5th grade students have the most fun: We had a dance party in class the other day! It was actually a 3 part lesson regarding american artist Keith Haring and the Elements of Art. Here is how it went:
On DAY ONE we saw images of Keith Haring´s work and students identifyied the elements of art (line, shape, form, color, space, value and texture) within them, and they way they work in his compositions. Afterwards, students were handed a page with his biography and in pairs they summarized the main ideas. We later discussed discrimination and why ignorance equals fear.
DAY 2 was the most fun! Half the students get up while the other half remains seated and is handed different colored sheets of construction paper (3 each). 80s music is played while the students standing up dance. Suddenly, the music stops and dancers must freeze in their poses, becoming statues while the other half of the class draws their outline. This is repeated 3 times, one for each different color of construction paper. Next, the drawing students become the dancers and vice versa.
On DAY 3 students cut out their dancing shapes and pasted them onto poster board, trying to use space in an interesting way. Afterwards, they outlined their shapes with black marker and created radiant lines or movement lines (or both) around them. Voilá!
Finally, here is the finished work. Maginificent, isn´t it? :-D
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