Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Distance Learning

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1 Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Distance Learning Integrated Art Lesson Title: Concentric Circle Weaving: Creating a Chromatic Textural Textile Description and Overall Focus: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students how circles, relate to the sphere and to create a colorful representation of an object in our solar system. Students will also learn about the meaning of midwinter and why the seasons change. Length of Lesson 45 minutes 1 hour Grade Range Elementary School Sunshine State Standards National Art Standards and FCAT Benchmarks (See below) Objective(s) This lesson will teach students how to create the textural moon weaving. Students will relate the circle to its volumetric form of the sphere while learning about the annual astronomical event of the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. Materials: PLEASE NOTE: Some materials must be acquired prior to this lesson Teacher Supplies: Pre-notched paper plates 1 per student (about notches around) Student Supplies: 9 notched paper plates 1 per student Several skeins of varied thickness yarn (suggested: blues, greens, yellow, ivory, white) Scissors Introductory activity Students will begin by learning a brief history of weaving. Students will then learn about the annual winter solstice. Students will begin winding their yarn warps in white or ivory colored yarn. Core activity Students will begin by choosing their yarn colors. They will continue by weaving the weft in concentric circles. The moon will be formed when all of the circular support is covered. Closure activity Students will complete their creations making sure that the components are secured properly. Several students will then share their work.

2 Assessment Students will have learned about the relationship of the circle to the sphere. They will also have learned the meaning of midwinter and why the seasons change. The students will also have learned the basics of weaving as a craft. Finally, the students will have completed a colorful woven representation of the moon from our solar system. Teacher follow-up idea The classroom teacher can use the websites below to present more of the information surrounding the winter solstice, and the astronomy. Student follow-up idea Students can continue to create progressively more sophisticated textiles by changing shape, increasing the size and incorporating different materials (found objects, other media). They may also create a sun textile during the Summer Solstice. Cooking Lesson Icy Blue Moon Iced Cupcakes Book/Web references Music: Selections from Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Lesson plan prepared by Traci Petersen, MFA

3 THE WINTER SOLSTICE This tells about the astronomical and cultural event of winter solstice, also known as midwinter. The winter solstice occurs exactly when the axial tilt of a planet is farthest away from the Sun, depending on the polar hemisphere of reference. Earth's maximum axial tilt to our Sun during a solstice is 23 26'. More evidently from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest. The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the winter solstice usually occurs on December 21 or 22 each year in the Northern Hemisphere (in North America), and June 20 or 21 in the Southern Hemisphere. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most cultures have held some recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations that occur around this time. Since the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, other terms are often used for the day on which it occurs, such as midwinter, the longest night or the first day of winter. Winter in our part of the country doesn t have such a great change as it does up North, for example we do not get snow or ice. We do see things like cooler days, shorter days and winter vacation! Think of the holidays that you and your friends celebrate during this time of year.

4 Weaving Weaving is a textile craft in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced to form a fabric or cloth. The threads which run lengthways are called the warp and the threads which run across from side to side are the weft or filling. Cloth is usually woven on a loom, a device that holds the warp threads in place while filling threads are woven through them. Weft is an old English word meaning "that which is woven". Greek weavers working on a loom. Ancient There are some indications that weaving was already known during the Stone Age. These textiles are well known from finds in stone huts in ancient Switzerland. One piece of woven fabric was found in Fayum, Egypt, coming from about 7000 years ago! Weaving was very popular in the Nile Valley with fibers made from plants. And later, wool (from sheep) became the primary yarn used in other cultures from as far back as 4000 years ago. Weaving was very popular in the Nile Valley with fibers made from plants. And later, sheep s wool became the yarn used in other cultures from as far back as 4000 years ago. Weaving has been important all over the world, because if we didn t have weaving, we wouldn t have many of the items we need every day. Can you think of any?

