Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

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Planning and Organization of Art Education
Block 1 : Art Education
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Also stagecrafts, backdrops , lights(if possible),sound system have to be
organized.
This type of planning for art experience encourages students to combine reality
and fantasy in planning, to examine their environment, express the result of their
observations in a variety of media and materials.
The following subjects can be considered for doing art activities ;
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Prepare a bulletin board and paste cutting of newspapers including articles,
stories, poem, autobiography etc on specific themes & decorate in your
own way.
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Celebrate “earth day’. Ask children to read about earth’s need. Each student
can draw a picture or color of what they think, the earth needs. They can
write slogans to establish their opinion .
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Allow children to make a self portrait and let them add on to it for a few
days. The picture or image of self changes with add one day to day. On
enquiry they will reveal their future plans for self. A few motivating words
can help them to plan about a good future.
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Encourage them to make masks with paper craft and wear further. Allow
class to use those masks for role play.
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Children can create beautiful designs by leaf rubbing for prints – a fun craft
activity.
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Make a huge structure of dinosaur or giraffe or Mickey mouse in a group
and install at any prominent place in school.
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Children can create their own story or picture book.
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Organize or plan for an ‘Utsav’ or ‘Annual day’ celebration where children
can perform.
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Plan an exhibition where you can display the product/ outcome of art created
by children.
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Create your own cartoon character and name them and use them in a skit.