Explorer+Class+Syllabus

__ Intro/Review: __ __ We are world/time traveling: __ Using the survey to choose the place we will visit students will use the following steps to the completion of a work of art:
 * Explorer Art **
 * Take the survey.
 * Explain the process the class will use to examine the world of art throughout history using their picks from the survey.
 * Give an overview of the global perspective through time: dominate religious and cultural regions, indigenous and/or prehistoric, classical, modern, and contemporary. In following classes daily 10 min. lecture “From the Timeline”. Understand the history of art will give you a deeper understanding of the world around you and of other subject areas such as math and science.
 * Review the elements and principles of art.
 * Review of other key terms such as landscape, still life, portrait, medium/media, style/period/movement,
 * ** Research ** : In the computer lab we will research the indigenous and/or prehistoric, classical, modern, and contemporary art of a place and post it on my wiki bulletin board.
 * ** Share/present: ** In class, using the info we posted, present and share your findings with the class including, the name of art work, name of the people or peoples that created it, year it was created, facts, and how it relates to other subject areas (math, science literature, etc).
 * ** Brainstorm ideas: ** Using our research for inspiration and ideas, the class will brainstorm ideas and decide what we will create as art projects.
 * ** Creation: ** Using problem solving skills and more research, students will create works of art based on their findings.
 * ** Synthesis: ** Using the format provided by the teacher students will list 5 facts they learned in the process of making the art work, explain the use of the elements and principles of art, explain how what we learned relates to math and/or science, and share their work and information with the class.

= **Explorer Art Survey** = 1. Name **3 places in the world** you find interesting and would like to learn more about (pick a city or a country, not a whole continent).

2. What is the most interesting era of American history for you (Revolutionary War, Civil War, Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, 1930’s, 40’s 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, other)?

3. What do these words mean? __Indigenous-__ __Prehistoric-__ __Classical-__ __Modern-__ __Contemporary-__ 4. Why do people make art?

5. We are going to make an episode for a children’s show that we will do for a first grade class. What do you think you could do for that project (Write scripts, actor, camera work, editing, sound, music, make puppets, director, animation, sing, dance, other)?

6. What ideas do you have that we could create for the children’s program (write on back if you need to)?