Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy

Abbreviated Lesson Plan

NAME Danielle Hickman

UNIT TITLE Representation in Art
GRADE LEVEL 4th
DURATION 2/5 - 2/23

SAMPLE
To be created

Currently students are learning about Harlem Renaissance in their core classrooms. To
integrate art with this information, they will connect to art work made during that
period (displayed through a presentation of the local museum Columbus Museum of Art
Harlem Renaissance art show). In that period African Americans were migrating from
oppressive and insufferable conditions in the South, once they reached better
conditions they celebrated and were able to express themselves more in arts. Students
through this lesson will have the opportunity to have discussions based off ODIP
RATIONALE
(observe, describe, interpret, and prove) on art works based in that period. They will
then proceed to reflect on who they feel they would like to represent in their art work
and why (significant person, family, friends, themselves). Next they will produce a
artwork that appropriately celebrates and represents that person. By doing so they will
make connection to the importance of how art is used to represent ourselves and
others. This works for the pseudo-naturalistic stage of development they are in, as it
connects observational art making with deeper meaning.
Students will utilize ODIP to discuss art works displayed in the local museum relating
to the topic of the Harlem renaissance which they are learning about in their core
classrooms. Students will contemplate the concept of representation in artwork and
CENTRAL FOCUS make connections to how they choose to represent a person or culture in their own
art. Students will then produce an artwork of someone with appropriate
representation in mind. They will then share and reflect on their artwork in regards to
who they chose and how they represented them.

3PE Compare and contrast art forms, techniques and functions and artistic
styles from a variety of cultures and historical periods.

2PR Experiment with art materials by using them in unexpected and creative
STANDARD(S) ways to express ideas and convey meaning.
1RE Identify qualities that contribute to the design and meaning of their artworks and the
works of others.

- Students will practice using Ohio Muesum of art guidelines involving ODIP to discuss
art.
OBJECTIVE(S)
- Students will deepen understanding of representation in art and apply to their own
art work.
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- Students will discuss how their artistic choices represented the person/culture of
their choice in their art work.

(ODIP steps)
- Observe: Looking at an art piece.
- Describe: Stating exactly what you see in the art piece.
- Interpret: Concluding what the art work could be communicating.
ACADEMIC - Prove: Explaining why you feel the art is communicating that idea.
LANGUAGE
- Representation: Portraying or speaking on behalf of.
- Culture: Constructs (art, education, achievements, institutions, ect) that form a
social group.
RESOURCES
MATERIALS - Art work from Columbus Museum of art on powerpoint
EQUIPMENT

- Worksheet over person they are choosing to represent

ASSESSMENT
- Project rubric/artist statement
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