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January 2018
Art of Africa
Ancient Rome
(6th Grade)
-Pre-K and Kinders - Literature = "Elmer" by David McKee The children will use colored tissue to add colors and patterns to Elmer the Elephant!
Grade 1 - "Giraffes Can't Dance" by Giles Andreae The children will draw Gerald the Giraffe! They will use tints to create a painted moonlit background.
Grades 2 & 3 - Literature - "The Watcher" by Jeanette Winters - Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimpanzees. Students will learn about explorer/scientist Jane Goodall. They will draw a "chimp" and create a jungle collage.
Grade 4 - Underwater Hippo Resist - Students will learn about the habitat, diet and other characteristics of Hippos. They will create a composition of an underwater hippo based on these facts.
Grade 5 - African Knee Bowls = Students will create a three-dimensional African Knee Bowl from a clay slab. They will use African inspired patterns to paint their bowls..
Grade 6 - Ancient Rome - Students will continue their cross curricular study of ancient Rome.
Grade 7 - "Kente Cloth" weaving - Students will learn about paper weaving and create their warp and weft from paper strips.
Grade 8- South African seascape watercolor resist. African Massai figure drawings
Grade 1 - "Giraffes Can't Dance" by Giles Andreae The children will draw Gerald the Giraffe! They will use tints to create a painted moonlit background.
Grades 2 & 3 - Literature - "The Watcher" by Jeanette Winters - Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimpanzees. Students will learn about explorer/scientist Jane Goodall. They will draw a "chimp" and create a jungle collage.
Grade 4 - Underwater Hippo Resist - Students will learn about the habitat, diet and other characteristics of Hippos. They will create a composition of an underwater hippo based on these facts.
Grade 5 - African Knee Bowls = Students will create a three-dimensional African Knee Bowl from a clay slab. They will use African inspired patterns to paint their bowls..
Grade 6 - Ancient Rome - Students will continue their cross curricular study of ancient Rome.
Grade 7 - "Kente Cloth" weaving - Students will learn about paper weaving and create their warp and weft from paper strips.
Grade 8- South African seascape watercolor resist. African Massai figure drawings
Kindergarten Gallery
Grade 1 Gallery