5 SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS Pre K -2 K 3-5 MS 6-8 HS 9-12 Arts: Dance *Skills and Techniques (DA.A.1) and (DA.A.2) *Creation and Communication (DA.B.1) *Cultural and Historical Connections (DA.C.1) *Aesthetic and Critical Analysis (DA.D.1) *Applications to Life (DA.E.1) Arts: Music *Skills and Techniques (MUA.1), (MUA.2) and (MUA.3) *Creation and Communication (MUB.1) and (MUB.2) *Cultural and Historical Connections (MUC.1) *Aesthetic and Critical Analysis (MUD.1) and (MUD.2) *Applications to Life (MUE.1) and (MUE.2) Arts: Theatre *Skills and Techniques (TH.A.1), (TH.A.2) and (TH.A.3) *Creation and Communication (TH.B.1) *Cultural and Historical Connections (TH.C.1) *Aesthetic and Critical Analysis (TH.D.1) *Applications to Life (TH.E.1) Arts: Visual Arts *Skills and Techniques (VA.A.1) *Creation and Communication (VA.B.1) *Cultural and Historical Connections (VA.C.1) *Aesthetic and Critical Analysis (VA.D.1) *Application to Life (VA.E.1) Language Arts *Reading Process (LA.1.1), (LA.1.2), ( LA.1.3), (LA.1.4), (LA.1.6) and (LA.1.7) *Literary Analysis (LA.2.1) and (LA.2.2.) *Writing Process (LA.3.1), (LA.3.2), (LA3.3.), (LA3.4) and (LA3.5) *Writing Applications (LA4.1), (LA4.2) and (LA.4.3) *Communication (LA.5.1) and (LA.5.2) *Information and Media Literacy (LA.6.1), (LA.6.2), (LA.6.3) and (LA.6.4) Mathematics *Number Sense, Concepts, & Operations (MA.A.1), (MA.A.2), (MA.A.3), (MA.A.4) and (MA.A.5.) *Measurement (MA.B.1), (MA.B.2), (MA.B.3) and (MA.B.4) *Geometry and Spatial Sense (MA.C.1), (MA.C.2) and (MA.C.3) *Algebraic Thinking (MA.D.1) and MA.D.2) *Data Analysis and Probability (MA.E.1), (MA.E.2) and (MA.E.3)

6 Science *The Nature of Matter (SC.A.1) and (SC.A.2) *Energy (SC.B.1) and (SC.B.2) *Force and Motion (SC.C.1) and (SC.C.2) *Processes that Shape the Earth (SC.D.1) and (SC.D.2) *Earth and Science (SC.E.1) and (SC.E.2) *Processes of Life (SC.F.1) and (SC.F.2) *How Living Things Interact With Their Environment (SC.G.1) and (SC.G.2) *The Nature of Science (SC.H.1), (SC.H.2) and (SC.H.3) Social Studies *Time, Continuity and Change (History) (SS.A.1), (SS.A.2), (SS.A.3), (SS.A.4) and (SS.A.5) *People, Places and Environments (Geography) (SS.B.1) and (SS.B.2) *Government and the Citizen (Civics and Government) (SS.C.1) and (SS.C.2) *Economics (SS.D.1) and (SS.D.2) Foreign Language *Communication(FL.A.1) and (FL.A.2) *Culture(FL.B.1) *Connections(FL.C.1) and (FL.C.2) *Comparisons(FL.D.1) and (FL.D.2) *Experiences(FL.E.1) NATIONAL ART STANDARDS MET: NA-VA.K-4.1 UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING MEDIA, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCESSES. NA-VA.K-4.2 USING KNOWLEDGE OF STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS. NA-VA.K-4.3 CHOOSING AND EVALUATING A RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER, SYMBOLS, AND IDEAS. NA-VA.K-4.4 UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS IN RELATION TO HISTORY AND CULTURES. NA-VA.K-4.5 REFLECTING UPON AND ASSESSING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS OF THEIR WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS NA-VA.K-4.6 MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES.

7 Preparation Active Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes Recipe Ingredients Icy Blue Iced Moon Cakes 2/3 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup superfine sugar 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Store bought white icing Blue food coloring Sprinkles of your choice Recipe Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan or line with blue and white paper baking cups. 2. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each one. Stir in the vanilla and flour just until mixed. Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, dividing evenly. 3. Bake until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack. 4. Add blue coloring to half of the icing. Ice the moon cakes: ½ blue, ½ white. Add sprinkles. If you want to make this recipe simpler: use a store bought, white cake mix (or your favorite flavor). ENJOY!