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Student-made Web Pages...Show Off Their Work!
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Designed to teach students how to create a web page using Netscape Communicator's Composer and can be used by students in grades 3-12 to present their projects or research on their school's web page. Designed to be taught in a lab setting and will be used by the technology teacher in coordination with the classroom teacher.
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Famous Artist
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Create a brochure of research on a specific artists' life and work.
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Design a Business Card (3.5 x 2 inches)
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The student experience is within the Business Education program and falls within the course of Business Analysis/Business Computer Applications as well as graphic arts. To successfully complete this experience, the students need to know the components of a good business card and should be to be able to run the business card portion of a software program.
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Aesthetic Assessment Design
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What is aesthetically pleasing to me? How does this sense of aesthetics or beauty differ from individual to individual (and why)? How does this sense of aesthetic or beauty differ from social group to social group (and why)? Will my sense of aesthetic change over time (and why)?
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Humani9ty and Art
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How the psychological image affects thoughts and emotion in a visual image.
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Nature and Composers
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Compose a piece of music based on the encounter of nature they recorded.
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20th Century Art: An Introduction to "Styles"
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This learning experience is part of a high school Art elective course, created by the teacher, called 20th Century Art. It is a combination of art history and criticism as well a hands on art activities and is available for students in grades 10-12 to take as part of an Art sequence.
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Historic American Architecture
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Essential Questions: Why bother looking at local architecture? What styles of American Architecture are represented in local historical buildings? What kind of product can be made that will creatively communicate the identity and information about local historical buildings? How can this product be designed so that it follows principles of good graphic design and communication?
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Every Picture Tells a Story
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Activities in Graphic communication for "River Project" public presentation.
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Concert Suite from Dances With Wolves - 4.3 MB Fi
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Focuses on preparing students to perform "Concert Suite from Dances With Wolves" at a public concert while emphasizing the interpretation skills students need to express emotions depicted in the music to their audience. Exposes students to many aspects of preparing a musical work of art for public performance and could be applied to the performance of similar compositions at any level a teacher might choose in order to develop these skills in their students. Could also be applied to the performance of similar compositions at any level for choral or orchestral organizations with small changes in terminology.
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West Side Story: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
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This unit focuses on encouraging students to appreciate and understand the musical West Side Story by analyzing the musical from different perspectives. The unit prepares Band and Voice class students to expressively perform West Siode Story at a public concert and English students to write a critical essay comparing the musical's plot to the plot of Romeo and Juliet.
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American Music History
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This learning unit uses many experiences that tie together to help the students see the relationship between them.
It combines historical events in American history with Music and includes information how history
influenced music. It works well with classes of any size in social studies and music courses.
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Digging Up daVinci
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Students use the internet to explore the art of a specific culture and create a powerpoint presentation that exhibits what the artwork characterizes about that culture.
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Celebrate the Arts
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Advertising Design Class, students are expected to complete assignments using different mediums, and will understand the roles a person in the Advertising Field has, includes meeting deadlines, being creative, working toward a specific goal and presenting completed projects in a professional manner. Students are upperclassmen, most have had some art courses and been introduced to the basics. Assignments are challenging, but allow students to succeed and see personal growth, allows students to create an Advertising Campaign in which they are able to support the arts program, creating T-shirts, designing posters, billboards, and videotaping commercials created from original storyboards. Theme of this campaign is "Celebrate the Arts."
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Recreating A Masterpiece
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In my Studio Art Course, students are expected to complete a variety of assignments using several different mediums, while studying the styles of a variety of artists. Students in this class are expected to understand when it is appropriate to use certain mediums, how to create the most effective piece of artwork, how to identify certain artist's works and how to read and evaluate critiques. This unit of study is a culmination of my studio art course. It allows students to share what they have learned over the semester while continuing to gain knowledge about a specific artist and create an original piece of artwork.
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