Each year in art I focus on a country or culture for a full unit of social studies art integration. This year students studied the art, music and cultural traditions of Japan. I kicked off the unit by bringing in some of Japanese instruments from my extensive collection including a Chinese sheng and a beautiful stringed instrument called a koto. We talked about the pentatonic scale and I played the koto so they could experience its relaxing, unusual sound. Next, we watched a Powerpoint showing some of the art styles and techniques of Asian art including silk screen and scroll painting, woodblock carving and types of traditional clothing such as kimonos. The following week students learned about ancient Japanese kabuki theater and watched a Youtube video showing the elaborate costumes and amazing masks used by the actors. In this unit, students painted kimonos using watercolors and adding wallpaper sashes and details. We also made pop out masks adding cording, streamers, curtain fabric and other odds and ends to finish them off.
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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