write exhibit label for their portrait. • Teacher presents exhibit of portraits with labels.
