Course _ART_Topic Pablo Picasso Teacher Melanie Grimm Minutes 20

New Vocabulary:
Collage
Cubist
Cubism
Curator
Symbolist

Instructional Goal/Rationale/Essential Questions

Why is it important to learn about artists and their work?

Performance Objectives (consider multiple levels of Blooms):

TLW

Students will be able to describe who Picasso is, what he accomplished, and works he has created.
Students will be able to create a self-portrait using what they know about Picassos art work.

Standards:
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
Reflection about and 1. Visual art has inherent characteristics and expressive features
or teaching to:
2. Historical and cultural context are found in visual art
3. Art and design have purpose and function
Learning Styles
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
___AR ___CR
___AS ___CS
1. Reflective strategies are used to understand the creative process
2. A personal philosophy of art is accomplished through use of sophisticated language
___ Visual
and studio art processes
___ Auditory
3. Interpretation is a means for understanding and evaluating works of art
___ Kinesthetic
3. Invent and Discover to Create
Diversity
1. Demonstrate competency in traditional and new art media, and apply appropriate and
___ Gender
available technology for the expression of ideas
___ Multicultural
2. Assess and produce art with various materials and methods
___ Disengaged
3. Make judgments from visual messages
___ Special Needs
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer
Multiple
1. The work of art scholars impacts how art is viewed today
Intelligences
2. Communication through advanced visual methods is a necessary skill in everyday life
___ Verbal/Linguist
3. Art is a lifelong endeavor
___ Logical/Math
Resources/Preparation/Material Needed:
___ Naturalist
___ Intrapersonal
___ Interpersonal
___ Musical
___ Kinesthetic
Instructional
Techniques
___ Inquiry

List of facts
Images of paintings and sketches done by Picasso
Paints
Paper
Water
Paper towels
Sponges
Paint brushes
pencils

___ Direct Instruct

___ Coop Learning
___Concept
___Discussion
___Laboratory work
___Demonstration
___Other

Time
Estimate

Introduction/Set/Focus/Attention Getter/Pre-assessment:
Students have one guess that they write down on a piece of paper with their name on it
and hand it in as soon as they think they know who the teacher is describing.
Mystery artist activity
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6.

He/she was a terrible student

His/her first word was pencil
When he/she was born, the midwife thought he/she was a stillborn
His/her first painting was of a man riding a horse in a bull fight
His/her art career spanned over a 7 decade period.
His/her first job was in Paris with an art dealer Pere Menach, who agreed to pay
him 150 francs per month (about US$750 today)
7. Was a close friend of marc Chagall
8. Was buried in the grounds of a Chateau that he bought on a whim in a village in
the south of France.
9. His/her full name has 23 words
10. Was the co-founder of cubism
It is Pablo Picasso!

Technology Utilized
Power Point

Instructional Input/Body of Lesson

Teacher Actions

Student
Actions/Expectations

Greet class
Go over objectives
Ask why is it important to learn about artist and their
work?
Have class discussion in reflection of the question
Mystery artist activity
Show PowerPoint presentation on Picasso
Introduce self-portrait project
Give students time to work
Clean up
Ticket out the door

Guided Practice/Application:
Paint a self-portrait the way you think Picasso might have done if he were to do it.

Review/Closure/CSU:
Give me 5 facts you learned about Picasso and his work. How are you using what you
know about him and his work to create your self-portrait?

Independent Practice/Homework/Lesson Extension:

Research an artist that I approve of and find 10 facts about them to do this activity with a
partner at the beginning of the next class.

How are Objective/Standards Assessed in this lesson?

Rubric
Discussion
Their painting

Modification/Accommodation/Adaptations
Other materials than paint
Scale of paper

Reflection
Artist statement