“Rocking” Out with the Egyptians! This project connects to the sixth grade social studies and visual arts curriculum, focusing on Ancient Egypt studies. Curriculum/State Standards This project meets standards in both the visual arts and social studies. 6th Grade History Benchmark B4: Introduce cultural and scientific contributions from various cultures. 6th Grade Art Cultural Contexts Benchmark B: Create a work of art that incorporates the style or characteristics of artwork from a culture other than their own. Overview Students will each create a sandstone rock carving (petroglyph) after studying the Egyptian culture in social studies class. Students will first see a PowerPoint slide show at the start of the workshop to learn more about the history and art of petroglyphs. After students create their art works they will write short descriptions about their works. Creating ancient style rock petroglyphs on a sheet rock type of material reaches a great number of students. It allows the students to really experience and connect to the material that they are learning in social studies. The value of incorporating the arts is clear, as students have a different way to express themselves. Objectives The students will understand and the uses and history of the petroglyph. The students will be able to create their own rock petroglyphs, including short written descriptions. The students will be able to identify and show knowledge of the various Egyptian symbols that they use in their own art work. liv es . ® g sc gin hoo l supplies. chan GRADE LEVEL Materials For the group of 240, each student would need their own rock boards for carving. These can be purchased from art supply vendors in bulk packs. These are purchased for about $1.85 per student. Carving sticks come with the boards. I like to also have various print outs and slide shows of examples as well as all the different Egyptian symbols, letters that can be used in their own designs. I use various books and online sources to print these off. Newspapers to put under each student’s work station. Readiness Activity For the purposes of how my school utilized the project with this grant money, the readiness activity was the study of the Egyptian culture and the use of petroglyphs in their social studies classes. At the start of the workshop, I will also refresh their memories showing them a slide show of various petroglyphs around the world, including ones from Egypt. Strategies/Activities 1. Students learn about the Ancient Egyptians, hieroglyphics and petroglyphs in their social studies classes. This will provide students some background info before we get started on our art workshop to create their own carved rock art boards. 2. As a group students will see a slide show as a PowerPoint presentation on a large screen. This slide show will show a number of examples of petroglyphs from around the world, including ones that are from Egpyt. I will talk to them in more THIS WINNING PROJECT IDEA SUBMITTED BY: Lindsay Gustafson Kettering Middle School Kettering, OH 6 60-70 MINUTES $443 TOTAL BUDGET “Rocking” Out with the Egyptians! ....continued.... detail about how and why they were made. 3. Students will be given packets to look at that contain various symbols that are commonly found in the Egyptian culture, as well as the hieroglyphic alphabet. These will help students to sketch out and plan their designs. 4. After the designs are sketched, students will be shown how to start to carve out their designs with the wooden stylus tools provided with the rock art boards. This will be done in multiple small group demos. After students know how to do the designs they will begin to carve. Ideally you will have a sheet of newspaper under each students station so that they can lift it and ball up all the loose sand that comes off when carving. 5. When the designs are done being carved, I have them write short paragraphs to tell what they picked to include in their designs and the reasons. They tape this to the back of their art works. 6. If you choose to, you can hot glue a string of yarn to the back so that the piece can be hung up. Culminating Activity The culminating activity has two parts. First, the actual creation of the rock petroglyphs, after reading and studying about the history of the petroglyph. It is a way for the students to express what they have learned in a creative way. When all the rock carvings were complete, they are hung up in the hallways on display. This allows other students and staff to see all the creations. The display also gives the students a sense of pride and recognition for their creative accomplishments. Evaluation Method Students were evaluated using a four part rubric. The rubric was created by myself, the art teacher, but could also be used by a social studies teacher to evaluate the students. The rubric categories include; drawing/plan use of symbols in design; rock carving skills/neatness; written explanation; and overall effort. Each category can earn up to 10 points. The total points for the petroglyph art lesson would be 40 points.
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