Assignment: Students are asked to depict themselves as a member of a tribe in which they are actually not a member of. They will work from digital photographs of themselves along with images that are taken from actual tribes, such as the Masai, Zulus, etc. They will research the adornments, hairstyles, tatoos, etc. of the tribes they wish to identify with and incorporate these looks into their own drawings. In a sense they will become a "member" of that tribe.Keyword terms to use along with tribal group name:
Learning Standards:
AASL: 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.3.4, 3.4.2, 4.4.5
NYS: Art 3
Learning Standards:
AASL: 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 3.1.2, 2.2.1, 3.2.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.4
NYS-MST 4
I recently was able to get some great ideas from the book "Alter This: Radical Ideas for Transforming Books into Art". Finding projects that students relate to is a difficult task at times. This book really gives you some great instruction on how to create projects that are truly unique and interesting to the students. Not only are the directions clear but the book also offers visual aids to help you. While flipping through the pages, I was able to use one of the ideas in the book, and applied it to a line design project I do with 8th grade. The project came out great!
As part of this group assignment students will focus on one of the decades from the lst half of the 20th century. Each group will have 10 minutes to give the class a feel for the decade. The focus should be on political, economic and social aspects of the decade, as well as key cultural and scientific achievements of the era.Specific Topics: Use Search Plus to find individual topics such as Korean War, Global Warming, AIDS, etc.
VRC sites:
Information Literacy Standards:
Skills: 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.9, 3.1.2, 3.1.4
Dispositions in Action: 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.2.4, 3.2.1, 3.2.2
Responsibilities: 1.3.2, 1.3.4, 2.3.1
Self-Assessment Strategies: 3.4.2, 3.4.3
For this 4th quarter assignment students must create a poster, PowerPoint presentation, and a 1 page summary about an everyday science topic. Rubric points will be given for research/content, visual presentation, oral presentation and a summary paper. Students must show that they are experts on their topic.For the research/content component, students are to gather information from a variety of quality electronic and print sources. Sources should be balanced and relevant. In addition, a work cited page should be included.
In addition, students are able to utilize Search Plus for print materials on a variety of subjects.
Information Literacy Standards:
