For our Secondary Field Experience this fall, we taught a six lesson unit at City Neighbors High School, located in Baltimore City, Maryland that utilized the art style of assemblage.
This blog follows our experience at City Neighbors through detailed lesson plans, reflections and photos. If you are interested in teaching this unit, or getting some ideas, we've included word documents available for download at the bottom of each "tab" for your use. Please note, that this unit was specifically designed for our class at city neighbors and if using our lessons, modifications might need to take place to fit your student's specific interests and needs.
Our mentor teacher was Ms. Sieloff, the 10th grade Government teacher. During this time, the students were reading the book, "Farenheit 451" to go along with their discussions on social injustice, rights, freedoms, and censorship. On a class period that we had observed, the class was analyzing the Declaration of Independence vs the Declaration of Sentiments. The class also discussed effective ways to rebel against injustices against women and the effects on society if certain groups were denied voting rights.
Ms. Sieloff had informed us of the class's essential question, "What is the best method for rebelling against injustice?" Instantly we thought that one of the most relevant art styles to utilize in the unit would be that of the Dadaists. Knowing our focus would be on exploring rebellion and social injustice, we came up with the idea of having students transform a typical cigar box into a work of art; the outside would act as society while the interior would represent who the student(s) really are, despite societal stereotyping. Focusing on Hannah Hoch and Marcel Duchamp as our Dada artist exemplars, we chose Daniel Sppoerri and Joseph Cornell as our assemblage exemplars. Introducing art as a means of rebellion against stereotypes and injustices that they face in today's society, the students were challenged to explore the process of collage and assemblage to create a powerful work of art representing the challenges they face today.
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This blog follows our experience at City Neighbors through detailed lesson plans, reflections and photos. If you are interested in teaching this unit, or getting some ideas, we've included word documents available for download at the bottom of each "tab" for your use. Please note, that this unit was specifically designed for our class at city neighbors and if using our lessons, modifications might need to take place to fit your student's specific interests and needs.
Our mentor teacher was Ms. Sieloff, the 10th grade Government teacher. During this time, the students were reading the book, "Farenheit 451" to go along with their discussions on social injustice, rights, freedoms, and censorship. On a class period that we had observed, the class was analyzing the Declaration of Independence vs the Declaration of Sentiments. The class also discussed effective ways to rebel against injustices against women and the effects on society if certain groups were denied voting rights.
Ms. Sieloff had informed us of the class's essential question, "What is the best method for rebelling against injustice?" Instantly we thought that one of the most relevant art styles to utilize in the unit would be that of the Dadaists. Knowing our focus would be on exploring rebellion and social injustice, we came up with the idea of having students transform a typical cigar box into a work of art; the outside would act as society while the interior would represent who the student(s) really are, despite societal stereotyping. Focusing on Hannah Hoch and Marcel Duchamp as our Dada artist exemplars, we chose Daniel Sppoerri and Joseph Cornell as our assemblage exemplars. Introducing art as a means of rebellion against stereotypes and injustices that they face in today's society, the students were challenged to explore the process of collage and assemblage to create a powerful work of art representing the challenges they face today.
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Megan White and Mai-Ly Nguyen
