“Recycled Historical Monument Collage”1Dana Stasko, Art Educator

Art Lesson Plan

Lesson: Recycled magazine collage creating historical monuments from around the worldLevel: 3rd GradeDuration: 5 x 40 minute classesOverview: Students will be able to learn about collaging, recycling, geography of the world and important historical monuments. They will learn about how important recycling is, so we will use old recyclable magazines to collage a globe of the earth (which we are saving one step at a time by recycling). We will also touch base on the seven continents of the world, in addition to important historical monuments and architecture so the students know where these are located.

PA Standards:9.1.3. A. Elements and Principals in each art form9.1.3. B. Demonstration of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts9.2.3. C. Styles and Genres in the Arts9.2.3. D. Historical and Cultural Perspectives9.3.3. A. Critical Process9.3.3. D. Artistic Choices

Objectives: students will be able to…9.1.3. A: incorporate shape, color, and texture in their pieces.9.1.3. B: demonstrate visual arts through drawing, cutting, pasting, and collaging.9.2.3. C: use the style of magazine collaging to create the planet earth in their pieces.9.2.3. D: learn about historical monuments; recognizing that architecture is an art in itself, where these monuments are and what their purpose is.

9.3.3. A: follow the directions of first drawing, then cutting pages in the magazine that are green, blue, and their chosen color for the background, then pasting and collaging them onto the paper, following by the final step of drawing historical monuments to collage onto the background as well.9.3.3. D: choose what objects to cut and paste, what color to make the background, which historical monuments to draw, what colors to make them and where to paste them.

Materials:Day 1

Power point presentation Magazines Scissors Zip lock bags

Day 2 Magazines Scissors Zip lock bags Glue Pencil, sharpener, eraser Paper Print out of world globe

Day 3 Magazines Scissors Zip lock bags Glue Pencil, sharpener, eraser Paper with drawn globe

Day 4 Magazines Scissors Zip lock bags Glue Pencil, sharpener, eraser Paper with drawn globe Plain white paper Historical monuments print outs Colored pencils

Day 5 Magazines

Scissors Zip lock bags Glue Pencil, sharpener, eraser Paper with drawn globe Plain white paper Historical monuments print outs Colored pencils

Resources: Recycling Geography Collage Historical Monuments: Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty, Disney

World, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Manchu Picchu, the Colosseum, Stonehenge, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Egyptian Pyramids, The Parthenon, The White House, Great Wall of China, Mount Everest, the Dead sea, and Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer

Vocabulary: Collage- combining and pasting cut outs of various images or materialsVariety- combining visual elements to achieve intricate and complex relationships to increase visual interest within a work of artArchitecture- the art of designing and constructing buildings

Teacher Preparation: Power point on collaging, recycling, geography and important historical monuments Project sample Materials out Finding old magazines Viewing all pages of magazines and taking out pages that are inappropriate

Questions:What is a collage?Why do we recycle?What does the word “architecture” mean?Is architecture art?What are items that we do recycle?How many continents are there?Could these buildings continue to be made without recycling and taking care of our earth?

Education Connections:Science: of recyclingGeography: collaging a global map, and learning about where historical monuments are locatedHistory: learning about historical monuments and their importance in the world

Procedure: Day 1

1. Students will watch a Power Point on collaging and color; while also incorporating recycling, geography and historical monuments.

2. Students will take a magazine and begin to cut out pieces with either green or blue and their desired background color

3. They will place their cut up magazine pieces in a zip lock bag with their name on itDay 2

4. Students will take the print out of the world globe and scribble very darkly onto the back5. They will then place their print out onto the white paper and trace the circle shape of the

globe and the shape of the counties in a dark fashion. This is a new way to teach the students how to trace.

6. They will then continue to cut out magazine pages.7. Once the students feel like they have a sufficient amount they will start to paste the blue

OR green (choosing one because the colors are too similar that when collaged they blend together too easily) onto the water or land parts of the globe.

8. They will also begin to paste their desired color onto the background. Students will be instructed to NOT change their color half way through.

Day 39. Students will continue to collage on their magazine cut out pieces to the areas of the globe

and the background.Day 4

10. Students will continue to collageDay 5

11. Students will continue to collage12. Students will take the printed out images of historical monuments on their tables and

choose at least three historical monuments to draw and then collage onto their background.

13. Lastly, students will draw their face (a star, a P, a Pirates, penguins, steelers symbol, etc.) and place it on the Pittsburgh area so students know where they are on the map

Closure: I will review with students what we have accomplished by creating artwork out of old magazines that were almost thrown away. We will also review their chosen drawings and where they are located on the map. Students will take home the map printouts so they can have them at

their disposal to review whenever necessary. Students will tell me what they have learned about recycling. We will review the geography of the world, where certain monuments are located and their importance, and how to collage.

Assessment: Class participation Following directions Creativity Overall skill/ project result

Modifications: Time extension Using additional construction paper or computer print outs instead of magazine paper Assistance in drawing the historical monuments Students finishing early can continue to draw more monuments to collage onto their

background