Black Art History Month unit: African Kente & Kuba textile hands

February Riverview Middle Art Distance Learning Classes from Mrs. Baldauf

virtual field trip to the Legacy Museum in alabama

Black History month unit/projects:

• 3 hand online filled with Kuba textile patterns from the Congo, Kente cloth patterns from Ghana & Mud cloth patterns from Mali.

• sock outline filled with African textile designs
• African counting book with African numbers
• Kahoot: quiz about African Kuba, Mud Cloth & Kente textiles
• Congo. Mali or Ghana digital postcard with "Google for Education" 
• African textile paper weaving
• final project: CONNECTING "Global Art Exchange with The Memory Project" exchanging art work with 60 Cameroon students.
• drawing of a person students saw at a virtual field trip to Legacy Museum in Alabama
• virtual field trip to the Grammy museum "Music of the civil rights movement" & draw a scene from the civil rights movement. 

unit objectives:

1. Students use technology creatively for self-expression.
2. Students use art to make connections.
3. Art is connected with other subjects in the curriculum  (geography, writing, history)
4. Art curriculum includes African art along with European art to be inclusive.
5. African American students heritage is included in the classroom.
6. Students using the principles of art: pattern, creatively to express their ideas and feelings.
7. Students learn a new media - weaving by making woven art.
8. 

   Black lives Matter & the protests around the country have highlighted how important right now it is to make sure students know that bigotry & discrimination is not tolerated at this school, at this district and at this time in America.

   

• The Spider Weaver
• Ghanaian Kente Cloth
• Kuba cloth from Congo
• Repetitive Pattern Drawing
• Kuba textiles

formative assessments

• pattern worksheet
• polling
• questions in the chat
• word collage
• gallery of showing work on screen at end of class
• Kahoots
• checklist sheet
• work on Padlet at the end of class

summative assessments

• digital portfolio
• final drawing to Cameroon student

self assessment

• artist statement
• VA:Cr3.1.7a Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.

art standards

creating

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

presenting

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

responding

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

connecting

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Anchor Standard  11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding