Day 3

Day 3: Mural Design, Part I

Goal: Students will be able to create drawings depicting a celebrated aspect of their community, sharing their sketch in small groups. Students will be able to set expectations for how they want their group to work together. 

Estimated time: 60 minutes

• Show students the Seward mural website (Mural Capitol of Alaska)-to get inspiration. (Tom Missel’s Tribute to Commercial Fishing). Ask students to identify how the mural tells as story or shows pride in some aspect of the spirit of Seward. What is important in Seward? 

• Show James Adcox' mural from the Nome Hospital- what does this mural show about what is important in this region? 

•  Look at photographs of public art found around the community/school from the previous day. Do the examples celebrate any special aspects of the community? (See examples below)

• Working individually, have students create designs that depict different celebrated parts of the community – Emphasize how to create a SKETCH (a rough and unfinished quick drawing used to assist in creating a more final drawing) – 10 mins.

• Using inspiration from EL Video on creating collaborative work environments (see Materials section, Day 3), have students brainstorm and set expectations as a group for what collaborative, cooperative group work. 

•  In small groups, students will share their individual design ideas, then work on combining ideas into one comprehensive sketch. Teacher may choose to set roles (Artist, Presenter, Researcher to find digital images to help aid the drawing, etc...). 

•  Helpful Hints: Remind students that buildings and animals all begin with simple shapes. Then add detail. Encourage more confident artists to choose the more difficult content.

• Groups present design ideas to the rest of the class. 

•  As a class, decide: What is design? How many panels will we need?  Teacher may decide to keep students in original groups or to split it up differently, depending on materials being used and logistics. 

Materials 

See Materials section, Day 3

Vocabulary

mural 

sketch

collaboration