Multi Media Mosaics

Multi-media Collage Mosaics

Central Focus

Currently, the seventh graders are learning about Mosaics in their social studies class while learning about the Roman Culture.  By integrating their social studies class into art class will help students start to understand the art history of the Roman culture. 

Lesson Summary and Rational

The summary of the lesson is that students will be introduced to the art history of mosaics from the Roman culture.  Students will be making a design that they want to do by the inspiration of Roman culture.  Students will draw out the full scale of their design.  Then students use their creativity to find magazine pictures with the colors they would like to use and make their own mosaic by using magazine picture/ tissue paper and any other media that they find appropriate for their personal design. 

The rational for the lesson is to integrate social studies class into art class by doing a mosaic project and how the process is used in Italian/Roman Mosaics.  Students will have the opportunity to problem solve to find the materials to complete their assignment. 

Lesson Objectives

·      How does this project intertwine with your social studies class?

·      Using a variety of materials to accomplish completed mosaic

·      Students will problem solve composition of mosaic

State Standard

·      1RE Speculate about an artist’s intentions and message in the work using relevant references to the work

·      6RE Develop and use criteria to guide reflection and assessment of selected personal artworks

Different Learning Styles

As I introduce project, I will verbally, and show how to do the project.  I will continuously assess the class as they do their project.  I will address individual needs as well as all class needs as project progresses.

Assessments

Pre-Assessment

·      Show image of a mosaic and ask students where have they seen it before?

Formative Assessment

·      I’ll tell students that I know that they are learning about Italian/Roman cultures and how mosaics are used in their culture

·      I will show examples of design of mosaics from Roman/Italian culture

·      I will show modern examples of mosaics

Summative Assessment

·      Final product

Procedure

Day 1: Introduction to project

·      Pre-Assessment

o   Ask students where they have learned about mosaics before?

·      Show students images of mosaics from Italian/Roman culture

o   Ask about some common themes that they see?

·      Go over some of the art history of Mosaics and how learning about Mosaics relates to their Social Studies curriculum

·      Show students modern mosaic artists to inspire ideas

Demonstrate: Project

·      Explain to students that they get to design their own mosaic with inspiration from what we looked at together

·      How we make it a mosaic?

o   We are going to take a black piece of paper or any colored desired as the background

o   We are going to cut out segments of their sloppy copies by color

·      Explain to students to make it a mosaic they are going to take the individual color cut outs and fill it with different shaped mosaic tiles

o   They may use

§  Magazines

§  Construction paper

§  Watercolor paper

§  Tissue paper

·      Tell students to think about their composition and negative space being used in the mosaic

Student Examples: