MICHAEL T. FIGUEROA
NIU ART Education+design
Fine Arts State Goals:
• STATE GOAL #25: Know The Language of the Arts
IL 25.B.2 Understand how elements and principles combine within an
art form to express ideas.
In this lesson: Students will express with elements and design to customize shoes for their CFCs. (Using
line shape, form, space, and color to emphasize the metaphor for their selected CFC.
• STATE GOAL #26: Through creating and performing, understand
how works of art are produced.
IL 26.8.3d Visual Arts: Demonstrate knowledge and skills to create 2nd
and 3rd dimensional works and time arts that are realistic, abstract, functional and decorative.
In this lesson: Students will demonstrate understanding of elements and principles of design, problem
solving how to express an emotion and
awareness using mixed media on a 3D surface.
• STATE GOAL #27: Understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present.
IL 27.B.3: Know and describe how artists and their works
shape culture and increase understanding of
societies, past and present.
In this lesson: Students will translate how art creates powerful and impactful impressions on subject based
(CFC), and a understanding of practices of artist
who have given back to other (CFC) in the past.
Objectives:
Conceptual/Cognitive
Objective I: Given a discussion on CFC and customizing shoes using line, shape, form, space, and color, students can effectively convey their own compassion and care to CFC.
Objective II: Given a video/PowerPoint on selected CFC’s, students will successfully explore options of concept designs with rough drafts by elements of design.
Objective III: Given examples of work by artist Keith Haring, graffiti artist Lovepusher, Michael T. Figueroa, students will effectively communicate the relationship with CFC and customize shoes.
Artistic Skill Objectives:
Objective IV: Given paper and pencil/color pencils, students will skillfully design a composition using elements and principles of design that reflects symbolism of hope and encouragement related to the selected CFC’s.
Objective V: Given a presentation of selected CFC’s, students will appropriately respond through visual expression how emotions and compassion can help design concept shoes for CFC’s.
Objective VI: Given acrylic paints, ModPodge, paint markers; students will effectively create customized shoes.
Assessment Criteria:
Objective I: Students successfully explore options of concept
designs with with a shoe template worksheet by using elements of design (line,shape, form, space, and color)
Objective II: Students clearly explain how customizing shoes convey a message that represents their CFC using line, shape, form, space, and color, can
Objective III: Students effectively communicate the relationship with CFC and customize shoes.
Objective IV: Students skillfully design a composition using elements and principles of design that reflects hope and encouragement related to the selected CFCs.
Objective V: Students appropriately respond through visual expression how emotions and compassion can help design concept shoes for CFCs.
Objective VI: Students effectively demonstrate created customized shoes.
344 LESSON PLAN 1
FALL 2015
Student Teacher: Michael T. Figueroa
Lesson Title: HeARTful Soles (custom shoe painting)
Grade Level: 8th Grade
Time available for this lesson: 6 days of 40-minute sessions
Central Focus (Big Idea): Students will learn that art can be used to share kindness, compassion, love, and bring hope and courage to children fighting pediatric cancers by painting a pair of blank canvas shoes for a Child Fighting Cancer (CFC).
Key Terms: Cancer Fighting Children (CFC), Shoes (Blank Canvas style shoes),
-
Students will customize a blank pair of shoes to create expressive features and organizational principles.
-
Students will customize a pair of shoes using mixed media to create words, symbols, and colors to inspire Cancer Fighting Children (CFC).
-
With media given, students will apply different techniques based on personal, social, cultural, and historical experience
-
Students will create custom shoes based on their research for actual selected children of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. (Location is able to change if needed).
Social Issues / Concepts of the Lesson:
-
Purpose
-
Spirit of Giving
-
Community
-
Customizing
Essential Questions:
-
Why is it important to raise awareness of cancer among youth cultures?
-
How can awareness of children fighting cancer foster empathy during pre-adolescence?
-
How does art reflect the spirit of giving when it is used to foster empathy in pre-teens for children fighting cancer?
-
How can visual elements be used to create a significant message of hope among children?
-
How can a lesson that involves pre-adolescent artists painting sneakers for children fighting cancer based on their interests become an unforgettable and positive lifelong experience?