Maasai Color Wheel Necklace

 Art Lesson Plan

 

Title: Maasai Color Wheel Necklace

 

Grade Level: 5th-6th

 

Suggested Time: 2 class periods

 

Unit: African Art

 

Medium: Mixed-Media

 

Instructional Objectives: Students will create an original artwork that communicates ideas about the following themes: functions of art in culture (celebrate rites of passage...) (MO.); Students will identify the arrangement of colors on a color wheel (MO.)

 

Elements of Art: line, color, value

 

Principles of Design: pattern, contrast, unity

 

Materials and Equipment: paper plates, sharpie, pencil, markers, yarn, hole-punch, scissors

 

Vocabulary: function, hue, original, symbol

 

Art Production:

1. Anticipatory Set: Teacher passed out paper plates; showed class how to draw and color the color wheel.

 

2. Objectives: Students will create and original artwork and identify the arrangement of colors on a color wheel.

 

3. Input: Teacher showed videos about African tribes and gave background on the culture.

 

4. Demonstration: Teacher demonstrated how to cut the middle of the plate out and also how to draw and color the color wheel.

 

5. Check for Understanding: Students watched the teachers example.

 

6. Guided Practice: Teacher helped and showed the class how to cut and draw on their paper plate.

 

7. Independent Practice: Teacher walked around and observed the classes original artwork.

 

8. Closure: Took a picture of the final project.

 

Art History: Background knowledge on the Maasai Tribe; examples of cloths and necklaces showed to the class; videos about the tribe.

 

Aesthetic Questions: Can a work of art have different meaning for different people? Do different people have different interpretations about the same work of art?

 

Art Criticism/Analysis Questions: How are the elements of art used in the artwork? How are the principles of design used in the artwork?

 

Evaluation Criteria: Color-wheel crossword worksheet