Tie Dye Paper

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Photo Credit: ozjimbob via Compfight cc

September 10, 2014

Studio in Art

Objectives

  • Know and understand the concept of peace and the basics of the 1960’s anti-war movement and hippie counterculture.
  • Continue to create a pinwheel for the International Day of Peace on September 21.
  • Understand and experiment with the technique of tie-dying.

Essential Question

  •  Is peace simply the absence of war?

Focusing Task

  • What, Where, When, Why, Who and How activity

Guided Practice

  • Teacher will review
    • Peace – a state of tranquility or quiet, freedom from negative emotions, or harmony in our relationships.
    • The phrase “peace time” means that there is no war but violence often still exists on some level (in the community)
    • Peace is the presence of justice – fairness
  • Things that defined the hippie counterculture:  Peace, love, rock n roll, tie dye

Learning Activity

  • Teacher will review the project
    • Students will use tissue paper to create a tie-dye effect for one side of a pinwheel that will be created to the International Day of Peace on September 21. 
    • Students will fold and tightly rubber band their paper.
      • Need at least 3 rubber bands.
      • Students will use food coloring to saturate the paper.
  • Students who finish early will work on unfinished work.

Closure

  • Clean Up
  • Review What, Where, When, Why, Who and How activity
    • What:  Anti war movements
    • Where:  US; college campuses
    • When: 1960s
    • Who:  A counterculture of American youth emerged based on peace, love and freedom that criticized social injustice, lack civil rights, and the Vietnam War
    • How:  They led protests (some peaceful and some violent), marches, and teach-ins
    • Why:  They were protesting the high cost of war, the draft and the loss of American soldiers

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