I believe all countries should join Japan and set aside a day to
celebrate Children. May 5th works as the perfect day for children in
America so I am officially naming May 5th "Children's Day" on
Incredible Art Department. Any art teachers out there care to join me?
Feel free to pick your own day this spring to celebrate a belated
Children's Day. What day will you fly your kite? I believe we have a
chance for world peace through art. Let's start with the children.
Adults are too hard to change.
"Never doubt that a
small group of committed people can change the world; indeed it is the
only thing that ever has." ~
Margaret Mead, Anthropologist
Children
Around the World - lesson plan from C.R.E.A.T.E. - Mississippi.
Designed for grades 5 to 6 - adaptable to other grades.
Artistry
of World Cultures
ArtPartners lessons by Lucy Andrus. Elementary lessons that are
adaptable to middle school. I do know that middle school students would
enjoy making their own Yoruba
Crown: Crowns of Inspiration (this is the style of beaded
crown for elementary unit)- Try paper maché (on cone shape) - with
pulp addition for relief elements....Then do try making a beaded veil -
or view with dangling strings ending in beads if funds are limited. I
had plans to make crowns one year with 6th graders. Maybe even line the
paper maché crowns with tie died fabrics? Display the crowns by putting
a Styrofoam ball on a wooden dowel and inserting into a wood base (ball
will keep the dowel from damaging the the crown). Make the crowns
symbolic. See
Yoruba Crown. Try a Google image search for
Yoruba Crowns - many are available online. Teaching about
adornment is a great way to teach respect for world cultures - as long
as students understand the meanings and put their won meanings into what
they make. Some beautiful
examples of Yoruba art. A paper mache box with sculptural
elements would be a nice substitute lesson - see Yoruba
beaded basket.
Art
Around the World Start your unit with the lesson for an Art Around
the World Museum. Students will work in groups and become knowledgeable
in one region or culture to share with the rest of the class. Select
cultures that you will be designing units around. See
world maps. Lesson from Education Place®. OR use this a culminating
unit at the end of the year.
Myths
and Fables from Around the World
click on story icons to get going. All stories adapted by Matt Evans.
Afro.com Kids Zone. See what other activities are online.
byJane A. Caballero, Derek Whordley,
Foreword by Alma W. David
by Annabel
Kindersley
(Contributor), Barnabas Kindersley (Photographer)
by Donata Montanari
Folks Songs Around the World.
