MAKING MOVEMENTS

By: Meghan Wright, Maddy Keokhamdy & Jordan Monterio

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Big Idea: Movement

21st Century Art Education Approach:

Choice Based Learning And Visual Thinking
Strategies (VTS)

Grade Level: 6th

 LESSON OVERVIEW
• From this lesson the students will have a discussion about their reading. The
students will analyze different images involving movement and have a
discussion about them. The students will also be familiar with three different
types of movement and use them within their art.
GROUP DISCUSSION ON READING
• PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO EDIT AND ADD ANY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOUR MEMOS

• PASS UP MEMOS
 VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES
• There are five images, one at each table, and white paper with markers.

• The students will analyze each image for about three minutes and write
down what they see, how it makes them feel, etc. onto the white paper next
to the image.

• Once everyone has made a full circle back to their seats we will come
together and discuss each image as a class.
 VOCAB
• 1. Visual Thinking Strategies: is a simple activity designed to build students background knowledge and develop
thinking skills to use detail to enhance understanding.

• 2. Choice-based learning: is a process in which learners have a greater sense of control over the way their interests,
backgrounds, and preferences work together to enhance their learning and determine how they interact with
educational content.

• 3. Social Justice: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.

• 4. Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time.

• 5. Visual Movement: is used to guide the viewer throughout the piece.

• 6. Movement:

a) The art of changing physical location or position.

b) A group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas.

c) A tendency or style in art with a specific common goal followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time
 TYPES OF MOVEMENT
• Visual
• Physical
• Social Justice
 KEY CONCEPTS

• Movement can make a social statement

• Movement is about expressing emotions

• Movement can be visual

 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• In what ways does movement connect with artists’ emotions?

• In what ways can movement be expressed?

• In what ways can movement be visual?

LESSON OBJECTIVES
(TSW…):
• be able to read the provided text
and discuss in depth their findings
from within the text. (literacy)
• be able to analyze multiple images
while describing how movement is
relevant within the given images.
(visual art)
• be able to recall social justice issues
within history and use them in their art.
(history)
ASSESSMENT:
• The teachers will assess the literacy of
the students by having them partake in
an open discussion about the text and
refer to specific aspects within it to
support their reasoning.
• The teachers will assess visual art and
history by having the students
demonstrate their understanding of
movement within both of these content
areas when using them within their art
to alter their original image.
 INSPIRATION ARTIST: JON BOOGZ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlB7Wf2UDI
 JOHN BOOGZ’S TED TALK

Segment: Jon Boogz on “Movement Aristry” (3:28-7:00)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKDF746E44&t=43s
 STUDIO INVESTIGATION:
• Students should have brought an image displaying their idea of movement.
They will then alter it using a different type of movement they have learned
within this lesson.

• Students will use transparency paper to alter the image so the art is
interactive.

• Students can use clay, paint, tissue paper, etc. to alter their image
 MATERIALS LIST
• Transparency sheet
• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Tape
• Paint/Paint brushes/Pallets/Water cups
• Feathers, beads, pipe cleaners, gems, etc.
• Clay
• Tissue paper