LTC 4240, Spring Semester 2014: Art for Children, Section 1 - Course Outline (Tuesday 9:00-10:50am/Thursday 10:00-10:50am) LTC

4240: Teaching with Art and Big Ideas Unit 1 - Week 1 1/21: Topics Introductions PPT: Course Introduction Review syllabus, major deadlines Developing an artist identity Resource In-class reading: I Am an Artist by Lowery Collins Studio Automatic drawing (sharpie and colored pencils)

HW due for this class Preview syllabus Purchase all books

1/23: Topic Integrating art across the curriculum (MMBooklet pages assigned) Initiate Weebly in Reflector (see handout): pages and survey Instructor Weebly (as a reference): http://ltcsmithartforchildren.weebly.com/

HW due for this class MM Booklet Purple, For Positive... pp 1-2 MM Booklet An Inventory of Arts-Related pp 8-9 MM Booklet - Authentic Connections: Interdisciplinary Work pp 10-17 Defining Arts Integration (skim) MM Booklet - Kennedy Centers Definition pp 18

Unit 1: IDENTITY Throughout time and across cultures, people have been concerned with identity. Key Concepts: o Identity involves characteristics (physical, emotional, psychological) that allow us to name or distinguish people, places, and things. o Identity expresses who we are to others and can, therefore, be read. o Identity can be assumed or imposed o Identity can be expressed and communicated through art Essential Questions: o What is identity? o How is identity expressed to/read by others? o When/How/Why might identity be assumed or imposed? o How have artists throughout history and across cultures expressed identity in their art?

Unit 1 - Week 2 Artist: HENRI MATISSE 1/28: Topics Developing 21st Century Literacies Whats the Big Idea PPT Key Concepts and Essential Questions of IDENTITY Unit Resource Studio: Matisse PPT Mini-Compositions: Collage Intro to Big Ideas: Form four Popplet Groups 1/30: Resource Matisse PPT and introduction Bang PPT Studio Mini-Compositions: Collage Unit 1 - Week 3 Artist: CHUCK CLOSE 2/4: Resource and Studio Chuck Close PPT and introduction Self-Portraiture: Marks, Multiples, Materials 2/6: Studio continued

HW due for this class Complete Weebly pages and survey; email URL to instructor smithbel@missouri.edu MMBooklet - The arts and the creation of the mind p 3 MMBooklet - What education can learn . . . pp 4-7 View Popplet tutorial

HW due for this class Bang - Building a Picture (pp. 1-41)

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Unit 1 - Week 4 Artist: WILLIAM WEGMAN 2/11: Topics and Resources Review Pinks Abundance, Asia, Automation; High Concept, High Touch Childrens Art Development paper Heidis Horse Discuss and analyze childrens drawings in pairs William Wegman PPT and introduction Task Discuss and analyze childrens drawings (provided by instructor) in pairs using Lowenfelds stages (see upcoming due dates) Studio Artful Personifications: Mixed Media

HW due for this class Pink - Abundance, Asia, Automation (pp. 28-47) and High Concept, High Touch (pp. 48-61) MMBooklet - What Every Educator Should Know pp 36-38 MMBooklet - Art Development readingspp 39-70 Bring MMBooklet to class

2/13: Topics Review Pinks Story Popplet Review of Unit 1 Popplet next week (review Popplet tutorial)

HW due for this class Pink - Story (pp. 100-115) NONE: please begin HW for next week

LTC 4240: UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS Throughout time and across cultures, people have wondered about relationships. Key Concepts o Relationships exist between people, places and/or things. o Relationships carry meaning/are

Teaching with Art and Big Ideas Unit 2 - Week 5 Artist: MARY CASSATT 2/18:

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meaningful. Relationships can be positive or negative o Relationships can be expressed and communicated through art. Essential Questions o What kinds of relationships exist between people, places, and/or things? o What makes relationships meaningful? o What kinds of meaning do different relationships convey? o What kinds of relationships are positive/helpful? o What kinds of relationships are negative/hurtful? o How have artists communicated meaning about relationships in their art? o

Group 1: Review of Unit 1 Popplet Topics Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and Essential Questions of RELATIONSHIPS Unit Preview Pinks Empathy Resource Mary Cassatt PPT Studio Foam prints 2/20: Resource Mary Cassatt: Windows Movie introduction (Franco) Studio Continued Review Qualitative Research Paper progress

Unit 1 Weebly entries: studio, photography, and reflection Draft: Qualitative research paper; author submits email attachment to both instructor and peer reviewer (subject line example: 4240_last name, first initial)

HW due for this class Peer edits: Qualitative research paper; reviewer submits email attachment to both instructor and author (subject line example: 4240_edits_last name, first initial for last name, first intial)

Unit 2 - Week 6 Artist: RENE MAGRITTE 2/25: Topics Museums as teaching resources: Field trip to MU MO Historical Museum-Ellis Library

HW due for this class VTS: Understanding the Basics MMBooklet VTS at a Glance Common Core State Standards - ELA (p. 7 only)

2/27:

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Expressive Sound Poem (ESP) workshop in Music for Children Resource Rene Magritte PPT and introduction to Surrealism Studio Surreal Journey Postcards

Final: Qualitative research paper; author submits email attachment to instructor (subject line example: 4240_final_last name, first initial) and posts final/edited paper onto Weebly Common Core/VTS Reflection

Unit 2 - Week 7 3/4 and 3/6: Topics and Studio Review Pinks Empathy Review Bang for ESP ESP: Preparation and performance Unit 2 - Week 8 Artist: DO-HO SUH 3/11: Topics ESP video editing in Reflector

HW due for this class ESP work in progress Pink - Empathy (pp. 158-174)

HW due for this class Bang - The Principles (pp. 42-93) Pink - Design (pp. 68-86)

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3/13: Resource Pink - Play (pp. 185-205) Do-Ho-Suh PPT and introduction to Surrealism Studio Pop-Up Homes-Habitats: Mixed Media Review of Unit 2 Popplet next week Teaching with Art and Big Ideas Unit 3 - Week 9 Artist: THOMAS HART BENTON and DIEGO RIVERA 3/18: HW due for this class

 Group 2: Review of Unit 2 Popplet Topics, Resource, Studio Review Pinks Empathy, Design, and Play Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and Essential Questions of STORIES Unit Compare/contrast Benton and Rivera as controversial visual storytellers PPT Humor as higher-level thinking Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing and/or collage

Unit 2 Weebly entries: studio, photography, and reflection Graffiti Boards as assessment

3/20: Studio Continued--Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing and/or collage

HW due for this class ESP Video: Upload Unlisted YouTube URL to Weebly and send via email to instructor (one email per group with all member names listed, please): Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plan How to Draw Caricatures

*************** UNIT #3: STORIES Throughout time and across cultures, people have created and shared stories for many reasons. Key Concepts o Stories communicate personal and cultural IDENTITY. o Stories demonstrate/reveal RELATIONSHIPS. o Stories reflect the ideas, beliefs, perspectives of the storyteller. o Stories help us make sense of the world.

SPRING BREAK

March 22-March 30

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Unit 3 - Week 10 Artist: FAITH RINGGOLD 4/1: Topics VTS Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold Integrating art and math Common Core State Standards - Mathematics Resource Faith Ringgold PPT and introduction Studio Painted Story Quilt: Crayon Resist 4/3:

HW due for this class Quilt Square Challenge Paper Block Quilts Math-Literature Connections: Quilts

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Stories inform as well as entertain/intrigue. o Visual art works are texts whose narratives can be read. o Stories can be expressed/ communicated through art. Essential Questions o How do stories convey personal / cultural identity? o How do stories demonstrate or reveal relationships? o How do stories help us make sense of the world? o What story qualities make them entertaining and/or intriguing? o How can stories inform? What knowledge can be gleaned from stories? o How do artist communicate stories through their art?

Studio Faith Ringgold Studio continued Review final Integrated Unit expectations in class. Unit 3 - Week 11 Artist: JEAN SHIN 4/8: Resources Jean Shin PPT and introduction Studio Mini-Sculptures from Found Objects Popplet Review of Unit 3 Popplet next week (see Popplet tutorial) 4/10: Studio Jean Shin Studio continued Check in with Dr. Smith via email with final Integrated Plan for feedback Teaching with Art and Big Ideas

Mathematical Quilting Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (read pages 6-8 only)

HW due for this class Field Reflection: Elementary Classroom and Art Classroom, Weebly post

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UNIT #4: CELEBRATIONS Throughout time and across cultures, people have celebrated important and valued events and aspects of their lives in different ways. Key Concepts: o Celebrations highlight personal, social, and cultural events, milestones and experiences in peoples lives. o Celebrations communicate identity and relationships. o Celebrations convey personal, social, and cultural meanings. o Celebrations reveal what people value. o Celebrations are communicated through many art forms. Essential Questions: o What kinds of personal, social, and cultural events and milestones do people celebrate? o How do celebrations communicate identity and relationships? o What kinds of personal, social, and cultural meanings are communicated through celebrations? o How do celebrations reveal values held by individuals and/or groups? o How have artists expressed celebration in their art?

Unit 4 - Week 12 Artist: NICK CAVE 4/15: Group 3: Review of Unit 3 Popplet Topics Review Pinks Play (again) Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and Essential Questions of CELEBRATIONS Unit VTS Nick Caves PPT Studio Finger Puppets: Cloud Clay

HW due for this class Unit 3 Weebly entries: studio, photography, and reflection

4/17: Studio Finger Puppets continued Check in with Dr. Smith via email with final Integrated Plan for feedback

HW due for this class Puppets as a Tool for Teaching Using Puppetry as a Teaching Tool

Unit 4 - Week 13 Artist: NORMAN ROCKWELL 4/22: Topics VTS compare/contrast photograph reference and completed painting of Norman Rockwells The Runaway Resource Norman Rockwell PPT and introduction Studio Celebrating 21st Century America in Photography (see handout) Popplet Review of Unit 4 Popplet next week (see Popplet tutorial)

HW due for this class Norman Rockwells Neighborhood: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/artsculture/Norman-RockwellsNeighborhood.html Norman Rockwells Behind the Camera: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhib itions/norman_rockwell/uploads/Rockw ell_Teachers_Packet.pdf

4/24: NO CLASS

HW due for this class Send Final Integrated Plan - Popplet to Dr. Smith for feedback

Unit 4 - Week 14 Artist: MIRIAM SCHAPIRO 4/29: Group 4: Review of Unit 4 Popplet Topics, Resources, Studio Review Pinks Symphony Final review of Integrated Unit Plan, Popplet, and art example Reflecting on visual art integration from field Miriam Schapiro PPT and introduction Read Miriam Schapiro Projects for Kids and complete your own 5/1: Studio continued and work on final presentations for 5/6-8.

HW due for this class Miriam Schapiro Projects for Kids Field Reflection: Art Classroom, Weebly post Take final survey, post on your weebly

And Then What Happened? integrated lesson from Getty Museum Defining Arts Integration (review) Lesson Plan; post onto your Weebly

Week 15 5/6: Topics Individual Popplet presentations

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5/8: Individual Popplet presentations

HW due for this class Unit 4 Weebly entries: studio, photography, and reflection Interview-ready Weebly

********FINALS WEEK---May 10-16*******