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School Violence Art Curricula Unit

Day 8: Conflict Resolution – Keith Haring Figures Part I

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

Primary Subject – Art

Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Other

Grade Level – 9-12

Do Something about…

School Violence

Art Curricula

15-Day Unit

The following lesson is the eighth 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 (See lesson below.) 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

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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www.dosomething.org/causes/school_violence

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Day 8: Conflict Resolution – Keith Haring Figures Part I

Goal:

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

Process:

Solving problems in your school and trying to make it safe for everyone, is a GIANT undertaking. How can you do this? After all you’re just kids!? Working together is sometimes the best way to understand others. Everybody has different perspectives and ideas. When you work as a team you have to resolve conflicts, agree on ideas, and how to implement them. People working together can sometimes resemble a big machine with each person being a different part of the machine. If everyone works together you can create a big machine out of many different parts. This machine can create harmony, an environment of mutual cooperation and a culture of kindness in your school.
1. Look at the book "
   
   The Way Things Work
   
   " by David Macaulay. Pick several of the illustrations from Part One to show the students the mechanics of movement. Discuss levers, wheels and axles, gears and belts, cams and cranks, pulleys, screws and springs.
2. Alternatively or in addition, buy an inexpensive wind up alarm clock and take it apart to show the students how the gears and springs connect and work.
3. Demonstrate that wheels and gears are various-sized circles that fit together with different sized teeth. Pulleys, levers, axles and other pieces of machinery are also made up of simple shapes.
4. Have the children sketch different machinery parts from illustrations or real parts.

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