Lesson summary
In this Tuning In lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of sustainability. They will consider a number of actions and whether they are sustainable. As a class, they will explore how messages of sustainability are conveyed using images then will use use simple shapes and symbols to create a poster with their own sustainability message.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand how art conventions can be used to convey messages
- develop art-making techniques
- select subject matter and art conventions to convey a message about sustainability.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- evaluate and express how visual conventions support the artist’s idea/intention in an artwork
- use visual conventions and art techniques to communicate a message through their artwork
- use art as a vehicle for creating awareness around an issue.
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian Curriculum content descriptions:
Year 5 & 6 Visual Arts:
- Develop and apply techniques and processes when making their artworks (ACAVAM115).
- Explain how visual arts conventions communicate meaning by comparing artworks from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks (ACAVAR117).
- Plan the display of artworks to enhance their meaning for an audience (ACAVAM116).
Syllabus outcomes: VAS 3.1 VAS 3.2, VAS 3.4
General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding.
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.4, OI.5.
Relevant parts of Year 5 & 6 Visual Arts achievement standards: Students explain how ideas are represented in artworks they make and view. 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: 60 mins.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion and oversee art-making activity.
Resources required
- Student Worksheets: one copy per student
- Device capable of presenting a video to the class
- Sustainable or unsustainable actions
- A4 cartridge paper
- Art materials including graphite pencils, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and Connector-Pens
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
- Global citizenship
- 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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