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High [9th-12th] Lesson Plan

'hands on' drawing

Created on August 26, 2013 by MisterPP



Utilize American Sign Language in the practice of drawing hands.


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THE PLAN
5 sessions; 80 minutes per session

Students will be able to draw their hand in a variety of positions.

Students will understand the development of American Sign Language and know the alphabet of ASL.

Students will compose an artwork that is unified by the way three hands are drawn together

Paper,
Colored paper
pencils
colored pencils
x-acto knives
glue

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Students learn about the history of ASL and the importance of this language.

Students learn that ASL is just as much a language as English, French, etc.

Students practice saying the alphabet in ASL

Students practice drawing their hand in the ASL positions of their three initials

Students create composition of their hand in the three positions of their initials

Beginning students use colored pencil/pencil to finish their designs.

Advanced Students create a layerd design using colored paper.

Did students draw all three of their initials in ASL?

Are hands drawn with precision and care? Did they add the color/colored paper that was required?

Do students understand the role of ASL as a language.

THE STANDARDS

Visual Arts Standard 1:
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes


[9-12 Proficient] Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use
[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks
[9-12 Advanced] Students initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
[9-12 Advanced] Students communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in at least one visual arts medium

Visual Arts Standard 2:
Using knowledge of structures and functions


[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art
[9-12 Proficient] Students create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems
[9-12 Advanced] Students demonstrate the ability to compare two or more perspectives about the use of organizational principles and functions in artwork and to defend personal evaluations of these perspectives
[9-12 Advanced] Students create multiple solutions to specific visual arts problems that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between structural choices and artistic functions

Visual Arts Standard 3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas


[9-12 Proficient] Students reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture
[9-12 Proficient] Students apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in their artworks and use the skills gained to solve problems in daily life
[9-12 Advanced] Students evaluate and defend the validity of sources for content and the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' works and in significant works by others
[9-12 Advanced] Students describe the origins of specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work of others

Visual Arts Standard 5:
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others


[9-12 Proficient] Students reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art
[9-12 Proficient] Students identify intentions of those creating artworks, explore the implications of various purposes, and justify their analyses of purposes in particular works
[9-12 Advanced] Students correlate responses to works of visual art with various techniques for communicating meanings, ideas, attitudes, views, and intentions

Visual Arts Standard 6:
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines


[9-12 Advanced] Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other arts disciplines, the humanities, or the sciences

THE FEATURES
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo da Vinci, Andrew Wyeth

Art Nouveau, Contemporary Realism

Balance, Color/Value, Contrast, Line, Proportion/Size, Space, Texture, Unity/Harmony

Charcoal, Collage, Colored Pencil, Drawing, Graphite, Ink, Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

English/Language Arts, Foreign Language