SUBSCRIBE MY LINKS:    chat center Chatboards Lessons Projects Classifieds Mailrings Jobs Harry Wong Live! Gazette Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS SEARCH LESSONS BROWSE SUBMIT LESSON Share | Print Teachers.Net Lesson Bank #1154. Art and Artists Art, level: Middle Posted Fri Jul 2 08:21:07 PDT 1999 by M.J. McCollum (iowateach@cfu-cybernet.net). Hoover Middle School, Waterloo, IA USA Materials Required: computer, "With Open Eyes" program Activity Time: 2 days+ Lesson Plan Artists and Their Art Language Arts/Art 7-12 Mary Jane McCollum July 1, 1999 Materials needed: Computer: Mac or MS-DOS Program: With Open Eyes AEA 7 #50-102978, Forest Technologies, material from The Art Institute of Chicago Handout: Teacher-prepared worksheet. Classroom arrangement: one-computer classroom or small groups Length of lesson: 1-2 days Objectives: to effectively gather and use information for research purposes to understand the visual arts in relation to history and culture to practice notetaking skills to practice summarizing skills to know and compare the characteristics of artwork in various eras and cultures to analyze and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art Anticipatory Set: Students will brainstorm a list of artists. Teaching New Lesson: 1. Teacher will choose an artist from With Open Eyes, AEA 7 #50-102978. 2. Teacher will model the following information about the artist on a teacher-prepared worksheet on the overhead: a. How to take notes and write a summary based on information from written text. b. How to draw conclusions (practice inductive reasoning skills) about artist’s painting based on: 1. color 2. light 3. detail 4. background 5. theme 3. Hand out several copies of teacher-prepared worksheet. 4. Teacher will select several new artists, and students will then practice taking notes, summarizing, and drawing conclusions. 5. Observations will be shared with class. Transfer: Students will practice these skills again when they select an artist and write their own research paper.

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