Batiking Black Bayou Lake
Title: Batiking Black Bayou Lake
Subject: Arts
Grade Level: 5 - 6
Overview:
Students will research Black Bayou Lake using the Internet and then design a landscape based on Black Bayou Lake using Chinese Batiking and oil pastels. After the landscapes are completed the students will take digital pictures of the batiks to use in the creation of a slide show created with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Approximate Duration: 4 - 45 minute class periods
Content Standards:
Creative Expression
Students develop creative expression through the application of knowledge, ideas, communication skills, organization abilities and imagination.
Aesthetic Perception
Students develop aesthetic perception through the knowledge of art forms and respect for commonalties and differences.
Historical and Cultural Perception
Students develop historical perspective and cultural perception by recognizing and understanding that the arts throughout history are a record of human experience with a past, present, and future.
Benchmarks:
CE-1VA-M1
Demonstrate art methods and techniques in visual representations based on research of imagery; (1)
CE-1VA-M6
Identify the relationships between the arts and other disciplines through art production; (1,2)
AP-2VA-M5
Identify, reflect, and distinguish differences of images, symbols, and sensory qualities seen in a work of art and in those in nature. (4)
HP-3VA-M2
Understand how works of art cross historical, geographical, and political boundaries; (1,4,5)
Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Social Studies : Geography: Physical and Cultural Systems
Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment.
Educational Technology Standards:
Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner which includes following the school's acceptable use policy, adhering to copyright laws, respecting the rights of others, and employing proper etiquette in all forms of communication.
Use multimedia tools and desktop publishing to develop and present computer-generated projects for directed and independent learning activities.
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, writing tools, digital cameras, drawing tools, web tools) to gather information for problem solving, communication, collaborative writing and publishing to create products for various audiences.
Objectives:
1. TLW use selected Internet sites to research and answer questions about Black Bayou Lake.
2. TLW create a landscape of Black Bayou Lake using Chinese batiking and oil pastels.
3. TLW use correct art terminology.
4. TLW use correct terminology when describing Black Bayou Lake.
Lesson Materials and Resources:
1. Black Bayou Lake Research worksheet
2. paper, crayons, oil pastels, water color paints
3. pencils and pencil sharpeners
4. water
5. paint brushes
6. Black Bayou art example
7. Books on Chinese batiking
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Internet
printer
Software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Web Sites:
Black Bayou Lake Project
http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.html
Black Bayou Lake NWR
http://www.fws.gov/northlouisiana/blackbayoulake/
FoBB Index
http://www.friendsofblackbayou.org/Background Information:
The students should have a general understanding of how to use a computer and conduct research on the Internet. The art of batiking will be new for the students.
Lesson Procedures:
Day One
1. Give each student a copy of the Black Bayou Lake worksheet. Students will use selected web sites to research Black Bayou Lake and to answer the Black Bayou Lake worksheet. The class will review the worksheet at the end of the first day class period.
Day Two
1. The teacher and students will review what the class has learned about Black Bayou Lake from the class before.
2. Next, teacher and students will discuss Chinese batiking and view examples. Teacher will discuss and demonstrate to students how to batik the water of Black Bayou.
A. First use blue crayon to create horizon line and then add ripples into water, but do NOT color in the water blue.
B. Next, do a light wash over blue crayon with black water color paint.
Students will follow the teacher's example and batik black bayou. Students will then place batik outside to dry, for next step.
Day Three
1. The teacher and students will review information learned about Black Bayou and batiking, from previous class.
2. The teacher will demonstrate how to mix and blend oil pastels to add cypress trees and moss, to Black Bayou batik.
3. Students will follow the teacher's example on how to blend and mix oil pastels to add cypress trees and moss to their Black Bayou batik.
4. Teacher and students will discuss what students have learned about Black Bayou Lake and Chinese batiking.
5. Students will swap Black Bayou batik and will check off all elements completed on the Black Bayou Batik rubric.
6. The students' Black Bayou batik will be displayed outside on the wall.
7. Students will take pictures of their Black Bayou batik with digital camera.
8. Students will use their pictures of the Black Bayou batiks and their research to create a Black Bayou Lake presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Day Four
1. The students will share their presentations.
Assessment Procedures:
Rubric for Black Bayou batik
Black Bayou Lake worksheet
Accommodations/Modifications:
1. Large print display on computer
2. Detailed instructions
3. Preferential seating
4. Shorten assignment
5. One-on-one time
6. Peer tutoring
7. See accommodations for individual students
----- written by Samantha Hano
Reproducible Materials:
Batiking Black Bayou Rubric
Black Bayou Lake Student Project Sample
Batiking Black Bayou Lake Research GuideExplorations and Extensions:
1. Students can create crossword puzzles using the new terminology discovered in this lesson.Student Products:
Samantha Hano's Fifth and Sixth Grade Classes, J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School
Batik ArtLesson Development Resources:
Black Bayou Lake Project
http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.html
Black Bayou Lake NWR
http://www.fws.gov/northlouisiana/blackbayoulake/
FoBB Index
http://www.friendsofblackbayou.org/
Contact Information:
Samantha Hano
samantha.hano@mcschools.net
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