 Adirondack
Curriculum
Project - 
NYS Content Area Standard
The Arts
Standard
1. Create, perform, participate in the arts;
Standard
2. Knowing &
using arts materials & resources
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Title: "A
is for Adirondack" - An Alphabet
Book
Grade Level: 4th Grade, Elementary Art
Author: Kathleen Neal, Ballston Spa CSD
Email: kabn@att.net
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Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
_X__ Natural History
_X__ Human History
_X__ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: How might we
represent outstanding features of the Adirondack Park in the style
of Eric Carle?
Challenge:
Context for this challenge: This
challenge is intended to give students the opportunity to use the
textured cut paper collage style of Eric Carle to express their
response to characteristics of the Adirondack Park. Prior to issuing
this challenge, students should view videos, books, Adirondack Life
magazines, and other resources that depict images of plants, animals,
physical features, recreation, architecture, and crafts associated with
the Adirondacks. The class should then brainstorm a "master list of
Adirondack images" that come to mind for each letter of the
alphabet. Prior to or during the work phase of this challenge, the
class should also examine books or illustrations by Eric Carle and
explore the concept of "texture" using crayon rubbings, different
textured paper, and/or the results of using different scissors or
cutting techniques on various kinds of paper.
The Challenge: Our
challenge as a class is to create an Alphabet Book of Adirondack images
that depicts important characteristics of the Adirondack Park using the
style of Eric Carle.
With the assistance of your teacher, each of you should select a
different letter of the alphabet. Using the resources available, please
create a symbol based on your alphabet letter that clearly and
accurately depicts a characteristic of the Adirondacks that we can
associate with that letter. Your symbol should be in the style of Eric
Carle. Your finished symbol will be bound together with those of your
classmates into our Adirondack Alphabet Book.
As you create your symbol, please consider the following:
- Does your symbol clearly and accurately depict an important
characteristic of the Adirondacks?
- Does your symbol exhibit a variety of textures and shapes as in the
style of Carle?
- Is your symbol creative or original in some way?
- Does your symbol exhibit qualities of quality craftsmanship?
- Is your symbol aesthetically pleasing?
- Do the details of your symbol accurately reflect information you'' ve
researched about the Adirondack characteristic you are depicting?
You will have ___ class periods to complete this work in final form.
EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Quality Standards:
- Symbol clearly and accurately depicts an important
characteristic of the Adirondacks.
- Symbol exhibits a variety of textures and shapes as in the style of
Carle.
- Symbol is creative or original in some way.
- Symbol exhibits qualities of quality craftsmanship.
- Symbol is aesthetically pleasing.
- Details of the symbol accurately reflects information
researched about the Adirondack characteristic depicted.
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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