1. Thank you for using this pre-visit resource. We believe this will help strengthen student learning leading up to and during your gallery visit. Due to the different versions of Power point schools may use, please check for any formatting issues before you explore this presentation with your students. Should you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Jeremy Leatinu’u Education Coordinator jeremy@tetuhi.org.nz 09 577 0138 ext 7703 Welcome

2. Copycat Image: http://www.lol-site.com/funny-dog-pictures/copycat/ Te Tuhi Pre-Visit / Lesson 3: Symbols

3. Welcome to Copycat During this lesson we will be exploring… Image: http://thenextweb.com/au/2010/06/11/startup-lessons-learned-the-pitfalls-of-copycat-marketing/http://thenextweb.com/au/2010/06/11/startup-lessons-learned-the-pitfalls-of-copycat-marketing/ Symbols

4. So lets explore what Symbols mean and what they look like… Image: http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/google-reveals-top-kiwi-searches/18929/http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/google-reveals-top-kiwi-searches/18929/

5. The word symbol means to represent something… In sporting events the silver fern is a symbol that represents New Zealand Image: http://williment.co.nz/sports-travel/football-2010-allwhites-v-socceroos.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_flag_debate What sports teams can we think of that have the silver fern on their uniform?

6. Symbols are usually very flat simple shapes with little colour. Image: http://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/recycle/recycle_logo_symbol.htmlhttp://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/recycle/recycle_logo_symbol.html What could this symbol mean?

7. A Symbol can help represent a person’s identity… Image: http://serendipityteam.wordpress.com/tag/jesus/http://serendipityteam.wordpress.com/tag/jesus/

8. Image: http://blog.pearltrees.com/?p=1450 A symbol may include things that are important to you, such as…

9. Pattern and design to help tell someone about your culture and how important it is to you… The Koru shape can be seen in Maori carvings, paintings and ta moko (tattoo) This pattern and many others can be seen in different types of polynesian tapa cloth. Image: http://www.tattoosymbol.com/just-for-site/koru-tattoo.html http://mosaik.wordpress.com/2006/05/10/tongan-inspirations/

10. Image: http://www.ststephensanglican.net/?p=783 http://www.presbyterian.ca/about/pcc/whatwebelieve/symbolsofthechurch The shape of your church or certain things in church. This may help tell someone about your religion…

11. A number may represent how many people are in your family. This may tell someone how important family is to you… 6 9 4 3 5 7 8

12. A symbol may include things you enjoy or like doing…

13. Sports equipment may tell someone that you like to play a particular sport… What kind of sports does this person like to play?

14. The shape of an electronic object may tell someone about the things you like to use… Image: http://mail.dragoart.com/tuts/6811/1/1/how-to-draw-an-ipod.htm http://freewareisalive.18.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=110

15. Food may tell someone that you like eating particular food… What kind of food does this person like?

16. If we put all those things together we can find out a lot about this person….

17. 6 What can we find out about this person?

18. 6 Let’s reflect on what we have learnt so far… So symbols can be any of these things

19. Image: http://grandcentralacademy.blogspot.com/2009/01/president-obama.html So what have we learnt so far? Symbols… Can help visually represent our identity Can include things that are important to us like our culture, religion and family Can include the things we like such as our favourite sport or food are usually very flat simple shapes with little colour.

20. Now that we have learnt about symbols, we can begin to create our own… Using our ‘identity’ artwork in the previous exercise, we will now create symbols for all the things that are important to us or enjoy doing Image: http://www.spraypaintstencils.com/07-july-stencils.htmhttp://www.spraypaintstencils.com/07-july-stencils.htm Jane’s identity 6 Our symbols will go around the outside of the body Ice cream Rugby My family culture My name is…..and my favourite food is…. i have 2 sisters and 1 brother…. i enjoy playing….. and my culture is important to me because…..

21. In the next lesson we will explore what a “copy” and what an “original” means. End of lesson