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ATLANTA HIGH MUSEUM OF ART

PICASSO TO WARHOL: TWELVE

MODERN MASTERS

Summer Teacher Institute

June 14 to 16, 2011

OUTLINE

Introductions

Objectives

Activity Modules

Primary Colors and Shapes In Art

The Life of a Butterfly

Numbers and More

Additional Activities

Closing

INTRODUCTIONS

Duane Rollins

3rd Year Masters Student, Georgia Tech

Major: Industrial Design

Focus: Mass Customization Principles in the Do-It-

Yourself (DIY) Consumer Market

Zakiya Seymour

• 3rd Year Doctoral Student, Georgia Tech

• Major: Environmental Engineering

• Focus: Household Sanitation Demand in Developing

Countries

OBJECTIVES

From “STEM” to “STEAM”…

Incorporating Art into Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Mathematics

Our Objectives

Demonstrate ways to utilize the High as a teaching aid

Present background materials about upcoming exhibits at

the High

Practice science- and math-based activities to take back

to the classroom

ACTIVITY MODULES

Activities

3 Main Modules

Primary Colors and Shapes In Art

The Life of a Butterfly

Numbers and More

Several Supplemental Modules

With each activity, we will discuss its purpose,

applicable standards, and background artist and

artwork information

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN

ART

ACTIVITY MODULE:

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Purpose- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand color and

shape

Applicable StandardsKindergarten to Third Grade: Students will use the ideas of system,

model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological

matters.

Describe changes in size, weight, color, or movement, and note which of their other

qualities remains the same. (SKCS4, S1CS4, S2CS4, S3CS4)

Kindergarten to Third Grade: Students will be able to communicate

scientific ideas and activities clearly

Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight,

color, and motion. (SKCS5, S1CS5, S2CS5, S3CS5)

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Background

Henry Matisse is a famous French artist born in 1869. He is known for his mastery of color and is considered to be the founding leader of the Fauvist movement.

Other Fun Facts

His parents owned a flower shop.

He briefly studied law in Paris and worked as a court administrator.

Matisse and Picasso considered themselves to be both friends and rivals.

Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Background

Andy Warhol is an iconic American born artist known for

his silk screening of famous celebrities including Marilyn

Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Elvis Presley.

Other Fun Facts

His actual birth year is unknown.

He is the original “Prince of Pop.”

He affectionately called his studio “The Factory.”

His birth name is Andrew Warhola.

He obtained a degree in commercial art from what is

now known as Carnegie Mellon University.

Source: http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue31/iss31p6.html

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Background

Piet Mondrain is a Dutch painter born in 1872. He is known as a leader in the de Stijl movement. His most famous piece is called Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930).

Other Fun Facts

The White Stripes, an American rock band, entitled their second studio album “De Stijl” as a tribute to the movement.

“After 1919, he only painted in horizontal and vertical lines and used only the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue.”

To date, a “successful” forgery of a Mondrain painting has not been created.

Sources: http://www.thearttribune.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian;

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1651&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=de

fault&tabview=bio

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Activities

Water Jelly Crystals (Hands On)

Connect the Dots (Worksheet)

Color by Numbers (Worksheet)

ACTIVITY MODULE :

PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART

Materials Needed

Water Jelly Crystals

Water Jelly Crystals (Classroom Set)

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1428

Water Pitcher

Connect the Dots (Worksheet)

Color by Numbers (Worksheet)

COLOR WHEEL OF MIXING COLORS

http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/coloring/colorwheel.jpeg

ACTIVITY MODULE:

THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

ACTIVITY MODULE:

THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

Purpose

- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand living/non-

living organisms and the life cycles of animals

Applicable Standards

Kindergarten: Students will sort living organisms and non-living

materials into groups by observable physical attributes. (SKL1);

Students will investigate different types of motion (straight, zigzag).

(SKP2.)

First Grade: Students will investigate the characteristics and basic

needs of plants and animals. (S1L1)

Second Grade: Students will investigate the life cycles of different

living organisms. (S2L1)

Third Grade: Students will investigate the habitats of different

organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat.

(S3L1)

ACTIVITY MODULE:

THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

Background

Alexander Calder is an American sculptor born in 1898 and is most famous for being the inventor of the mobile.

Other Fun Facts

His father and grandfather were both sculptors.

His grandfather is famous for sculpting the William Penn statute on top of Philadelphia's City Hall Tower.

His mother was a professional portrait painter.

He obtained an engineering degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Source: http://www.calder.org/life/page/biography.html

ACTIVITY MODULE:

THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

Activities

Video of The Butterfly Lifecycle (~4 minutes each)

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/butterflies-kids.html

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=124222

Contour Drawing of a Caterpillar (Hands-On)

Butterfly Wire Art (Hands-On)

Balancing Butterfly (Hands-On)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/balancer/

Butterfly Math Activity (Worksheet)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/mathcolor/Bflymathcolor.shtml

ACTIVITY MODULE:

THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

Materials Needed

Video of The Butterfly Lifecycle Internet Access

Contour Drawing of a Caterpillar Pencils

Paper

Butterfly Wire Art Aluminum Gage (Hobby) Wire (can get at Home Depot)

Pliers to cut wire (or good scissors )

Balancing Butterfly A piece of paper

Thin cardboard (like from a cereal box)

Scissors

Pencil

Markers, crayons, or paint

Tape

2 pennies for each butterfly

Optional: a small lump of clay and a small stick

Butterfly Math Activity (Worksheet)

ACTIVITY MODULE:

NUMBERS AND MORE

ACTIVITY MODULE:

NUMBERS AND MORE

Purpose

- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand numerals

Applicable Standards

Kindergarten: Students will connect numerals to the quantities they

represent. (MKN1)

First Grade: Students will estimate, model, compare, order, and

represent whole numbers up to 100. (M1N1)

Second Grade: Students will use multiple representations of numbers

to connect symbols to quantities. (M2N1)

Third Grade: Students will further develop their understanding of whole

numbers and decimals and ways of representing them. (M3N1)

ACTIVITY MODULE:

NUMBERS AND MORE

Background

Jasper Johns is a famous American painter and printmaker born in Augusta, GA in 1931. His most famous work is Flag (1954), a painting he did after he had a dream of the American flag.

Other Fun Facts

He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 11, 2011.

He is ranked as the 23rd most valuable artist by Skate’s with his collection being valued at $132 million.

He served time in the US Army during the Korean War.

Source: http://www.jasper-johns.com/ http://www.skatepress.com/_index.php?cat=28 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/hd_john.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/arts/design/03voge.html?ref=arts

ACTIVITY MODULE:

NUMBERS AND MORE

Activities

Embossing Overalls (Hands-On)

Fractions In Art (Worksheet)

Find the Numbers (Worksheet)

Abstract Numbers (Hands-On)

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/09/abstract-

numbers.html

ACTIVITY MODULE:

NUMBERS AND MORE

Materials Needed

Embossing Overalls (Hands-On)

Heavy Grade Aluminum Foil

Scissors

Glue

Construction Paper

Fractions In Art (Worksheet)

Find the Numbers (Worksheet)

Abstract Numbers (Hands-On)

Paper

Ruler (or just a straight edge)

Crayons or markers

SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES

SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Activity: Drawing Lines, Planes, and Perspective

Activity: Casting Shadows

Activity: Design Packaging

Activity: Comparison

ACTIVITY: DRAWING LINES, PLANES, AND

PERSPECTIVE

APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS

Kindergarten MKG1. Students will correctly name simple two and three-dimensional figures, and

recognize them in the environment.

First Grade M1G1. Students will study and create various two and three-dimensional figures and

identify basic figures (squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles) within them.

Second Grade M2G1. Students will describe and classify plane figures (triangles, square, rectangle,

trapezoid, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and irregular polygonal shapes) according

to the number of sides and vertices and the sizes of angles (right angle, obtuse, acute).

M2G2. Students will describe and classify solid geometric figures (prisms, pyramids,

cylinders, cones, and spheres) according to such things as the number of edges and

vertices and the number and shape of faces and angles.

Third Grade M3G1. Students will further develop their understanding of geometric figures by drawing

them. They will also state and explain their properties

ACTIVITY: DRAWING LINES, PLANES, AND

PERSPECTIVE

Discuss de Chirico’s

and Picasso’s work

Illustrate perspective

used to create depth

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ft

p/client_ftp/ks1/art/perspective/index.htm

ACTIVITY: CASTING SHADOWS

APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS

Kindergarten General Characteristics of Math and Science

First Grade S1P1. Students will investigate light and sound.

Second Grade S2E2. Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns

throughout the year.

Third Grade General Characteristics of Math and Science

ACTIVITY: CASTING SHADOWS

Discuss de Chirico’s and Brancusi’s work.

Have students individually go to a separate (and possibly less lit) part of the classroom and trace their portrait’s shadow

Show how to cast shadows on geometric objects

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_im

ages/lesson1016/shadow.pdf

ACTIVITY: DESIGN PACKAGING

APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS

Kindergarten SKCS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring

scientific and technological matters.

SKP1. Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their

physical properties.

First Grade S1CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring

scientific and technological matters.

Second Grade S2CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring

scientific and technological matters.

Third Grade S3CS4. Students will use ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring

scientific and technological matters.

M3M3. Students will understand and measure the perimeter of geometric figures.

ACTIVITY: DESIGN PACKAGING

Look at Andy Warhol’s

work and have students

build and design

packaging for a product

http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/paper/

d/18505-1/sq_box_template.jpg

ACTIVITY: COMPARISON

APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS

Kindergarten MKM1. Students will group objects according to common properties such as

longer/shorter, more/less, taller/shorter, and heavier/lighter.

SKP1. Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made

of and their physical properties.

First Grade M1M1. Students will compare and/or order the length, height, weight, or

capacity of two or more objects by using direct comparison or a nonstandard

unit.

Second Grade M2M1. Students will know the standard units of inch, foot, yard, and metric

units of centimeter and meter and measure length to the nearest inch or

centimeter.

Third Grade General Characteristics of Math and Science

ACTIVITY: COMPARISON

Look at Brancusi’s work;

compare and order

objects based upon

length, capacity, height,

and weight.

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