Lesson summary
In this lesson, students will think critically about the origins of products they use. They will be shown a diagram of the processes involved in Faber-Castell pencil production and learn about how the company makes choices with a focus on sustainability. Students will consider ways to reduce waste in the classroom and create an artwork with inspiration from an illustrator who creatively incorporates pencil shavings in her artwork.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- begin to understand sustainable production
- think creatively about how to produce a sustainable artwork.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- name actions that occur in sustainable production
- create an artwork using a material traditionally thought of as waste.
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian Curriculum content descriptions:Â
Year 5 & 6 Visual Arts:
- Develop and apply techniques and processes when making their artworks (ACAVAM115).
- Explore ideas and practices used by artists, including practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent different views, beliefs and opinions (ACAVAM114).
Syllabus outcomes:Â VAS3.1, VAS3.2
General capabilities:Â Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy.
Cross-curriculum priority:Â Sustainability OI.4, OI.5.
Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 Visual Arts achievement standards:Â Students use visual conventions and visual arts practices to express a personal view in their artworks. They demonstrate different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks.
Unit of work: Creative Sustainability – Year 5 & 6
Time required:Â 60 mins.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – show videos, facilitate discussion and oversee art activity.
Resources required
- Student Worksheets – one copy per student
- Print-out: The Cycle of the EcoPencil (A3 size, enough for one between two if possible)
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- A3 Paper, Colour Grip Pencils, Goldfaber Graphite Pencils, PVC-free erasers, Finepens, PVA glue and sharpeners
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Empathy
- Ethical Understanding
- Problem Solving
Additional info
Faber-Castell has long understood the importance of creativity to all people, especially to young people. It is also continuously searching for environmentally friendly processes and high-quality materials to enhance children’s creative experience throughout every development phase. For more information about Faber-Castell, click here.
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