LESSON PLAN 1 PICASSO INTRO , DAY 1

Teacher:
Unit: _________

Jacqueline Abend
Emotions

Grade: 1st
Topic: Picasso Intro, Day 1

Essential Questions:
1. How are our lives influenced by emotions?
2. What kinds of emotions have provoked artists to create?

3. How does art communicate emotions?

NJCCCS Standard:
1.4.2.A.1 Identify aesthetic qualities of exemplary works of art in dance, music, theatre, and
visual art, and identify characteristics of the artists who created them (e.g., gender, age, absence
or presence of training, style, etc.).
National Core Arts Standards:
Responding: Perceive and analyze artistic work
Creating: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Common Core:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1.a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others
with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
Daily Performance Objectives:

Knowledge: Pablo Picasso is a famous artist known for his many different works of art.

Skills: Listening skills.

Understandings: Process of abstraction.

Prior Knowledge:

Knowledge: Straight and angled lines.

Skills: Ability to follow directions.

Understandings: Personal reactions to art.

Materials and Aids: 5 separate Picasso reproductions of Cubist, Abstract, Collage, and Rose and

Blue Period artworks, YouTube video of Emilys Blue Period

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdlbajkPL0) or print book to read aloud, roll a Picasso
handouts, one large die, sketchbooks, pencils
Time Frame for the Lesson:
Time Frame of
Activity
10-12 minutes

Student Will

Teacher(s) Will

Look and discuss Picasso painting with

tablemates.

Table Discussion of separate artworks

(2 minutes)

Perform a gallery walk around the room

to see other works by Picasso.

Gallery walk
(1 minute)

Listen to class discussion, offer ideas and

responses to teacher questions.

Ask Each Table Corresponding Questions:

(5 minutes)
(Cubism) What shapes do you see?
(Portrait) Is this a realistic painting of a
face? Why not?
(Blue): How does this painting make you
feel? What is it of?
(Rose): What is this painting of? How
does it make you feel?
(Collage) How do you think this artwork
was made?
Ask: Does anyone know who created all
of these artworks?
Introduction to Picasso

Name: Pablo Diego Jos Francisco de

Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mara de los
Remedios Cipriano de la Santsima
Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Was a Spanish artist. Was born in
Spain and grew up there, but lived in
France for much of his life.
Very talented and made artwork in a
lot of different styles. He is known for
his Cubism, Blue and Rose Period, and
Collage.

10-12 minutes

Demonstrate listening skills during

reading of Emilys Blue Period. Respond to
teacher questions

Play YouTube reading of Emilys Blue

Period
Ask students: Why did Emily only want to
use blue colors in art class?
What kind of artwork did she make at the
end of the story?

10-15 minutes

Students will follow along with a guided

drawing in their sketchbook.

Demo Roll a Picasso Game.

5 minutes

Demonstrate careful listening skills by

following teacher directions.

Stand up when you hear the colors

Picasso used to describe his different
periods.
Push in your stools when you hear a style
of art Picasso was known for.
Line up when you hear where Picasso
was born

Assessment/Evaluation:

Formative Responses during class, demonstration of listening skills at the behavior of class
Summative N/A

Adaptations

ELL Learners: Provide vocabulary sheet in native language. Add translated subtitles to YouTube
video. Allow ELL students to sit next to another and work together.
Special Needs: Ensure comfortable art making process/space. Directly model behavior. Use visuals.
Allow time for questions. Ensure student comprehends information.

Homework: N/A