Shoe Neighborhood

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will transform a drawing of a shoe into a home using collage elements. Students will discuss how to utilize and combine collage elements with peers while experimenting with new materials. Students will combine finished artworks to form a class mural.

Level

Beginner

Areas of Study

Community Architecture Collage Drawing Texture Shape Balance

Collections

Transformation and Homes

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn how collage illustrations are made.

Students will observe shoes and investigate how to transform a shoe into a house.

Students will experiment with materials and tools through collage.

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Teaching Strategies

Read There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe by Kate Toms, and explain how the collaged illustrations were created.
Teach students how to draw a shoe step by step.
Model how to transform a drawing of a shoe into a house by adding a door, windows, a roof, and a chimney.
Demonstrate how to use collage materials and tools.

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National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

VA:Cr2.1.Ka

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

1.VA:Cr1.2

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

K.VA:Cr2.1

Explain the process of making art while creating.

K.VA:Cr3

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

30 minutes

Demonstration Time

20 minutes

Student Studio Time

1 hour and 30 minutes

Supplies and Materials

White tag paper and colored paper
Pencil and eraser
Buttons
String, ribbon, and yarn
Scissors
Hole puncher
Glue
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: K. Toms. ISBN-10 1780657781

National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

VA:Cr2.1.Ka

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

1.VA:Cr1.2

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

K.VA:Cr2.1

Explain the process of making art while creating.

K.VA:Cr3

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Steps

View and Discuss illustrations

Look at the illustrations in the book. Analyze and discuss how they are constructed using collage materials. Learn what a collage is and discuss material choices.

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