African Coil Pot

 

Art Lesson Plan

Title: African Coil Pot

Grade Level: 2nd-3rd

Suggested Time: 1-2 class periods

Unit: African Art

Medium: Model Magic

Instructional Objectives: Students will model, pinch, pull and roll material (MO.); Students will identify and demonstrate sculpture in the round (MO.).

Elements of Art: shape, form, texture

Principles of Design: repetition, pattern, unity

Materials and Equipment: Model Magic clay

Vocabulary: form, clay, pinch, 3-D

Art Production:

1. Anticipatory Set: Open package of clay, take it out of package, start rolling different pieces and molding pieces together.

2. Objectives: Students will model, pinch, pull and roll material and also identify and demonstrate sculpture.  

3. Input: PowerPoint presentation

4. Demonstration: Teacher showed class different examples of coil pots and how to roll the clay into different pieces.

5. Check for Understanding: Teacher walked around the classroom and helped students mold their clay together.

6. Guided Practice: Teacher told students to be creative and to use as much clay as we needed.

7. Independent Practice: Teacher gave advice when needed.

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

Art History: PowerPoint presentation, and examples of different coil pots.

Aesthetic Questions: Do coil pots have to only have 1 pattern throughout the pot?

Art Criticism: What would you change about your coil pot? 

Evaluation: Quiz over vocabulary words

Modifications: 

Physical Disability: Sit down with students and guide them through all of the steps, assist with rolling the clay when needed.

Giftedness: Let students use more than one package to create one big coil pot or multiple pots; elaborate on pots with stencils or pencils to make indentations.  

Special Needs

• Symmetrical African Mask - Physical Disability: When cutting the construction paper students may use modified scissors to make the process easier; Giftedness: If students finished up their first mask, they may start on another one, using different colored paper and cutting different shapes out.

• African Family Portrait - Physical Disability: Instead of using the white glue bottles students may use glue sticks instead to help control the amount of glue used in the collage; Giftedness: Have students color their family portraits when they are done arranging the different pieces. 

• Maasai Color-Wheel Necklace - Cognitive Disability: For example, you might have a child with ADHD and to assist them you might sit with the child throughout the activity and guide them through all the steps, giving them frequent feedback; Giftedness: Students may elaborate on their necklaces and maybe even add some beads to the yarn part of the necklace when finished.

• Kente Cloth - Physical Disability: For a child who has an orthopedic impairment you could place the paper on a vertical surface at the child's shoulder level. This helps keep their neck and head in an upright position so that they can visually monitor what they are drawing; Giftedness: Students may create another Kente Cloth using different colors of tempera paint and different shapes and lines.

• Africa Savanna Watercolor - Physical Disability: For some students it might be easier to have them use only crayons or makers instead of the watercolor paint. Markers and crayons reduce the amount of visual shifting; Giftedness: Allow students to draw more than 3 animals, and have them include more landscapes to their Savanna. 

• African Coil Pot - Physical Disability: Guide and assist students with the rolling of the clay and putting it all together, give easy to follow instructions; Giftedness: Let students use more than one package of clay to create a bigger coil pot or to create multiple coil pots.