Living Art History Living Art Museum Project Lesson Plans

I ever strive to make art history connections in my lessons, but I was stumped as I worked to design my fifth-class curriculum last year. I wondered:

– How and what tin can motivate my students to learn more than most art history?

– What could we do to make fine art history hands-on and fun?

I had seen living museums washed as history projects before. I thought, why non accept my fifth-grade students create their ain living art museums?

I began to visualize the project as I perused Pinterest, especially when searching for "art costumes." The concept was beginning to take form. I decided to have students pair up. 1 would accept the role of the creative person, the other, the role of the artwork.

As this projection came to fruition, I took many steps to ensure it ran smoothly. Read on to run into how I prepped, what was required of my students and some helpful hints I learned along the way. In addition, download planning documents and enquiry packets. I'k sharing everything you lot need to create a living museum in the fine art room!

 

Instructor Prep

 1. Create a list of artists from which your students tin cull.

I pair this listing with a PowerPoint featuring a few of works by each creative person. Below, I've included my Excel list that allows for names and titles of specific works to be added.

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2. Take your librarian pull books from the library and put together a list of websites for students to search.

If your teacher librarian is really awesome, they might fifty-fifty help you with the research portion of this project! Just ask!

3. Brand worksheets to guide students through the procedure.

I've made mine available for download in the adjacent section!

4. Collect containers to hold mixed colors from week to week.

Final year, I used mini cupcake containers. This year I used yogurt cups with lids. (Don't forget to make certain you have an aplenty supply of paint!)

v. Cut cardboard or foam board to size for the artwork.

I cutting mine into 24″ x  30″ rectangles. This correlates proportionally when gridding from 8″ ten 10″ printed images.

half-dozen. Develop pairs of students with the classroom teachers.

vii. (Optional) Programme a mini lesson on the gridding method if your students haven't experienced it yet.

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8. Introduce and launch the projection!

Educatee Prep

 

Because this is an involved project with many parts, I created a checklist for my students to complete as they go. The checklist makes up the first folio of their packets which are available for download below. They work through their packets from beginning to end. I have outlined the students' basic tasks beneath:

In this projection, each pair of students volition have to…

1. Decide who volition play the role of the artist and who will play the role of the artwork.
2. Enquiry their individual roles and fill out the coordinating fact pages in their designated packets.
iii. Programme out the artist's costume and props. (Students tin can bring items from home and/or create items in class).
4. Create the piece of artwork.
5. Use their inquiry to create a speech in commencement person. For example, "I am Leonardo da Vinci. I was born in 1452…"
6. Practise, practice….and practice some more!
seven. Present to the form.
viii. Fill out the project rubric.

Package Downloads

Hither are the two packets that assistance guide students through the steps above. Note that there is one packet for the students playing the artists and a split up bundle for the students playing the artworks. These packets include the checklist, fact sheet, costume planning page, and rubric for each role.

Click to download costless ARTIST parcel!

Click to download costless ARTWORK packet!

5 Helpful Hints

 

During this projection, I figured out a few ways to brand things go more smoothly.

1. Each grade period, keep your students on runway with a PowerPoint slide featuring the daily goal.

ii. If students have problem finding enough data about their chosen artwork, they can also research facts almost the artist and/or time period in general.

3. Earlier starting, clear some extra infinite to store all of the materials that will exist created during this projection.

4. Impress images with the grids already on them. I put each image in Give-and-take then created an viii x x table of 1-inch squares. I sent the image "behind" the table, instantly creating a gridded prototype.

5. Some artworks may not perfectly fit in the eight 10 ten grid. Simply adjust the cardboard size accordingly.

As with any project, information technology is most successful when you make it your own and adapt it for your students' needs and interests. Please feel free to use and arrange the documents I've included to implement your own Living Fine art Museum. I can't wait to hear nearly and see the astonishing museum pieces you and your students create! Tweet us your results @theartofed!

Looking for some other fun fine art history activities? Check out the articles below!

• When the Art History Carnival Comes to Town!
• three Super Fun Art History Games
• A Fun New Way to Teach Art History!
• Hotties of Art History
• Make Art History Sticky: Using Hooks to Assistance Students Larn

Accept you lot e'er facilitated a Living Art Museum? What are some helpful hints?

How do you make art history more engaging?

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