Curriculum Project Planning Sheet Please submit final plan in typed format Title of Curriculum Project ; Illuminated Manuscripts: Stories of Bravery Project Teachers and/or Leaders Julie Rosen Date Fall 2011 Age of Children/Youth 8-12 Project Description/Overview Participants will learn about illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages as they learn various related techniques to create their own. They will create books and illuminated manuscript pages that explore the style of the original texts as well as the traditions of narrative represented therein. Individual projects will guide them to express their own stories through poetry and narrative as well as through the elements of color, design and illustration. The jewel-like quality of the form and the nature of the colors used (described as showing the light that glows within) will provide an overarching metaphor that emphasizes how unique and important every individual’s story is. Narrative topics/prompts will be developed as the tone of the group becomes clear. With a consistent group. Ideally the level of self-reflection and sharing will become increasingly personal and meaningful as the community of learners becomes more comfortable with one another. Art skills will include watercolor painting, aluminum emboss, basic bookbinding, printmaking, calligraphy and (possibly) gilding. Concurrently, students will have a choice table at which they will work in various media. At his table, they will explore materials and engage in artistic inquiry that emphasizes the problem solving of a “process” emphasis, while giving them an opportunity to assert agency. Possible projects here will be marbleizing, collage/decoupage, basic stencil silkscreen printing and clay.
Goal(s) The overall goal of this project is to (A goal is what you hope to achieve during the course of the curriculum project or series of lessons. Goals are endpoints – the destination. They are comprehensive, longer-term, subjective and describe states of mind The goals of this curriculum are as follows: - 90% of students will expand their abilities to assert themselves and build confidence through taking risks with materials and imagery. -guide students to engage in creating a supportive and cooperative social environment -teach students visual art-making skills, concepts and vocabulary which will increase knowledge, self-esteem and confidence. -80% students will engage in work in work that will expand their abilities to selfreflect and to translate these reflections into visual, verbal and written communication. Guide students to explore their own stories and aspirations through parallel story-narratives.
1