1 session; 40 minutes per session

1. Creates artwork using implied texture in two-dimensional shapes.
2. Associates artworks of a particular style with the culture from which the work was produced
3. Identifies the influence
of Greek architecture(columns on the Parthenon, U.S. Supreme Court
building)on modern U. S. government buildings.
4. Uses directional lines.
5. Makes interdisciplinary connections, applying art skills and knowledge to improve understanding in other disciplines.

Ionic Column Templates (teacher made), Large Watercolor Paper or Poster board, Black Markers, Glass of Water (per table), Paintbrushes, Scissors

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1. Display the website: http://greece.mrdonn.org/columns.html on the SmartBoard. Explain that we will be studying Greek architecture in collaboration with what they are learning about ancient Greece in their classrooms. Tell the students that we’ll be focusing on the columns of Greek buildings. Explain that the U.S. patterned our architecture and government from that of the ancient Greeks. Study each column and its capital. Tell the students that we will be focusing on and recreating our own Ionic columns.
2. Have black markers and scissors already at each table. Pass out watercolor paper to each student. Pass out Ionic column templates. Students trace the templates then use rulers to create the lines on their columns. They can look at the image on the SmartBoard and the templates to recreate the design on the capitals of their columns. When they have finished drawing their columns with black marker, tell them to dip their paintbrushes into the water and paint downward from the top to the bottom of each line on the columns. This will give it an antiqued look. They will cut their columns out.

Ticket out the door: Name the 3 types of Greek columns. Which one did we make today?

I made one template for each table (of 4 kids) to share.

Ancient Greece

Architecture

History/Social Studies