Lesson Plans

Below you will find personal WEBSITES created by qualified teachers for students.

Grade 9 Expressions of Indigenous Cultures (NAC101)

Ms. Rogers'

https://sites.google.com/site/msrogersartwebsite/grade-9-class-assignments-and-rubrics

Ms. Marin's

https://stpmarin.weebly.com/nac1o.html

Toronto's Northern Secondary School's

https://sites.google.com/view/nssvisualart/9-nac

Lesson Ideas:

Possible NAC101 PROJECTS in more depth

Spirit Animals and Symbolism

Artivism -The Non-Profit Logo Design Project

https://theartofeducation.edu/2017/02/02/perfect-project-teach-students-art-activism/

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/art_socialjustice/

CIRCLE OF STORIES https://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/educators/index.html

Honouring the Lives of Women & Girls

1. Describe the Inspiration for this project.

2. How does your idea connect with our learning about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. (Challenges,Marginalization, Racism, Poverty)

3. What techniques did you use to create this: watercolour, coloured pencil techniques, Photo transfer, stencilling.

4. Which element of art was most effectively used in your work?

5. Discuss your challenges and successes in creating this artwork.

Collage Your Grandfather Teaching

Students will use 3 methods of creating TEXTURE to demonstrate how they will teach 1 of The Seven Sacred Teachings

How do you interpret the teaching?

Of the 7 teachings I have chosen:

I chose this teaching because:

My personal story will demonstrate this teaching with:

Rubric Summary:

Knowledge

Of 7 Grandfather Teachings and an Understanding of how a chosen teaching is reflected in stories, sayings, symbols of student’s story.

Thinking/Inquiry

preliminary sketches reveal the use of the creative process to generate ideas, plan, produce and present final artwork with a focal point.

Communication

The image and the artist’s statement communicate how the Teaching is presented in the student’s culture.

Application

Your final artwork reflects application of colour, shape, form, value through its use of texture.

Final artwork is presented with a high degree of craftsmanship.

Group Prehistoric Street Art Mural reflection:

• Identify your contributions to the group mural, how did you prepare the collage layer, colour choices, your stencils (what did you do in terms of collage, painting, stenciling)

• Describe the shapes, colours and meaning of your stenciled personal symbol

• Describe the word, colour use and design of your word art

• Which Element of Art is the most important in this group mural?

• What is one positive result having worked on this group project? Who took on leadership? team symbols? common work ethic? friendship?

Lesson 1: Traditional Personal Introduction

Watch Lindsay Morcom’s Traditional Introduction video below of how Anishinaabe People commonly introduce themselves by giving their names and explaining who their parents are, their clan, from where they have come, and on whose traditional territory they currently reside.

Direct Video Link: Lindsay Morcom’s Traditional Introduction (0:09)

Introduce yourself in the same format, in person or using video or audio technology. Your introduction should also include the identification of whose traditional lands you now live on and a brief description of what you want to learn in this course.

FOOD/HUNGER

Possible topics to work with... or choose your own

•Hunger

•Food Bank organizations

•Emergency foods

•candy

•Genetically modified foods

•Local food movement

•Fast food

•Slow food

•Organic Food

•Digestion human digestive system

•Body reactions to food, allergies, bloating

•Overeating

•Eating disorders

Questions for research on food…

Choose a topic from the list of Thoughts on Food, or propose one of your own to research.

1.Research and document (in your sketchbook) some (1) imagery and (2)information connected to your understanding of this topic in your sketchbook.

2.Describe in a 250 word paragraph your understanding of the issues around this topic in your sketchbook

3.Why is this topic interesting to you, how will you turn this information into a 3-dimensional vessel

4.Make 3 thumbnail sketches of images / symbols that you would include in this sculptural project in your sketchbook.

5.Complete a full page drawing in your sketchbook planning the interior and exterior of your vessel.

6.How will glazing (colour) be included?

Individual lesson plans for a variety of other subjects:

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