Activity One - Exploring emotion, through the elements of Art.
Give each student three pieces of paper each. For this activity allow students to choose their art medium; paint, pencils, charcoal etc.
For each piece of paper the students will be required to listen to a different song and free draw an art piece of their own which depicts the emotion of the song.
Throughout this activity encourage the students to think about which mediums, colour's lines and shapes best represent the songs emotions.
Conclude the activity by allowing students to share their art pieces and describe and discuss the choices they made in relation to the song and the elements of Art.
For each piece of paper the students will be required to listen to a different song and free draw an art piece of their own which depicts the emotion of the song.
Throughout this activity encourage the students to think about which mediums, colour's lines and shapes best represent the songs emotions.
Conclude the activity by allowing students to share their art pieces and describe and discuss the choices they made in relation to the song and the elements of Art.
Activity Two - Sculptures
Give each student some sculpting clay. Give each student a card, each card with either victim or bully written on it. Allow the students time to think about what was written on their card, and get into the mind set and emotions in which they would feel if they were a bully or a victim. Encourage students to express this through sculpture. Their final product can depict the face or body of a bully or victim. However in contrast they can also choose to use symbolism to depict their ideas.
Activity Three- Texture
In pairs, students will be exploring emotion through texture. Each Student will have their own piece of paper with a range of art mediums to play and explore with. A small card will be handed out to each students, the card will have an emotion written on it; calm, angry, happy etc. Students must keep the emotion given to them a secret. The students are required to use the various mediums of Art to represent the emotion they were given. At the end of the activity the students will pair up, blindfold each other and swap work. The aim is for the students to feel the texture of each other Art pieces and guess the emotion.
A class discussion will conclude the lesson, students will converse about what they found and reflect upon why their were certain outcomes and results.
A class discussion will conclude the lesson, students will converse about what they found and reflect upon why their were certain outcomes and results.
Activity Four - Shades of emotion
This activity has been designed to teach students how shading with black and white can affect the mood and representation of an art piece.
Print a black and white colouring in picture of a school yard play ground. Give each students two copies and some black and white paint. Using ONLY the black and white paint, the students are required to create one happy and one sad picture. The two pictures will reflect how a child who is bullied views the play ground and how a child who is not bullied views the play ground.
Once the students have completed the activity, instruct them to write a paragraph for each painting; describing how they used the paints differently for each picture and how this affected the mood of their painting.
As an alternative or additional idea for this activity, supply the students with a fresh copy of the same picture and allow them to complete the activity again this time adding primary colours as they experiment with shade and tone using black and white paint.
Print a black and white colouring in picture of a school yard play ground. Give each students two copies and some black and white paint. Using ONLY the black and white paint, the students are required to create one happy and one sad picture. The two pictures will reflect how a child who is bullied views the play ground and how a child who is not bullied views the play ground.
Once the students have completed the activity, instruct them to write a paragraph for each painting; describing how they used the paints differently for each picture and how this affected the mood of their painting.
As an alternative or additional idea for this activity, supply the students with a fresh copy of the same picture and allow them to complete the activity again this time adding primary colours as they experiment with shade and tone using black and white paint.
Activity Five - Shapes and Lines
Begin the lesson by discussing bullying. Most children will have been subject to bullying, whether they were the victim or the bully. Have the students sit in a circle and allow each student to express how bullying makes them feel. Then give the students time to create a picture focusing on the elements of art; lines and shape.
Using a pencil and only these elements, students are to reflect upon the discussions at the beginning of the lesson and use either of the two elements to depict how the story or memory made them feel. Encourage students to create a picture with a happy emotion and one with a sad emotion. To conclude the activity allow the students to share their pieces with the class and discuss how the shapes and lines create contrasting emotions in their two pictures.
Using a pencil and only these elements, students are to reflect upon the discussions at the beginning of the lesson and use either of the two elements to depict how the story or memory made them feel. Encourage students to create a picture with a happy emotion and one with a sad emotion. To conclude the activity allow the students to share their pieces with the class and discuss how the shapes and lines create contrasting emotions in their two pictures.
Activity Six - Bullying collage
Hand out a number of magazines, along with some glue, paper and scissors to the students. Instruct them to cut out pictures, letters and anything else from the magazines that represents bullying and the victims of bullying. After everyone has finished creating their collages, have each student present their pictures to the class and explain why they picked the pictures on the page. Once explained encourage further discussion on bullying with stories from some of the students experiences with bullies--whether they have been the targets of bullying behaviors or the bullies themselves.