Daily Lesson Guide

Subject Area: Art

Siera Speer
Lesson: Greek Vase Scratch Art
3rd
Preparation: The students will be shown various things that are related to the Greek
culture before we begin with working on the project.
Lesson Aim for Today: Today we will learn about different symbols found in Greek
culture and the students will include some of the symbols in their scratch art vase.
By completion of the lesson the students will be able to name some of the different
symbols associated with Greek culture and they will be able to create their own
colorful scratch art vase image.

Student Learning Objective: By completion of the lesson, the students will be able to
name different symbols associated with Greek culture, be able to name the different
parts of a vase, and they will be able to create their own colorful scratch art image.
SOL Identified:
3.2 The student will describe and use steps of the art-making process,
including brainstorming, preliminary sketching, and planning, to create works
of art.
3.3 The student will identify craftsmanship in works of art.
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to
create works of art.
3.5 The student will develop ideas inspired by a variety of sources,
including print, nonprint, and contemporary media, for incorporation into
works of art.
3.6 The student will create works of art that communicate ideas,
themes, and feelings.
3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:
3. Balancesymmetry, asymmetry, radial
5. Patternmotifs
3.10 The student will use subtractive and additive processes in various
media, including clay, to create sculptures.

 3.11 The student will identify how works of art and craft reflect times,
places, and cultures.
3.13 The student will identify how history, culture, and the visual arts
influence each other.
3.15 The student will examine the relationship between form and
function in the artifacts of a culture.
A. Introduction
1st- Anticipation
The students will learn about Greek culture and different
symbols associates with it.
The students will learn the term symmetry and how it
applies to a vase.
2nd- Realization
The students will see the finished products of their
projects and be able to distinguish the different symbols in Greek
culture and how it relates to their project.

B. Text Set:

C.

symmetry
vase
lip
body
foot
scratch art
Greek
Athens
gods
symbols
patterns
pantheon
columns

Questions:
Intro:

Do you know anything about the Greek culture?

What Greek gods do you know of?
Do you know what parts make up a vase?
What were vases used for?

During:
What kind of symbols can you use on your vase?

 What colors could you color it to make it look similar to the vases we
looked at?
Wheat images did you see in the vases you were shown?
After:
What did you learn today that you didnt already know about Greek
culture?
What are the parts of a vase?

Content:
http://www.crystalinks.com/greekculture.html-information on Greeks

Teach the Lesson:

A. 3rd-Contemplation
B. Activities:
The students will look on the board to talk about some
different images relating to Greek culture and their pottery.
The students will then learn about symmetry and how it
relates to pottery.
They will draw half a vase on one side of a paper and
transfer it to make an outline for the other side.
The students will then color the complete inside of the
vase hard with crayon.
They will then color over the vase with a black oil pastel.
They will then scratch out their design onto their vase.
They will then pick two colors of paper to adhere there
scratch art vase to to make it seem as if it is sitting on a table.

A.

Materials Needed:
pencil
paper
glue stick
construction paper
scissors
black oil pastel
crayons
scratch tool

A. Check of Understanding:

Completion of the project will help to check for understanding. Questions will
be asked at the end about the project to assess learning.
Lesson Closure
A. Reinforcement:
Questions will be asked about what we covered during the lesson to check for
understanding of the material covered.
Self-Evaluation of Lesson: