LTC 4240, Spring Semester 2016: Art for Children Course Outline GOLD A (Tues. 1-2:50AM; Thurs.

1-1:50PM)
TENTATIVE Schedule. Some projects may alter based on needs of the class, major dates in Red will remain the same or on rare occasion,
extended.

LTC 4240:

Teaching with Art and Big Ideas

Unit 1 - Week 1
Unit 1: IDENTITY
IDENTITY
Throughout time and across cultures,
A: 1/19 Studio 1:00-2:50
people have been concerned with
Topics:
identity.
-Introductions:
Key Concepts:
-Intro PPT*
o Identity involves characteristics

(physical, emotional,
Visual literacy/visual text
psychological) that allow us to
Create a name sign/image
name or distinguish people,

places, and things.

o Identity expresses who we are
to others and can, therefore, be
read.
A: 1/21- 1:00-1:50
o Identity can be assumed or
Meet in reflector 101E
imposed
Topics
o Identity can be expressed and
Review dates, discuss syllabus
communicated through art
Create weebly site
Essential Questions:
o What is identity?
o How is identity expressed
to/read by others?
o When/How/Why might identity
be assumed or imposed?
o How have artists throughout
history and across cultures
expressed identity in their art?

HW due for this class

Complete online survey

HW due for this class

- Print weebly HOW TO sheet
- If you have not already, obtain all
books
READ:
MM Booklet "Authentic Connections
and Models of Instruction"
"Defining Arts Integration"

Unit 1 - Week 2
Artist: HENRI MATISSE
A: 1/26 Studio 1:00-2:50

Studio Matisse ppt

Pondering our roots

HW due for this class

A: 1/28: 1:00-1:50
Topics
Key Concepts and Essential Questions of
IDENTITY Unit
Jared discussion
Integrating art across the curriculum
Developing 21st Century Literacies
Whats the Big Idea PPT
Introduction to Big Ideas: Form four Popplet
Groups. Discuss Play, learning through play.
Teaching experience.

View the Bang_book PPT .

Post a photo of you Name tag and
lineage collage under you identity tab,
remark on it employing concepts from
the Bang powerpoint. Make sure to title
it "Matisse Educational
lineage" Include the date as well. Crop
your image so there is not "visual
noise" in the background.

email published URL to instructor

at: argc5@mail.missouri.edu
HW due for this class
MMBooklet - Ten Lessons the
Arts Teach (p. 3)
MMBooklet - What Education
Can Learn . . . (pp. 4-7)

View How a boy became an artist.

View Popplet tutorial and

examples of unit presentations

Unit 1 - Week 3
Artist: CHUCK CLOSE
A: Studio 2/2: 1:00-2:50
Topics
Pink Discussion (generated from collected quotes)
Resource
Chuck Close PPT and introduction
Studio
Self-Portraiture: multiple identities

HW due for this class

Pink - Introduction (pp. 1-4) and
Right Brain Rising (pp. 7-27)
Bring a B&W 8 x 10 selfie

A:

2/4: 12:00-1:50

Relevance and Rigor

Review Pinks Introduction and Right Brain
Rising
Importance of Art in 21st Century
Discussion question.

HW due for this class

Pink - Abundance, Asia,

Automation (pp. 28-47) and High
Concept, High Touch (pp. 48-61)
Bring a quote from the reading you
want to discuss.

Unit 1 - Week 4
Artist: WILLIAM WEGMAN

A: 2/9: 12:00-12:50
Popplet
Review of Unit 1 next week (review Popplet
tutorial)
Resource
William Wegman PPT and introduction
Topics
Personification: Classical literature (e.g.,
Aesops Fables, etc.), nursery rhymes, pop
culture (e.g., advertising, etc.)
Studio
Artful Personifications: Mixed Media

HW due for this class

Work on Unit 1 Weebly entries:
studio, photography, and reflection
in advance of busy Week 5
(seriously, folks!)
Read Burton 1 & 2

A: 2/11: 12:00-1:50

HW due for this class

Topics
Discussion question
Childrens Art Development and paper
Heidis Horse
Task
Discuss and analyze childrens drawings
(provided by instructor) in pairs using
Lowenfelds stages (see upcoming due dates)
Assign Research paper

MMBooklet - What Every

Educator Should Know (pp. 3638)
MMBooklet - Art Development (pp.
39-55); Making Theories . . . (pp.
71-77 skim)
Bring MMBooklet to class

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Teaching with Art and Big Ideas

UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS
Unit 2 - Week 5
Throughout time and across cultures,
Artist: Various examples
people have wondered about
relationships.
Key Concepts
A: 2/16: 1:00-2:50
o Relationships exist between
Group 1: Review of Unit 1 Popplet
people, places and/or things.
Topics
o Relationships carry meaning/are Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and
meaningful.
Essential Questions of RELATIONSHIPS Unit
o Relationships can be positive or
Review Pinks Abundance, Asia,
negative
Automation; High Concept, High Touch;
o Relationships can be expressed
and Story
and communicated through art.
Discussion questions
Essential Questions
Resource
o What kinds of relationships
iMovie trailer introduction
exist between people, places,
Studio
and/or things?
personified objects, a day in the life of:
o What makes relationships
Story boards
meaningful?
o What kinds of meaning do
different relationships convey?
o What kinds of relationships are
A: 2/18: 1:00-1:50
positive/helpful?
o What kinds of relationships are
Working on personification iMovie on own
negative/hurtful?
time.
o How have artists communicated
meaning about relationships in
their art?

HW due for this class

Unit 1 Weebly entries: studio,
photography, and reflection
Read: Burton 3 & 4

HW due for this class

Working on paper
Draft: Qualitative research paper;
author submits to writing center
Read Burton 5 & 6

Unit 2 - Week 6
A:

2/23 & 2/25:

Topics and Studio

Discuss Pinks Play
Interdisciplinary video Art & Core subject
Highlight the relationships between content areas.
How can two modes of learning support each
other for deeper understanding?

HW due for this class

Personification video
Pink - Play (pp. 185-205)
Revising Research paper.

Story Boarding

Unit 2 - Week 7 RENE MAGRITTE

A

3/1: 1:00-2:50

Magritte introduction and studio

Resource
Rene Magritte PPT and introduction to
Surrealism
Studio
Surreal Journey Postcards

A 3/3: 1:00-1:50
Topics
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and
RELATIONSHIPS
Discussion Question

HW due for this class

Pink - Empathy (pp. 158-174)

HW due for this class

Final: Qualitative research paper;
author submits a hard copy to me in
class WITH a copy of writing center
comments and posts final/edited
paper onto Weebly (as a scrib)
VTS: Understanding the Basics
(or pp. 130-139)
Basic VTS at a Glance
Common Core State Standards ELA (p. 7 only)

Unit 2 - Week 8
Artist: DO-HO SUH
A 3/8: 1:00-2:50
Resource
Watch I Movies

Do-Ho-Suh PPT and introduction to

Surrealism

HW due for this class

iMovie due. Post photos of your
story board, an explanation of your
thinking and the trailer to your
weebly site. You will have to upload
to YouTube and create a link to it.

Studio
What is home to you?
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats: Mixed
Media
A
3/10: Studio 12:00-12:50
Topics
Discussion question
MoCAT survey
Museums as teaching resources potential field
trip to : field trip to The State Historical
Society of Missouri OR virtual museum

HW due for this class

Pink - Design (pp. 68-86)

Popplet
Review of Unit 2 next week (see Popplet
tutorial)
Discussion question

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Teaching with Art and Big Ideas

UNIT #3: STORIES

Throughout time and across cultures,
people have created and shared stories for
many reasons.
Key Concepts
o Stories communicate personal and
cultural IDENTITY.
o Stories demonstrate/reveal
RELATIONSHIPS.
o Stories reflect the ideas, beliefs,
perspectives of the storyteller.
o Stories help us make sense of the
world.
o Stories inform as well as
entertain/intrigue.
o Visual art works are texts whose
narratives can be read.
o Stories can be expressed/
communicated through art.
Essential Questions
o How do stories convey personal /
cultural identity?
o How do stories demonstrate
or reveal relationships?
o How do stories help us make sense
of the world?
o What story qualities make them
entertaining and/or intriguing?
o How can stories inform? What
knowledge can be gleaned from
stories?
o How do artist communicate stories
through their art?

Unit 3 - Week 9
Artist: THOMAS HART BENTON and DIEGO RIVERA
3/15: 1:00-2:50
Resource
Group 2: Review of Unit 2 Popplet
Topics
Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and
Essential Questions of STORIES Unit
Review Pinks Empathy, Design, and
Play
VTS Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Thomas Hart Benton and Diego Rivera
PPT and introduction

Studio
Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing and/or
collage

HW due for this class

Unit 2 Weebly entries: studio,
photography, and reflection
Graffiti Boards as assessment
Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plan
How to Draw Caricatures

3/17: NO CLASS NAEA conference

HW due for this class

Unit 3 - Week 10

Artist: Jean Shin OR Inside Out, Teacher qualities and classroom management
3/22 1:00-2:50
VTS of Everyday Monuments by Jean Shin
The meaning of objects
o How do objects convey meaning or
stories?
o How does context impact the meaning or
story of an object?

