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School Violence Art Curricula Unit

Day 10: Conflict Resolution – Keith Haring Figures Part III

By – Do Something, Inc. / www.dosomething.org

Primary Subject – Art

Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Other

Grade Level – 9-12

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School Violence

Art Curricula

15-Day Unit

The following lesson is the tenth lesson of a 15-day

School Violence Art Curricula Unit from Do Something, Inc.

Other lessons in this unit are as follows:

Day 1: Shape and Feeling Students explore the use of abstract shapes and the feelings they evoke

Day 2: The Emotional Aspects Of Color The students learn about the emotional and physiological affects of color

Day 3: Jackson Pollack – Lines Convey Emotion Jackson Pollack – Students explore the use of line to convey emotion

Day 4: Goya and Picasso – Shapes And Composition Goya and Picasso – The students w explore two paintings and their use of shapes

Day 5: Power Of Language Students will explore the power of words in art

Day 6: Tree Of Decisions Students explore different choices and outcomes and use the branching pattern

Day 7: Conversations And Arguments With Lines Students learn to use visual language to have a conversation

Day 8: Keith Haring Figures Part I – Conflict Resolution Students work together to create a mural modeling cooperation and conflict resolution

Day 9: Keith Haring Figures Part II

Day 10: Keith Haring Figures Part III (See lesson below.)

Day 11: Keith Haring Figures Part IV

Day 12: Safe Carriers Part I Students use modern packaging materials to create a safe place

Day 13: Safe Carriers Part II

Day 14: Safe Carriers Part III

Day 15: Final Project Students create artwork based on their knowledge of line, shape, color, words and emotion

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Day 10: Conflict Resolution -

Keith Haring Figures Part III

Goal:

Students work together to create a mural modeling cooperation and conflict resolution

Process:

1. Have the students look at their drawings from the last class. Ask them to pick a pose they would like to draw.
2. On the floor lay out life sized pieces of paper. (They need to be bigger than life-sized to allow for the adding of machine parts. Best if cut from a roll.) Have the students pair-off and take turns tracing each other in the pose they have selected. Use very light pencil or vine charcoal that is easily erased or wiped off. Have them do a loose outline of the body, keeping in mind the “Haring style.”
3. Have each student change the shape of the figure and incorporate their machine parts into their figure. They must have their figure interact with at least two others. (In other words, a lever from a foot will go through a hole on another figure and a wheel for a head will fit into another gear or lever on someone else’s figure. They need to consider size of gears, wheels and their teeth!)
4. Have the students paint their figures in bright colors of their choosing.
5. Have the students outline their figures with a heavy black line and add whatever other signs, symbols or marks on them.

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