Idea Finder

Lesson Plan

Description

Inspired by maps, students will explore personal themes through visual imagery and text, exploration of media, and suppression and emphasis techniques. Students will practice clarifying and focusing ideas through guided visual journaling in preparation for a series of work.

Level

Advanced

Areas of Study

Watercolor Mixed Media Markers Collage Color Unity Texture

Collections

Visual Journaling

Lesson Objectives

Students will examine maps and identify the purposes of different symbols used in a map.

Students will create a list of broad themes and identify a theme of personal interest.

Students will explore a variety of visual journaling techniques.

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Teaching Strategies

Show a variety of maps and guide students to identify the purposes of different symbols within a map.
Facilitate a collaborative brainstorming session to create a list of broad themes.
Demonstrate a variety of visual journaling techniques and stages of layers to support understanding.
Guide students as they develop a map of their conceptual ideas.

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National Standards

Create

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

VA:Cr1.2.IIIa

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

VA:Cr2.1.IIIa

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

45 minutes

Demonstration Time

1 hour

Student Studio Time

2 hours and 40 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Drawing materials (sketchbook, paper, pencil)
Mixed-media materials (paint, markers, pastels)
Collage materials (paper varieties, scissors, glue)

National Standards

Create

VA:Cr1.2.IIIa

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

VA:Cr2.1.IIIa

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Steps

Analyze Maps

Collaboratively brainstorm a list of types of maps and their purpose. Research and print various examples such as heat maps, celestial maps, topographical maps, etc. Examine the qualities of these maps by looking at symbols, the information provided, and artistic qualities.

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