Fantastic Creatures Invented and Real: Mixed media art 

Primary Goals

• Personal expression and enjoyment
• Engagement and group participation
• Social skills or peer interaction
• Self-esteem and confidence
• Self-awareness and regulation
• Listening and responding
• Fine or gross motor skills
• Attention or memory skills
• Sensory awareness and integration
• Critical or creative thinking
• Development in other academic subject through art
• Good Work Habits

We will explore fantastic beings throughout history (Greek mythology) and real ones (animal kingdom). Each class I will read a story related to the specific activity and students will learn to represent their fantastic creature using a new medium and a new technique. Techniques include: sculpture making with found objects, wire sculptures, stenciling, printing, collage.

Supports Wisconsin Standards for Art and Design, as well as academic area standards for chosen integrated subjects:

-World Languages
-Social Studies
-English Language Arts

Integrated Subjects include Literary Arts, Geography, History, World Languages

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