Speak Up!

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will identify a population they feel is marginalized. Students will express both that population’s marginalization and the need for justice concerning this population in a mixed-media collage.

Level

Intermediate

Areas of Study

Community Collage Mixed Media Color Emphasis Shape Space Social Studies

Collections

Visual Voices

Lesson Objectives

Students will reflect on social issues around the world and marginalized populations.

Students will analyze art pieces that identify injustices towards marginalized populations.

Students will identify personally relevant groups of people in need of advocacy for positive change.

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Teaching Strategies

Facilitate a student discussion reflecting on marginalized populations and advocacy through art.
Discuss how to convey messages of advocacy through artwork.
Facilitate brainstorming and sketching a chosen marginalized population and how to convey advocacy for justice.
Explain space, color, shape, and emphasis.

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National Standards

Create

Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.

8.VA:Cr2.1

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

45 minutes

Demonstration Time

45 minutes

Student Studio Time

2 hours and 15 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Sketch paper
Pencil, eraser, and permanent marker
Printed photographs
Tissue and cellophane paper
Construction paper
Clear transparency paper
Clear tape
Photographing or copying device

National Standards

Create

Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.

8.VA:Cr2.1

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Steps

Research and Reflect

Observe and analyze artwork containing imagery of groups of people protesting or in need of justice and how past artists have promoted advocacy for these groups through their artwork. Analyze how the artists used color, shape, space, and emphasis to enhance the message.

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