4th+Grade+Art

4th Grade Art



 __**About Me Collage: (2-3 classes)**__ ** Day 1: The class will discuss what a collage means, and understand that it is a group of materials, pictures, and words layered in a united design. The students will be asked to create a collage about themselves, and the teacher will show a good example. **

** Day 2-3: The students will look through magazines and choose a variety of pictures to create this collage, using balance, unity, and overlapping. **

** Materials: Magazines, paper, scissors. **

** [|Collage Website] **

** [|Google Collage ideas] **

Venetian Masks

Vocabulary: Lines, Designs, highlights, outline.
[|Venetian Mask Website]

[|Venetian Mask History]

[|Types of Venetian Masks]

[|Labyrinth Masquerade sequence]

= __ American Gothic Parodies __

= The purpose of this lesson is for students to get to know Grant Wood and his work, and put a funny twist on a very famous Painting. 4-6 class periods.

**Objectives: The artist will:**
 * == Discuss what they know about Grant Wood and his famous painting, “American Gothic”. ==
 * == Listen to a short book about Grant Wood, including fun facts about his life and ideas behind his famous paintings. ==
 * == **Look at examples and fun ideas behind American Gothic on the Internet.** ==
 * == Discuss and list what it means to make a parody, by making it funny, but still using the essential parts of the painting, such as the man, woman, and building behind them ==
 * == Understand the vocabulary of proportion, realism, and regionalism. ==
 * == Create an “American Gothic” parody using colored pencils. ==

** Art Standards: S1, S3, S4, S6. **
[|American Gothic Parodies!]

[|Ideas about Parodies for American Gothic]

[|Funny Commercial using the American Gothic people!]

[|American Gothic House Link]

 __**Navajo Sand painting**__

==The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand the culture of the Navajo Indians and create a project similar to their style of Art. ==

The Artist will:

 * ==Discuss the art and ideas behind Navajo Sand Painting.==
 * == **Look at several examples of Sand Painting.** ==
 * == **Watch videos of demonstrations of sand painting.** ==
 * == **Discuss symbolism and outdoor life with the Navajos.** ==
 * == **sketch a sand painting idea using the symbolism in this culture.** ==
 * == **Draw their design on a piece of cardboard.** ==
 * == **Paint on the glue and use small amounts of colored sand to create their own sand painting.** ==

==Materials: Cardboard, Elmer’s Glue (in small containers for brush use), brushes, colored sand, pencils. ==

[|Short video: Easy example of Navajo Sand Painting] [|Composition of Navajo Sand Paintings] [|More Sand Paintings] [|Navajo Sand Painting Artist]

[|Navajo Sand Painting Website]

= __Rain Sticks:__ =

The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand a cultural symbol through music and art. Rainstick Videos: [|Materials], [|How to use different materials such as nails, pins, or toothpicks], [|filling a rainstick]

The Artist will:
 * Discuss what a rainstick is and what cultures use these instruments.
 * Define reasons for this instrument.
 * Discuss the different Native American Cultures that use them (Hopi, Navajo, Sioux, Chumash).
 * Discuss other Iconic Symbols of Native Americans, such as Kokopelli and the Dream Catcher.
 * Listen to a Native American Legends and symbols that relates to the students.
 * Discuss how the Native Americans used symbols to tell a story.
 * Build a rainstick and create a cover using symbols and ideas from Native American Culture.

Materials: Brown Paper, Paint, Native American Symbols, books about Native American Culture.

Standards: S1: Skills and Process, S3: Symbolism, S4: History and Culture, S6: Connection to music. [|Native American Crafts] [|Native American Culture] Puppet Unit: Students will learn about the art of puppetry. they will create a puppet head out of paper mache, and learn to sew a "glove like" body for their puppet head to fit on. Puppets can be animal or human!