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AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEROES

In this lesson students learned about African-Americans that have made significant contributions to history and society. They learned about proportion using the grid method.  Students were asked to select an African-American that they admire or wanted to learn more about.  This person would be used as their point of focus. Students began with a smaller image of their person and were expected to increase the scale of this image.

Instructional  Focus

 

  • Students will learn about the contributions made by African-Americans 

  • Students will learn various drawing techniques

  • —Students will gain understanding of drawing to scale 

  • Students will gan understaning of proportion and portraiture

Instructional  Outcomes

 

  • Students will produce portrait drawing of an African-American that made a contribution to history

  • Students will use a grid technique in order to draw to scale

  • Students will make decisions about their art process and compositions.

Assessment

 

  • Project Completion

  • Art Reflection 

  • Short essay about the person they chose

  • Teacher/student rated rubric

 

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