1st Grade - Lesson 2 : Lines in Balance
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Description of Project
Students create a balanced collage with vertical and horizontal lines made with textiles (string, cord, ribbon).
Washington Masterworks
Impressions in Time, Adorned Cornice Fragment by Pam Beyette
kente cloth by Akan artisan of Ghana
Photos courtesy of the City of Redmond and Seattle Art Museum.
Instructional Video
Learning Standards
Visual Art
- 1.1.a Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials. 1.2.a Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art. 2.1.a Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
- 3.a Use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art.
- 7.1.a Select and describe works of art that illustrate daily life experiences of one’s self and others.
- 11.a Understand that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.
Common Core Math
- 1.OA.C.6. Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.
- 1.MD.A.1. Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.