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Simulacrum 1 Importance of Art

Tuesday 2014.16.09 19:00 20:40
Objectives:
Students will be able to explain the importance of art.
Students will install Adobe Photoshop CS6 and create Adobe Accounts.
Language Objectives:
Key expressions: Simulacrum, Perception, Perspective, Creativity, Art, Visual Art
Students will explain the importance of artwork and its relevance in life.
Materials:
Flashcards (12 sets of 12 cards)
Computer: internet and Adobe Photoshop CS6
Procedures
Time:
05 :05 Attendance & Student Emails
Take class attendance and record student emails; play music at beginning of class
30 :35 Warm-up : Class Ice Breaker Game
Quotodraw Game
1) Introduce and explain Quotodraw
a) Give each student a set of flashcards with the same amount of flashcards per student in
the class (Ex: Class of 10 students; 10 sets of 10 flashcards)
b) Students must think of a single expression to describe themselves (hobbies,
likes/dislikes, personal traits, etc.) and write it on the first flashcard (one sentence).
c) Students pass their set (with the sentence card on top) to the student to their right.
d) Student who receives the sentence must then place the sentence card behind the stack
and draw a picture to represent the sentence they received.
e) Student then passes the photo to the next student on their right.
f) Student, who receives the photo, places that card behind the stack and then writes a
sentence to represent the photo they received.
g) Student then passes the stack to the student to their right.
h) Repeat steps D-G until there are no more flashcards. Student should now have their
original flashcard stack with their personal statement. [Instruction Time: 5min]
2) Students are not allowed to look at previous flashcards when playing; only allowed to see
the quote/drawing that was handed to them.
[Playing Time: 2min drawing; 0.5 min writing]


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20 :55 Review Lost in Translation
Go over everyones personal statements and see how lost in translation it got. [12min]
o The word 'translation' comes, etymologically, from the Latin for 'bearing across'.
Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed
that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately to the notion that
something can also be gained. Salman Rushdie
o What can be gained?
Explain the value of individual perspective and perception.
Explain that perspective and perception are the core foundations of CREATIVITY. [8min]
15 :10 The Importance of Art & Simulacrum
Group Work: Have students discuss with a partner what they think art is and whether it is
important or not. [5min]
Watch video, What is Art
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2P_Y8VxaM
o Weve seen what art is, but why is art important? [2min]
Watch video, What Good is Art? The Value of Creative Thinking!
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oK5SbK2so
o Key Term: Visual Art as a language vessel/carries meaning [3min]
Review in class why art is important and how it ties to everything in life/class.
o Define Simulacrum an image or representation of someone or something
Left/Right Brain Photo is a simulacrum representing our class concept
o Class structure of Simulacrum No Formal Assessments/Art is subjective
o First and last class lesson is predetermined by teacher; Students will choose
lesson topics in between (next class). [5min]
20 :30 Adobe Photoshop Installation
Install Adobe Photoshop CS6 (30 day trial version)
http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html
Students must have email addresses to sign up for Adobe Account
10 :40 Class Photograph
Take a Class Photograph

~ ~ Spare Time
Take individual student photographs to be used next class.








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Addendum
Next class students will begin Lesson 2 Elements of Adobe Photoshop CS6
Students need individual portrait photos for the lesson
Bring a list of Lesson Topics for students to choose as a class
Left/Right Brain photograph, http://akroot313.andrewkeir313.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/right-brain-vs-
left-brain-3-large.jpg (see below)


Left Brain

I am the left brain.
I am a scientist. A mathematician.
I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate.
Linear.
Analytical. Strategic. I am practical.
Always in control. A master of words and
language.
Realistic. I calculate equations and play with
numbers.
I am order. I am logic.
Right Brain

I am the right brain.
I am creativity. A free spirit. I am passion.
Yearning. Sensuality. I am the sound of roaring
laughter.
I am taste. The feeling of sand beneath bare feet.
I am movement. Vivid colors.
I am the urge to paint on an empty canvas.
I am boundless imagination. Art. Poetry. I sense, I
feel.
I am everything I wanted to be.


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I know exactly who I am.