LessonPlanTitle:StainedGlassGradeLevel:3rd&4thYourname:Group3:AshleyCsicsery,MarylynHolbrook,KatyJames,KateHallagan.Objectives:

1.(Domain1:Artisticperception):Studentswilllearntheconceptsoftheelementsofartsuchascolor,shapeandsymmetrythroughthecreationof“stainedglass”.2.(Domain2:CreativeExpression):Studentswilllearnthebasictechniqueofcutting,andcreatingsomethingaestheticallypleasantthroughthecreationoftheirown“stainedglass”.3.(Domain3:HistoricalandCulturalContextoftheVisualArts):Studentswilllearnaboutthehistoryandevolutionofstainedglassstartingwiththe12thcenturygoingthroughthegothicperiod,renaissance,andendingwithtoday.4.(Domain4:AestheticValuing):Studentswillbeabletocriticizetheirartworkbasedonoriginality,technique,andaestheticappeal.5.(Domain5:Connections,Relationships,andApplication):Thisprojectcaneasilybeconnectedtoanyofthetimeperiodsdiscussedinahistoryclass.Alsoeasilyconnectedtogeometry.

StudentsMaterials: 1.Blackpaper‐2sheetsperstudent 2.Tissuepaper 3.Contactpaper 4.Scissors 5.Glue/TapeTeacherMaterials: 1.Powerpoint‐containinghistory,famousexamples,andpaststudentexamples.Vocabulary: 1.Gothicperiod 2.Renaissance 3.Reformation 4.Artnouveaumovement

5.LouisTiffany 6.WilliamMorris 7.MarcChagall

Procedures:

1.Power‐pointintroducingahistoryofstainedglasswhileprovidingexamples.Alsoincludeexamplesfrompreviousstudents.2.Takeblackpaperandcutoutadesignidenticallyonbothsheetsofblackpaper.Stainedglasswillshowthroughtheemptyareas.

3.Cutapieceofcontactpaperthatwillfitcompletelywithinblackpapers. 4.Attachbitsoftissuepapertothecontactpaperinanycolororpatternschemethatyoufind

appealing. 5.Coverwithanotherpieceofcontactpaper.

6.Sandwichwithgluetoinsideofblackpapers,makesuretoaligncutouts.Allowpaperstodry. 7.Putuptolighttoadmire.

8.Whencompletestudentswillcriticizetheirownwork,andtheirclassmate’sbasedonaestheticappeal,andoriginality.

VisualProcedures:

Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4Assessments:

(SeeTentativeRubricbelow)Category A:

HighlyCompetent

B:Competent

C:EmergingCompetence

D:CompetencenotEvident

Followingdirections Originality Useofcolor OverallQuality Suggestionsand/orComments:Stainedglasshasnodefiniteorigin,butabouta1000‐yearhistory,itcanbedatedbackasfarastheEgyptiansandRomans.Theartcaneasilybefollowedfrommedievaltimes,therenaissance,Europeanrevivals,tomoderntimes.Thetermhastypicallybeenappliedtothewindowsofchurchesandothersignificantbuildings.Thepurposeoftheglasswasnottoallowpeopletoseeoutorallowlighttocomein,buttocontrollight,becauseofthisisoftendescribedas“illuminatedwalldecorations”.Theglassistypicallyflatpaneledandpresentingimagesfrombiblicalscripture.Modernglasshadbecomemore3D,andismoreapttopresentlessreligiousimages.Ourstainedglasslessonisdesignedfor3rdand4thgraders.Inthisagegroupstudentswouldmostlikelyshowcharacteristicsseeninbothstage2,“MakingSymbols,”andstage3,“Realism.”SincechildrenintheMakingSymbolsstageprimarilyusegeometricshapesratherthanrealisticones,theyshouldbeabletotearpiecesoftissuepaperinsimilarshapes,aswellascreatingadesignfortheirstainedglass.Childreninthisagegroupwillalsobenefitfromtheexplorationofdifferenttexturesandcolorswhilecreatingtheirownstainedglass.ThislessonisalsobeneficialforchildrenwhofallwithintheRealismstagebecausetheycanfocustheirattentiontotheshapeanddesignoftheirstainedglass,possiblycreatingmoredifficultdesignsandvaryingfromsimplegeometricshapes.1.http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html2.http://riceflan.home.mindspring.com/The_History_of_Stained_Gla.html3.http://www.visual‐arts‐cork.com/stained‐glass‐art.htm