ASCII ARTWORK:
MAKING BEADWORK DESIGNS
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Learning Goal(s)
Students will familiarize themselves with design processing and graphic interpretations by creating ASCII art inspired by Alaska Native bead work pattern(s).
Relevant Standards
Alaska Computer Science Standards
K.AP.A.01 With guidance, model daily processes and follow algorithms (sets of step‐by‐step instructions) to complete tasks verbally, kinesthetically, with robot devices, or a programing language.
1.AP.A.01 With guidance, model daily processes and follow algorithms (sets of step‐by‐step instructions) to complete tasks verbally, kinesthetically, with robot devices, or a programing language.
2.AP.A.01 With guidance, model daily processes by creating and following algorithms (sets of step‐by‐ step instructions) to complete tasks verbally, kinesthetically, with robot devices, or a programing language.
Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
E. Culturally-knowledgeable students demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the relationships and processes of interaction of all elements in the world around them.
4. determine how ideas and concepts from one knowledge system relate to those derived from other knowledge systems;
Materials / Software
Student laptops: Google Chromebook, Apple MacBook, or Windows PC
A word processing program with Calibri font (Microsoft Office Word, Google Docs, etc.)
Procedure
Lesson One (45 Minutes)
Opening Questions: "In what ways can we present artwork?" and "What are the steps to drawing or painting a picture?"
Allow time for students to discuss possible answers to this question. Make a place-based connection to the bead work designs utilized in the community. "How is bead work performed? Is there a pattern or reasoning for the direction and choices made when beading?"
Provide students examples of Alaska Native bead work (particularly, hands-on examples, if possible.) An example glove is shown to the left.
One way that we can create imagery is through the use of nothing more than our computer keyboards and a word processing program. Since the 1960s, there has been the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, typically stated as ASCII. ASCII contains 128 basic characters, including the alphabet, numbers, and special characters on the keyboard and also goes by the name of "plain text".
Examples of ASCII art from the ASCII Art Archive should be shown to the students as complementary guidance (the animals subcategory is a fine choice).
Ask the question: "How is this similar to drawing? How is it different? Are there any similarities to ASCII art and bead work designs? What techniques are present in both forms of art?"
Have the students login to their classroom computers and open your preferred word processor program (this could be Microsoft Office Word or Google Docs).
The students will be creating a bead work design similar to those that are made by many community members for gloves, vests, boots, and slippers. In order to create the design to the right, students will have to enter in the ASCII characters as shown in the "ASCII Instructions - Sheet1" selection below. This is best done by printing off the instructions for each student.
Ensure that students have selected the following parameters in order to replicate the design:
Font Type: Calibri; Font Size: 14 pt.; Line Spacing: Single (0 pt. spacing before/after paragraphs)
Allow time for the students to go through the instructions and present any questions or concerns.
Assessment
Have students exchange their ASCII art designs with a partner or within a small group, and provide each other with constructive feedback on one another's work. Do the patterns match? If not, where are the errors?
Differentiation
This lesson can easily be differentiated for students that may need more time or have difficulty with the design listed above. A simpler design is the star one shown to the right. The instructions for this design are located on the ASCII Instruction (Differentiated)
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