SASHA LEONARD PROPOSAL III

LESSON 1: Exploring the Environment and Human Influence What I want students to learn. I want the students to learn about industrialization. I also want them to learn about the positive or negative effects industrialization has on life and/or the environment. How the studio component will relate. Students will be asked to research industrialization. They will write a paragraph on whatever industrial topic they are interested in and then I want them to express their emotions and opinions about it in a painting that they will create. Is it an authentic art experience? I think that this assignment is an authentic lesson because students will research and learn about industrialization. They will form an opinion based on their newly gained knowledge and then express it in a painting. When they pick up their paint brush they will want to convey a message to the world. PAINTING

Janet Culbertson – Paving America Painting

Janet Culbertson – Marching Giants Painting

LESSON 2: THINGS ARE NOT ONLY WHAT THEY SEEM - Behind the scenes What I want students to learn. I want the students to learn about the opposing factors to any situation or thing. I want them to learn about balance and how everyone has a view. I also want them to learn about how some things go left unseen or discussed. I want them research or think about the possibilities for why these things or situations are that way. How the studio component will relate. I will have the students research situations or things that are portrayed as good or bad, and then I want them to find the opposing sides or facts about the situation or thing. The students will be asked to do investigation through research and then be asked to write a paragraph about it. Once the paragraph is complete the students will demonstrate their knowledge about the opposing sides through a drawing. They will then show their artwork and talk about the portrayal of the situation or thing in a light most are not familiar with. Is it an authentic art experience? I think that this assignment is an authentic lesson because it allows students to investigate and shine light on things that seem to be one way but are not only one way, the underlying facts are hidden. For what reason? They will know once the assignment is complete and they will form their own opinion about it, which can be seen in their artwork. They will become the activist. DRAWING

Gord Hill – Untitled Ink Drawing

Gord Hill – Untitled Ink Drawing

LESSON 3: DEDICATION TO REPETION What I want students to learn. I want the students to learn about habits and why people form them. I want them to learn about cause and effect. I also want them to think about some bad habits that they have and think to themselves why they do them. I want them to take a look at the psychological reasons people or groups do the things that they do. How the studio component will relate. Students will be asked to research a habit or a thing that is done repetitiously. They will look into why it is done. They will be asked to write a paragraph about it and back it up with the research. I then will want them to create a ceramic sculpture in which they depict the habit and the way people, groups, things, and/or situations get when they repeat the habit over and over again. Is it an authentic art experience? I think that this assignment is an authentic lesson because students will learn about the reasons people do the things that they do. They will also be able to ask themselves the same question and see if they are truly happy with its repetition. They will also question if the repetition will get them where they want to go with their life. CERAMICS

Chad Coffman - Happy Meal Ceramic

Chad Coffman - Cubicle Ceramic

LESSON 4: FOLLOW THE LEADER – Medias effect What I want students to learn. I want the students to learn about media’s effect on society. And how the media affects industries. I want them to learn that the media categorizes them, creating a target market and audience. How the studio component will relate. I will go over media, show various techniques media uses to lure in the viewers and listeners. Then we will have a discussion to see what techniques work and what don’t. We will also discuss the influence the media has on all types of ages and people. Then the student will make a sculpture that depicts the medias input on any age group or type of person. Is it an authentic art experience? I think that this assignment is an authentic lesson because it is not only educational but it will be interesting to the students because the media is something that teenagers are generally interested in. This assignment will allow them to reflect their opinions about the medias intentions. SCULPTURE

Harry McDaniel - Executron Sculpture

Harry McDaniel – Executron - DETAIL Sculpture

Harry McDaniel - Scrolls Sculpture

LESSON 5: CONSUME YOUR WORK, DON’T LET IT CONSUME YOU. What I want students to learn. I want the students to learn about how some people get so caught up in their jobs that they forget what is important or why they chose to go into that career in the first place. How the studio component will relate. The students will think about and answer the question: “Why do people work anyway?” and then after answering that question I want them to create a list of their interests and their wants. We will then form a list of careers from research that correlate with their interests and wants and then research a situation where a person in that field was consumed by their job. Then the student will be asked to portray their response or reaction to that situation through a silkscreen print. It can be printed onto any form of cloth that they bring in. Is it an authentic art experience? I think that this assignment is an authentic lesson because it gets students to think about what they truly want to do in life and the things that they will encounter throughout the day with their career. I want them to learn about the downfalls and ask themselves if those downfalls will get in the way of what they truly want. They will be able to respond to actual situations in the field of their interest through their prints. SCULPTURE

Mark Vallen – Jail the homeless Miscellaneous - Silkscreen

Mark Vallen – Nuclear War?!...There Goes My Career! Miscellaneous - Silkscreen

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