Twist Tie Figure (grades 7 & 8)
Presenters: Lynette Henderson, Ken Sakatani & Edie Pistolesi, CAEA, Los Angeles, 2009
Grade Level: 7 & 8
OVERVIEW:
This project is coordinated with the whole class to cover the California history timeline from 8000 BCE to present day. Students work in small groups to select and present characters across-cultures from their particular era. These characters created change related to broad community-related topics such as labor, economy, education, health, transportation, and other topics. Students create a miniature replica of the figure with accompanying props and a placard of information to be place in the classroom’s “CA History Museum”.
OBJECTIVES:
- Students utilize the principles of design scale and proportion in creating accurate miniature human figures and accompanying props; figure must be posed to show movement.
- Students utilize at least 3 different media in creating their 3D artworks: graphite & colored pencils for planning, twist ties (or other for armature), self-hardening clay or paper clay, paint and mixed media materials such as fabric, beads etc.
- Students individually craft a 6” to 8” (approx.) replica of one character and accompanying visual props (two or more), representing a cross-cultural category of their group era such as labor, economy, education, health, transportation, and other topics.
- Project will be crafted in excellence for all media – clay, wood, cardboard, paint or other.
- Students will write a paragraph as a “museum placard” explaining the cross-cultural contributions of their character to their group era, the nature and function of the accompanying visual props. Issues to address within this information are as follows:
- Race/Ethnicity of character
- Country of Origin
- Belief system/values that fostered or lead to the character’s important activities
- The effect of such activities on people/community & state
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