Kyle Anstess

Letha Boatner
Satenik Fesliyan
Marisa Sanchez
Ashley Warwick
Art 133
Sacramento State

Lesson 1: ART AND SECURITY

Big Idea: Privacy
Grade Level: 6th

21st Century Art Education Approaches: Meaning Making, visual cultural, social
justice, vulnerability, and choice based
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Inspiration Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Studio Investigation: Art Journals

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Leonardo da Vincis art journals

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Essential Questions
How is art connected to privacy?
In what ways does open ended art facilitate individual meaning
making?
How is art connected to experience?
How does experience inform art making?

Lesson Overview
Students will analyze Sara Scotts thesis and investigate the implications
of art journaling within the classroom. The studio will allow students to
create their own form of an art journal. Students final studio
composition and the discussion of Saras thesis will further demonstrate
an understanding of privacy in art education.
A formative assessment and Anticipatory questions will take place per
Sara Scotts reading during the discussion.
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Key Concepts
Key Concepts
A sense of privacy is established and maintained through art journaling
Private words can be expressed in works of art
Privacy allows students to express their culture, religion, etc., through art
journaling to make sense of their world and environment

Lesson Objectives
The students will (TSW) be able to.
Demonstrate an understanding, by defining and creating, an art journal that incorporates
some of the visual elements of art and different mediums.
Students will connect the reading to the studio experience.
Students will synthesize visual text and written text.
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Terminology
FEAR: a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is
real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
PRIVACY: the state of being free from unwanted or undue intrusion or disturbance in ones
private life or affairs; freedom to be let alone
ABSTRACT:expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance
REALISTIC: interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical
COMPOSITION: the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole

Art Journals from Sara Scotts Thesis

Materials Needed
Paper (white)
Construction paper
Paint (tempera)
Paint Brushes
Pastels
Colored pencils
Crayons
Markers

Pens
Glue
Magazines
Newspapers
Tin Foil
Tape (colored and clear)
Loose Parts
Scissors
Tissue Paper
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Studio Instructions
Students will choose a station or stations to work on an art journal
Station 1 will focus on symbolism. It will comprise of paints, paint brushes, crayons and
related prompts.
Station 2 will focus on drawing mediums such as pastels, markers, and colored pencils. Prompts
included will focus on Storytelling.
Station 3 will focus on collage and will include newspaper, magazines, tin foil, tape, glue,
scissors and construction paper.
Station 4 will focus on abstraction, and will include loose parts, pens, and tissue paper.
Prompts will focus on abstract representation.
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References
Abstract. (n.d.). 2015. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from
com/browse/abstract?s=t

http://dictionary.reference.

Composition. (n.d.). 2015. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.

com/browse/composition?s=t
Fear. (n.d.). 2015. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.
com/browse/fear?s=t
Privacy. (n.d.). 2015. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.
com/browse/privacy?s=t

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References (cont.)
Realistic. (n.d.). 2015. In Dictionary.com. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.
com/browse/realistic?s=t
Scott, S. (2010). Visual journaling towards greater meaning making in the secondary art
classroom. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Silverstein, L. B. & Layne, S. (n.d.). Defining arts integration. Retrieved from
http:
//www.americansforthearts.
org/networks/arts_education/publications/special_publications/Defining%20Arts%
20Integration.pdf

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