Disruptus.
3/24 1:00-1:50

Topics
reading

Discussion question from Pink

o Visual text, numerical text and
written text

HW due for this class

Read Art Making as Meaning
Making PDF
Pink: Stories

HW due for this class

Mathematical Quilting
Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (read pages 6-8 only)
Quilt Square Challenge
Paper Block Quilts
Math-Literature Connections: Quilts

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Spring Break 3/25- 4/3

Unit 3 - Week 11
A 4/5 1:00-2:50

Humans of New York.

Photography and stories

HW due for this class

work on field reflections, cleaning

up your weebly etc.
Develop a list of big ideas that
you could apply to an integrated
lesson plan. Post the big ideas on
your weebly for example: Big Idea:
Transformation; Cross curricular
subject :Science. How can art and
science convey something about
transformation?

A 4/7

HW due for this class

Popplet
Review of Unit 3 next week (see Popplet
tutorial)
Introduce integrated lesson plan assignment
Template
Rubric

Field Reflections: Elementary

Classroom, Weebly post; please use
pseudonyms for school and teacher

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LTC 4240:
UNIT #4: CELEBRATIONS
Throughout time and across cultures,
people have celebrated important and
valued events and aspects of their lives in
different ways.
Key Concepts:
o Celebrations highlight personal,
social, and cultural events,
milestones and experiences in
peoples lives.
o Celebrations communicate identity
and relationships.
o Celebrations convey personal,
social, and cultural meanings.
o Celebrations reveal what people
value.
o Celebrations are communicated
through many art forms.
Essential Questions:
o What kinds of personal, social, and
cultural events and milestones do
people celebrate?
o How do celebrations communicate
identity and relationships?
o What kinds of personal, social, and
cultural meanings are
communicated through
celebrations?
o How do celebrations reveal values
held by individuals and/or groups?
o How have artists expressed
celebration in their art?

Teaching with Art and Big Ideas

Unit 4 - Week 12
Artist: NICK CAVE
Studio 4/12: 1:00-:2:50

HW due for this class

Group 3: Review of Unit 3 Popplet

Topics
VTS Nick Caves sound suit
Resource
Nick Cave PPT and introduction
Studio
Finger Puppets: Modeling Compound

Unit 3 Weebly entries: studio,

photography, and reflection
Puppets as a Tool for Teaching
Using Puppetry as a Teaching Tool

4/14 1:00-1:50

HW due for this class

o Preview Big Ideas, Key Concepts, and

Essential Questions of
CELEBRATIONS Unit
o Review Pinks Play (again)
o Writing an Integrated Lesson Plan
demonstration

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Unit 4 - Week 13
Artist: NORMAN ROCKWELL
Studio : 4/19 1:00-2:50

HW due for this class

Resource
Norman Rockwell PPT and introduction
Studio
Celebrating 21st Century America in
Photography (see handout) *

HW due for this class

4/21 1:00-1:50

Topics: Meet in Reflector for course evaluations,

classroom # to come J
Popplet
Review of Unit 4 next week (see Popplet
tutorial) be ready!

Norman Rockwells Neighborhood

Norman Rockwells Behind the
Camera

Defining Arts Integration (review)

Field Reflection: Art Classroom,
Weebly post; please use pseudonym
for school and teacher (Hide page
in navigation menu in Pages menu
after grade is posted)

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Unit 4 - Week 14
Artist: Creating artist exemplars based on your artist for you lesson plan.
Studio 4/26 1:00-2:50

HW due for this class

Resources
TBA
Studio
Artists Choice
o Create a teacher sample for your Lesson
Plan assignment based on an existing big
idea

4/28
Work shopping lesson plan and making visual

work on Creating an individual

Popplet/prezi or ppt to
inform/illustrate final Lesson Plan,
post onto Weebly
And Then What Happened?
integrated lesson plan from the
Getty Museum
Defining Arts Integration (review)

HW due for this class

Pink - Symphony (pp. 129-145)
* 5/3 ALL LESSON PLANS
POSTED TO WEEBLY

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Week 15
5/3
Topics
BOTH Individual Popplet/Prezi/ppt
presentations

HW due for this class

5/5
Individual Popplet/Prezi/ppt presentations

HW due for this class

Unit 4 Weebly entries: studio,
photography, and reflection
Interview-ready Weebly must be
completed by today.

Items in red denote major deadlines.

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