An Artistic Exploration
Presented by: Megan Stasak
Subject Area(s):
- Art Connections
- Visual Arts
- K-12: Technology
Grade Level(s):
Description:
Students in this collaborative lesson will explore and learn about an artist of their choice. Students will use their research skills to collect interesting facts about their artist's life, the period in which she or he worked and the genre classification in which the artist worked. While gathering print and electronic resources, students will learn how to evaluate the validity of each source. Using their chosen resources, their understanding of the art style, and personal creativity students will produce a technology focused final project.
Goals & Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
- Students will successfully retrieve, choose, and evaluate resources about their chosen artist.
- Students will become familiar with research methods used to find and evaluate multiple resource formats (print and non-print media).
- Students will use technology to synthesis information gathered about their artist in order create their final projects.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will use the OPAC to locate two print resources and complete work sheet one.
- Students will use the Internet to locate two online resources and complete work sheet one.
- Students will use the LMC databases to locate two academic articles and complete work sheet one.
- Students will use library computers, technology and software to create a podcast, digital poster, or photo essay for their final project.
Motivational Goals:
- To generate interest in the research process, artists, and art movements.
- To motivate students to use new technology formats and skills after the lesson.
- For students to gain confidence in their ability to gather and evaluate information resources.
Materials:
See attached lesson plan in Supporting Files
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Procedures:
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Assessment:
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Supporting Files:
- An_Artistic_Exploration.doc
Complete lesson plan
- Stasak_Lesson_2_rubric_1219.doc
- Research_Help.doc
Standards:
National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)
Accesses information efficiently and effectively.
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Formulates questions based on information needs.
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Identifies a variety of potential sources of information.
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Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
Evaluates information critically and competently.
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Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand.
Uses information accurately and creatively
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Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats
Appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.
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Develops creative products in a variety of formats.
Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)
Selection
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Specifies subtopics or related keywords
Planning
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Formulates a search strategy
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Identifies potential information sources
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Identifies potential formats for presenting results
Exploration
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Locates and accesses information resources
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Explores range of information resources
Collection
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Selects most appropriate information sources
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Locates relevant information within selected sources
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Identifies and extracts relevant information from selected sources
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Evaluates quality of information and information source
Organization
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Summarizes/synthesizes/classifies final information
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Organizes final information for presentation
Presentation
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Selects most appropriate format for communicating results
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Presents results
Evaluation
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Assesses the efficiency of the research process
- Subject: Art Connections
National Content Standards (K-12)
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Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines
- Subject: Visual Arts
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Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts
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Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
- Subject: K-12: Technology
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Understands the nature of technological design
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Understands the nature and operation of systems
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Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs