2.4. Literature and Art lesson plan

Subject (Geography, Art, Literature, History) Literature and Art

Age of the students 3-4 years old Goals of the lessons Using literature and art as a tool of understanding modernism. Learning that modernism is an art movement that’s also applied in literature. Children to be exposed to modern art

Venue

Results Classroom- visit to an art exhibition. Louise Bourgeois's monumental sculpture Maman (1999) is brought to the Greek public by NEON and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). Children visited the exhibit. Maman, standing at over 10 metres tall, was created for the Tate Modern’s first Turbine Hall commission in 2000, and was subsequently cast in an edition of bronze, stainless steel, and marble. Painting our own portraits of mother and reading literature books with subject relevant to mother and family Children were introduced to modernism viewing the sculpture that was made as a symbol of motherhood. The portraits they created were also a hands-on activity regarding the art lesson. The literature class read relevant books both in Greek and English lessons as a part of the introduction to talking about this subject. It was a fun and creative way to enforce art and use literature in other ways

Resources

Duration Exhibition. The books: Greek book: “The day my mother lied” and the English book: “The bears in the bed and the Great Big Storm”. Handmade portraits and memory book May, a month dedicated to mothers

Content

Exercises/labs examples Modernism was taught is small aged children through a subject that they like the most. Their mother. The installation of Mamam was a view of how art can be expressive of our thoughts and feelings. The portraits that students made gave them the same feeling. The colours and the backround they selected to use were a statement of their feelings towards the subject. The shapes were according to modernism. The literature was simple stories referring to the modern techniques. language, ways of writing, use of frames and themes During visiting the Maman sculpture, children created their own memory book using materials and photos that brought with them. Pieces of clothes with a special meaning to them and photographs were used to make their own personal and unique family book

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