Middle+School+Art

=Please add categories and lessons. What works for your classes?=

=**GPS Standards**=
 * I have copied the GPS standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade into Word, and thought maybe it would save someone else some time. They are organized with one standard on each page, so they are different font sizes. The idea for this came from another teacher at my school who divided the class into small groups and gave each group a standard and asked them to re-write the standard in their own words. She then displayed them together in her classroom. I am thinking about adapting this idea for my own classroom somehow.**
 * Any ideas?**

=**Self-Portraiture**= =**I have been teaching self-expression using Frida Kahlo's portraits as a motivational and instructional strategy, and my students really respond to her portraits!**=




 * I photograph them with a digital camera and then they glue the picture in the center of a page in their sketchbooks. Then they create a graphic organizer which describes characteristics of themselves. On another day we cover facial proportions, and then they begin the final project which is a half realistic, half expressive portrait.**

=﻿Image Appropriation/Copyright Issues= //Other than helping his candidate get elected as president, what ways did Shepard Fairey benefit by creating the Obama Hope poster?// //or// //Who do you think is right in this copyright case and why?//
 * I think this is an important topic to cover. Check out the PPT and let me know what you think. I stretch this into a full discussion type lesson.** Be careful to steer the conversation away from politics and back to image appropriation and copyright issues if necessary.
 * After the power point and video clip, this could be turned into a great essay or short-answer writing assignment. One example of a question/topic would be:**




 * The following video clip is an interview with Shepard Fairey concerning the "Obama Hope" poster. If you want to show it full screen in class, use the following link:**
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 * After viewing the Shepard Fairey interview clip, go to the following link, and learn more about the debate concerning the legal issues surrounding this case. I would hesitate to use it in the classroom because of a few off-color jokes (the O'Keefe/Ferrarro poster gag is hilarious, but unfortunately innapropriate for school).**

Colbert-Copyright Argument