ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOK
ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOKHIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLANS
Submitted by Debra Pylypiw, Onslow County
Lesson Title:
The Princess and the Painter
Grade Level or Course:
Visual Arts I
Time Allotment:
2-4 hours
Targeted Goals and Objectives from the 2000 North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12:
Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
4.01 Demonstrate the use of life surroundings and personal experiences to express ideas and feelings visually.
Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
5.01 Know that the visual arts have a history, purpose and function in all
cultures.
5.02 Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times
and places.
5.05 Describe universal themes that exist in art throughout history.
5.06 Recognize and discuss that cultures have different aesthetics and each
individual is a product of his or her culture.
Alignment with NC High School Exit Exam: (check domain and write objective number(s)
_____ Communication:
__X__ Processing Information: 9, 10
_____ Problem Solving:
_____ Using Numbers and Data:
Lesson Objective(s):
Students will learn about Baroque Art and will study Diego VelazquezÆs Las Meninas and see slides of the Royal Palace in Madrid. Students will create an illustration based on a well-known artist's work.
Materials/Equipment Needed:
La Princesa y el Pintor, by Jane Johnson
Slide or overhead transparency of Las Meninas by Velazquez
Slides of other Baroque and Renaissance paintings of everyday life.
Drawing/Painting materials
Lesson Procedure:
Students will read the book La Princesa y el Pintor, by Jane Johnson. This book is a childrens' picture book based on Velazquez's painting, Las Meninas. The book describes the princess's day in the Royal Palace and is illustrated in the same style as Diego Velazquez. Discuss with students that this type of painting is a glimpse of life. Look at other paintings and discuss what may have happened before and after the image in the painting. Students will choose a painting and paint an image of something that occurred before or after the well-known image. Suggest using paintings from Baroque period or Northern Renaissance. Further studies: create a painting of a glimpse of your own everyday life.
Assessment:
Student successfully creates an image of a glimpse of life.
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