Submitted by: Jordan Flower
School: Harvie Elementary
Summary
In this lesson, 4th grade students at Harvie Elementary school were introduced to the art of Kenny Random, an Italian street artist who creates silhouette style men making merriment on the streets in Padova, Italy. These 4th graders discussed his art, street art in general, and more specifically grafitti, its positive and negative attributes, and finally, how they would pay homage to Kenny Random’s work.
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Although the students are being given the information through the use of visual aids and PowerPoint presentations, the student are going far beyond just responding to information, but are responding to, questioning, and elaborating on the information their given to form their own opinions.
The student were working in assigned groups to complete the mural, but these groups were then able to organize sub-groups that had their own task to complete. Although everyone had a job to do, it was not the instructors decision on how it was completed.
The students had to answer such questions as “How does graffiti effect our community?” and “What is the difference between vandalism and street art?”. The classes were given background information, a general overview of Kenny Random and the history of street art/graffiti, but then they had to generate their own opinion and questions, and decide where they stand on such issues. The students also had to, as a class, decide what their project would look like. This is not an easy task for 20 fourth graders. The students had to think critically about the type of piece that they were going to create. The piece had to be bright, and make a positive effect on the school’s climate.
The students had to generate original, authentic ideas for a mural that would still pay homage to the work of Kenny Random.
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Contents:
- Photos of Student Work
- H21 Lesson Plan
