Trash Collage By Christian Snider

Lesson Overview  Students will explore ideas to what can be put into a trash can.  Create an illustration of their ideas using found ideas.  Students will learn about recycling trash and what are recycled item

Objectives  Students will explore ideas to what can be put into a trash can.  Create an illustration of their ideas using found ideas.  Children will also explore ideas of silly things that might be found in the trash.  Students will learn about recycling trash and what are recycled items.

Vocabulary  Collage-a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope  * Garbage-any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash  * Idea -any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity  * Poem-a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject  * Image-a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible  * Creativity-the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination  * Imagination-the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses

Materials  Poem by Shel Silverstein, "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out,"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out,"  Construction Paper  Glue Stick  Magazines  Scissors  Permanent Marker  Markers

Procedures  Read the Poem by Shel Silverstein, "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out  Discuss the silly things that Silverstein described in Sarah Stout's trash. Talk about what kind of illustration might accompany this poem.  * Color and draw the trash can template, glue to the bottom of the paper.  Optional: It would be more creative for students to draw their own trash cans if time allows.  * Cut out and glue items from magazines to your "trash pile" above the trash can. Because the poem is meant to be silly, I encourage the students to find and add unusual things to their trash.  * Cut out one item in the magazine that can be recycled

Questions  What things can be recycled?  What silly things that Silverstein described in Sarah Stout's trash  What places can you go to recycle?

Artist Connection  An artist I found interesting is Jane Perkins she takes recycling to a whole another level in portraits. As opposed to traditional forms of recycling, Perkins' art infuses the items she uses with even greater value than they had in the first place. With themes of environmentalism and climate change becoming increasingly popular in the art world, one artist in particular is putting eco- friendly philosophies to practice with portraits made entirely of unwanted objects. Recycling and reusing objects normally destined for the landfill has always been a creative process, but in the hands of a skilled artist, the practice can result in masterpieces superior to works crafted of more traditional mediums. Such artwork has the power to broaden the imagination as well, turning the most unassuming trash-bin or cluttered drawer into an artist's palette. Inspired by Ecuadorian hairstylists, who are known to use broken jewelry and other shiny objects in their designs, British artist Jane Perkins began creating broaches from similar bits and pieces that would normally go unused. Since 2008, she's expanded her recycling technique to make portraits using buttons, toys, plastic forks--or nearly anything else she can get her hands on.  portraits-from-trash.html portraits-from-trash.html