Title: Roads Like "Broadway", Piet Mondrian
Level: 2nd Grade
Description: Piet Mondrian's work has always been a source of debate among art students and critics alike. However, Mondrian's piece "Broadway" provides a wonderful stepping off point for students to creatively explore their surroundings. "Broadway" is like a road map, and students can easily make the connection of Mondrian painting roads he knew, to them painting their own roads.
Materials:
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Drawing pencils |
Erasers |
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paint (many bright colors) |
18x24 white paper |
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example of Piet Mondrian's "Broadway" |
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Objectives:
 | Students will be able to use "Broadway" as an inspiration piece for their own work of art |
| Students will be able to use paints and materials in a safe and respectful manner. |
| Students will be able to visually show the roads and cars and houses near their house and neighborhood. |
Sequence:
Day One: (based on a one hour period day)
| Intro to project |
| short discussion about Piet Mondrian's "Broadway" |
| short discussion & demo about drawing their own roads |
| Students work on drawing out their roads in pencil |
| Students may start painting once they have teacher approval |
Day Two:
| Time to finish up painting |
| class comes back together in group to discuss their work |
Standards:
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Understanding and
applying Media, Techniques, and Processes |
II. Using knowledge of Structures and Functions |
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Choosing and Evaluating a
Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas |
IV. Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures |
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Reflecting upon and
Assessing the Merits of their Work and the work of Others |
VI.
Making Connections
between Visual Arts And Other Disciplines |
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| A | know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes | explore and understand prospective content for works of art | ||||
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select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning |
identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places |
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use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner |
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