Monday, September 10, 2018
Getting Prepared
Every Wednesday for the next nine months, I will be teaching a rumbustious class of elementary school aged students about visual art for the Greater Denton Arts Council's Art After School Program. I am excited to have the opportunity to lead a class for students interested in visual arts and look forward to working with my students. Through this internship, I hope to gain practical experience designing and implementing engaging programming that will appeal to a younger audience. While I have previously worked with elementary classes, I have never been able to lead a class and utilize my own lesson plans which makes this internship particularly appealing me.
The internship has also given me considerable freedom in determining the course of the program. I have even been allowed to choose the theme of the fall course (mythical creatures) and the topic of each class. I find myself a little worried that I will not choose topics that interest the students. I want them enjoy coming to the class and leave each day excited by the objects they saw.
This week the students will be looking at Japanese prints depicting the Legend of Princess of Tamatori. I hoping these prints spark a great class discussion and appeal to children love of tales of adventures.
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Mythical creatures - I am sure this will be a great frame for the year. I would love to learn more about what you do with the students and especially how you choose the art to include. For example, why did you decide to start with Japanese prints?
ReplyDeleteThere was a series of ukiyo-e prints made about the story of Princess Tamatori and the Dragon King and I felt students would enjoy looking at art that connected to a fairy tale.
DeleteOh shoot! I somehow think that my first comment didn't post... I will try to recreate it!
ReplyDeleteI learned a new word from reading your blog post, Athena! Rumbustious! I knew the word "rambunctious" and it seems like "rambunctious" and "rumbustious" are essentially synonyms. I love it! I definitely have a class of undergrads this semester that are rambunctious and rumbustious, in the best of ways :)
Like Ellie, I love the theme: mythical creatures! That would have been tremendously exciting for me as a kid and I think it is one of those classic themes that your students will be jazzed about exploring.
I look forward to reading more about your internship, Athena!