teaching art
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This is a presentation I made of some of the artwork my 7th and 8th grade students created in two years teaching art in Stockton Unified.TRANSCRIPT
Teaching Art
…on a music credential!
Theme: Chinese New Year
My 7th and 8th grade students
made these dragon puppets
with their Kindergarten
Art Buddies. At first the older students were nervous, but
they soon realized that helping the
younger students is a lot
of fun!
Theme: Pointillism
Many of my students had no background in art…but they made some
beautiful paintings!
Theme: Free PaintingThe next few slides are paintings that were featured at
Stockton’s Haggin Museum.
Theme: Medieval ArtUsing Illuminated Letters and Gargoyles to support he 7th grade social studies
curriculum
Teacher Sample
Theme: Native American ArtSupporting the 8th Grade social studies curriculum
Theme: Drawing with colored pencils
I learned that if I gave my students
a theme, their imaginations
would take off in wonderful directions.
Most of my students had no previous art training…and I am not trained to teach art, myself!
Teaching art without training or credentials was both
frightening and fun. In the end, I’m proud of what my students accomplished. I’m proud of the inspiration I was able to give
them.
Not bad for a music teacher!