5th Grade Aztec Metal Tooling pattern, shape, symmetry, texture, color Students will Materials manila paper (for sketches) 6x6” piece of tooling foil pencil eraser piece of masking tape 6x6” piece of felt (or pieces of newspaper) ball point pen popsicle sticks rounded clay tools paint brush (use opposite end) Class Periods - 1 Make sure the students put their name and date on every project!

geometric shapes

organic shapes fill shapes inside the negative space

symmetry

symmetry

pattern wave in one direction flips the next

Aztec design

student designs

student metal tooling

(print this page to teach from) Procedure (print this page to teach from) DISCUSSION Aztec Sun Gods The Aztec’s solar calendar was based on the movements of the sun.

(print this page to teach from) Procedure (print this page to teach from) DISCUSSION Aztec Sun Design Look at the sun designs. What shapes do you see? See the shapes within shapes There is usually a thick outline to the shapes those outlines sometimes have an outline themselves Sometimes they fit a shape in the negative space of a shape they created. Look at the borders there may be two outlines with a shape, dot or mark to fill that border the face is usually symmetrical as well as the rays around it the rays are triangular, round, curved, squares the rays are often interrupted by rings of designs they create a story around the face lots of repetition in borders, inner rings to outer rings, etc Look at the Aztec design shapes within shapes - repetition outlines thick then thin and repeated dots that fill areas Recall the lesson on shapes (traced scissors, glue bottle, etc) that you filled with texture

(print this page to teach from) Procedure (print this page to teach from) DISCUSSION Aztec Sun Design The black and white images make it easier to see the actual designs Instructional Preparations/ Suggestions/ Safety: The students should have been shown the proper ways to handle the copper pieces, as the edges were sharp. Student Activities/ Procedures: 1.   show the students examples of the various copper tooling examples. Instruct to create a sketch the same size as their copper piece. Leave a 1 inch margin along the top and bottom of their sketch. 2.   Once the students are happy with their sketch - tape the top and bottom of the sketch to their copper piece to prevent it moving and transfer the image. 3.   Place down felt then foil then sketch (the felt is used as a cushion under the foil.) trace over all the lines of the design with ball point pen go over every line of their sketch to transfer it to the copper plate. (lift paper up from one side only - to make sure all lines are traced 4.   After the sketch is transferred the students should use the Popsicle stick to begin pressing out areas of the copper (rounded clay tools may also be used). This will give the project a 3-d effect. Turn back to front side and refine edges of design. A dull pencil works good for this if modeling tools are not available. trace over your design lightly and then go over that with a little more pressure after you push your lines thru turn the foil over and press down to flatten

add a border

vocabulary pattern - repetition of any thing - shapes, lines, color curvilinear – A line that curves Shape - the outward outline of a form. Basic geometric shapes include circles, squares and triangles. organic shapes - An irregular shape, or one that might be found in nature (butterfly, seaweed, human figure, etc) geometric shape - made with straight lines or shapes from geometry, including circle, ovals, triangles, rectangles, squares