About the Book
This is book two of a series of three books. The series takes students on an interdisciplinary cross content journey entitled, Creating Art Through the Ages. Each book provides experiences in language arts, social studies, math and art as the students investigate ancient and modern civilizations.
“Discovery and Knowledge”, explores the ancient Roman civilization, the Middles Ages and Renaissance. Explorers set sail to discover land, treasures, raw materials and knowledge on behalf of their mother country and religion. The development of the printing press enabled the disbursement of knowledge through books. Discovery and the pursuit of knowledge is the underlying theme during this era. In this book, it is reimagined for students with experiences through stories, interactive role-playing activities, and art projects.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Book Overview
Unit 1: Ancient Romans: The Emergence of an Empire
Chapter 1: Architecture and Coinage: Heads or Tails
Lesson 1: Toss a Coin and Make a Wish, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Engineer and Designing an Arch, Drawing Exercise
Lesson 3: Painting Personal Rainbow Arches, Watercolor Painting Experience
Lesson 4: Show me the Money, Making an Embossed Coin
Chapter 2: Roman Mosaics: Pieces of Culture
Lesson 1: Pablo’s Discovery, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Discovering Mosaics, Observing and Discussing Mosaics
Lesson 3: Putting the Pieces Together, Making a Mosaic
Chapter 3: Realistic Roman Portrait: Pursuit of Truth
Lesson 1: I Feel the Earth Shake Under My Feet, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Pursuit of Truth with a Twist, Biography vs. Portrait
Lesson 3: Finding Truth in a Mirror Image, Creating Portraits
Lesson 4: Split Mirror Imagery, Making a Portrait
Unit 2: Middle Ages: The Century Builders
Chapter 4: Sculptural Gargoyles: Form, Function and Fantasy
Lesson 1: The Comic Book Artist, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Devising a Disguise by Designing and Structural Embellishment
Lesson 3: Making a Gargoyle Design
Lesson 4: Making a Clay Gargoyle
Chapter 5: Castles and Churches: Buildings for Centuries
Lesson 1: The Soldier who Saved the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartes, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: A Pictorial Collage Painting with Gothic and Romanesque Buildings and a Touch of Red Grooms
Lesson 3: Bring in the Light, an Activity on Stain-Glass Windows
Lesson 4: Reimagining a Knight in Armour, Making a Textured Drawing
Lesson 5: Coat of Arms in Watercolor
Chapter 6: Decorative Arts: Tapestries, Beauty and Beasts
Lesson 1: Fabricating a Special Story, A Day with Lucy, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Tapestry Art, Making a Tapestry Narrative
Lesson 3: Designing an Illuminated Name
UNIT 3: The Renaissance: Glory, Faith, and Art
Chapter 7: Renaissance Painting: Painting, Perseverance and Praise
Lesson 1: Perseverance 68 Feet High, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Discovering Chiaroscuro and Creating Charcoal Shapes
Lesson 3: Making A Drawing and Oil Pastel Painting Using A Grid
Lesson 4: The Guild System, Role Playing Activity
Lesson 6: Getting the Right Perspective (One-Point Perspective)
Chapter 8: Printmaking Pathways: Image Evolution
Lesson 1: What’s All the Chatter About the Rhinoceros?, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Carving Out Your Personal Style, Creating a Prints
Lesson 3: From Gothic to Gutenberg, Making Books
Chapter 9: Altering, Inventing and Modifying Art: Eye for Ingenuity
Lesson 1: Influential Inventions, Man Vs. Machine and Storytelling, The Pages from the Lost Notebook
Lesson 2: Collographic Buildings, Man Vs. Physical Environment
Lesson 3: Modified Forms, Man Vs. Nature
Appendix A: Handouts for Chapter 1-9
Appendix B: Foundations Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets
Concepts in Arts and Principles of Design
Exploring Color and Creating a Color Wheel
Designing with Texture
Building Blocks of Shapes
The Value of Values
Basics for Graphite Pencil Drawing
Basics for Colored Pencil Drawing
Basics for Charcoal Drawing
Basics on Pastels (Hard and Soft Pastels)
Basics on Oil Pastels
Basics on Colored Makers
Watercolor Painting (transparent painting medium)
Basics on Oil, Acrylic, Tempera and Fresco Painting
Basics on Mixed Media and Collage
Basics on Clay Hand Building
Basics on Mosaic Making
Appendix C: Handouts for Foundation Lessons
Appendix D: Figures for Chapters 1-9
About the Authors
About the Author :
Frances Flicker is a writer, artist, and teacher of art and humanities.
Jacqueline G. Van Schooneveld is a professor of teacher education.
Review :
I am a homeschool mom of 5. We like to use curriculum that can be student driven and this book can definitely do that. I handed the book to my 3 middle school aged kids and right off the bat they enjoyed the stories that accompany each lesson. The kids all agreed that focusing on the art of different time periods was a much more interesting way to learn history. They enjoyed connecting with peoples of the past by learning about some of their forms of expression. CreatingArt for All Ages is a good resource that merges several subjects into something that my art-oriented children really enjoyed.
Within minutes of opening Creating Art for All Ages, my mind began racing with the amount of enriching, applicable lessons I could use to involve students in their own learning. There is so much core curriculum that is expected to be taught, and with this resource, lessons can easily be integrated with art. History will come alive, math will make sense, and reading will become a priority as students make real life applications from the lessons. The depth of their learning will increase as they imagine, create, and share their own works of art as they relate to the core curriculum.
The book Creating Art for All Ages is a wonderful resource for teachers to integrate art education in a natural way into their classroom. I appreciate the integration of art to the Social Studies, English, and Math standards. It is written in a way that makes it manageable for elementary teachers to use. The lessons are designed to allow students to enter at their level and then provides scaffolds to excel their learning to higher levels and higher thinking. I appreciate the focus on 21st century learning and innovation. Our students need to learn how to investigate, connect, create, collaborate, present and reflect. These are ESSENTIAL skills for our students in school and in life!
