Martin Luther King Jr., Then and Now

1. Martin Luther King Jr., Then and Now Created by Jennifer Coull & Kim Morin October 2013 How do the choice of others affect me and my world? How do people’s choices and events from long ago affect our perspectives?

2. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Authentic Performance-Based Summative Assessment • Fresno County Office of Education is having a 30th Anniversary Celebration for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The task is to create an original work of art with an artist statement representing the theme: I have a dream, then and now. • *See Art Contest flyer for full details

3. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? What would be an essential question for this contest?

4. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Visual Arts Standards • AP 1.1 Principles of design--perceive and describe repetition and balance in nature, in the environments, and in works of art. • CE 2.4 Use bilateral or radial symmetry to create visual balance. • HCC 3.1 Explain how artists use their work to share experiences or communicate ideas. • AV 4.3 Use the vocabulary of art to talk about what they wanted to do in their own works of art and how they succeeded.

5. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Visual Arts Standards *Extension on Principles of Design • 3rd grade AP1.1 Perceive and describe rhythm and movement in works of art and the environment. • 4th grade AP 1.1 Perceive and describe contrast and emphasis in works of art and in the environment. • 5th grade AP 1.1 Identify and describe the principles of design in visual compositions, emphasizing unity and harmony. • 6th grade AP 1.4 Describe how balance is effectively used in a work of art

6. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Common Core Standards • ELA RL2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. • ELA W2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. • ELA W2.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. • ELA SL2.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topic and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. • ELA SL2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

7. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Authentic Performance-Based Summative Assessment • Fresno County Office of Education is having a 30th Anniversary Celebration for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The task is to create an original work of art with an artist statement representing the theme: I have a dream, then and now. • *See Art Contest flyer for full details

8. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Authentic Performance-Based Summative Assessment Optional writing and/or speech task: 4-6 • It has been 50 years since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. Explore what life was like for African Americans and other minorities before the Civil Rights movement, especially in Fresno County. Talk with adults who have lived through changes in the last 50 years. Fresno County’s community leaders would like to determine the progress that has been made and understand what still needs to be accomplished. Using the information you have gathered from interviews and research, write a report to community leaders about society’s progress toward fulfilling Dr. King’s dream. Based on your information, what changes over the past 50 years have brought us closer to the vision that Dr. King had for our nation? What barriers still exist that need to be addressed by the community? • *See Writing Contest prompt and flyer for full details.*See Speech Contest flyer for full details.

9. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Integrated Learning Outcome • Students will create an original piece of art representing the theme: I have a dream, then and now in order to show how people’s choices can affect their world. Students will include an artist statement explaining their artwork.

10. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive VTS+Visual Thinking Strategies • What’s going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What else can we find? • What is the story or message? • What did the artist do to create this work?

11. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? VTS Web site • Method and Curriculum • http://www.vtshome.org/what-is-vts/method-curriculum--2

12. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? VTS Video Examples • Model VTS with Kindergartenhttp://vimeo.com/9677909 • Model VTS 1st Grade • http://vimeo.com/9678152 • Model VTS 4th Gradehttp://vimeo.com/9678839

14. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Experiment with Paper Working in small groups, students practice working with paper as a medium. • Give each group several sheets of black construction paper, scissors, clear tape and the handout on ways to manipulate paper.

15. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Experiment with Paper

16. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Develop Craft with Paper

17. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Examine Paper Artists

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23. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Explore BALANCE • All of the elements in a design are placed so that it achieves balance • Everything in a design has visual weight, even empty space • A work that is unbalanced creates visual tension

24. Symmetry: Formal Balance Radial Symmetry Bilateral Symmetry

26. Pablo Picasso Young Girl on a Ball

29. Balance Video • http://youtu.be/0dOObqRHkbM (primary)

30. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Experiment with BALANCE Working in small groups, students practice using the principle of balance to create a composition. • Give each group one 12x18 piece of black construction paper and 3 different colored squares of varying sizes. • Give students 5-10 minutes to arrange the pieces to create a collaborative composition. • For an additional challenge have students create a new composition focusing on all the principles of design.

31. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process Create a graphic organizer

32. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Create artwork Provide students with a piece of white card stock or poster board (not to exceed 16”x20”), black construction paper, gray construction paper (varying shades), white paper, scissors, and clear tape. • Using information from the Then/Now graphic organizer have individuals or partners create an original composition representing what life was like for people of color based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s work and the theme, then and now in order to show how people’s choices can affect their world.

33. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Create Writing Write an artist statement, using domain specific vocabulary, describing the choices they made and how their artwork reflects the theme.

34. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Sample Artist Statement

35. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Sample Artist Statement

36. Develop Craft: Artist Statement Prompts Example from Focus on the Valleylesson (Fresno Art Museum) How to Create an Artist Statement Online Template for writing an Artist Statement

37. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Time to Share! Have groups explain the choices they made when creating their collaborative compositions. Have groups explain the choices they made when manipulating paper. Display student artwork and artists statements in January for Martin Luther King’s birthday. *Optional- -Students can submit their artwork to the MLK Art competition. *see flyers for details

38. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Assess

39. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Creative Process: Assess

40. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Summative Reflection: Student CommentsHow do you think they felt?

41. How do the choice of others affect me and my world? Summative Reflection: Teacher Comments What I loved! Discovering all the things you can create with just a piece of paper. I wonder if I…. I had used a greater variety of colors or textured paper. Would that effect the artists choices?

43. This lesson was the result of the work done at the Arts Every Day workshop offered through the Fresno County Office of Education.