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