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Impressionism in the Garden. A Lesson Plan for First Grade Sarah Magagna ENV 307 January 7, 2011. Impressionism in the Garden. Why teach this lesson?. 2009 NJ Core Curriculum Standard for Visual and Performing Arts 1.1.2.D.1 and 1.1.2.D.2
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Impressionism in the Garden A Lesson Plan for First Grade Sarah Magagna ENV 307 January 7, 2011
Why teach this lesson? • 2009 NJ Core Curriculum Standard for Visual and Performing Arts 1.1.2.D.1 and 1.1.2.D.2 • Provide a basis for further art appreciation and visual arts • Combining art education with garden education
Objectives and Components • teach the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV + rainbow garden) • teach some of the basic elements of a painting (NJ standard) • focus on Impressionism (landscapes and still lifes) and its techniques, innovations, color, etc. • Reinforce with scavenger hunt in garden, followed by art activity
Curriculum Standard • 2009 NJ Core Curriculum Standard for Visual and Performing Arts 1.1.2.D.1 and 1.1.2.D.2 • Elements of visual art – line, color, shape, texture, etc.
Still Life Comparison Pears, Walnut and Glass of Wine, Chardin, 1786 Still Life with Basket of Apples, Paul Cezanne, 1890-4
Landscape Comparison Theodore Rousseau, The Forest in Winter at Sunset, 1845-67 Claude Monet, Garden at Giverny, 1900
Linnea in Monet’s Garden • Historical background • Identification of Impressionist techniques • Engagement with art history through the lens of a garden
Japanese Bridge Series 1899 1892
Art Activity • Creating art with materials from scavenger hunt • Reinforces principles of art and design From Play with Your Food by JoostElffers
Sources • Americans for the Arts. “Arts Education Policy.” Last modified May 5, 2009. http://www.americansforthearts.org/information_services/arts_education_community/resource_center_009.asp • Bjork, Christina and Lena Anderson. Linnea in Monet's Garden. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren Publishers, 1985. • Gardner, Howard. Art Education and Human Development. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Center for Education in the Arts, 1990. • New Jersey Department of Education. “2009 New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.” https://www13.state.nj.us/NJCCCS/ContentAreaTableView_Visual.aspx • Princeton School Gardens Cooperative. “Garden Planning & Lesson Plans.” November 2007. • Renshaw, Amanda. The Art Book for Children. New York: Phaidon, 2005. • Renshaw, Amanda. The Art Book for Children, Book Two. New York: Phaidon, 2007. • All images were obtained from the ARTSTOR database.