Welcome back from Holiday Break!
As we return we will be working on a school wide community project. During our discussion on what community means, why it is important and how we can help our own community we will also be creating a project to display in the halls. As a school each class will complete the worksheet below and create a small house to display down the halls as tiny communities. I hope to add photos as we go through this process together. I have included the definition of community and the worksheet for now, photos will come later this week. (Update: kindergarten photos of the first step)
(Update #2 The painting stage! Caution this is gonna get messy ! )
But don’t worry I have some of the best students around they came in during their recess to help just for fun 🙂
(Update #3 We have started to complete the houses and hang them up in the halls. I created a sidewalk for them to line up and so far all of Mondays classes were able to complete theirs.)
(Update #4 the hallway is beginning to look like a real town. A few of my students even started making Hospitals, Vets and Bakery store fronts)
I quickly realized when hanging the houses up that the closer they are to each other the nicer they look.
If you would like to help out with this project beyond just its creation we are looking for donations of the following supplies
Supplies we can use to help with this project:
Cardboard
Glue
community
3.a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually preceded by the):
4.a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage:
7.joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.:
Definition found at:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/community
Original Worksheet for this project is as follows
My Community
Name_______________________________Date____________Class_______
My community is important to me because________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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I can make my community better by _____________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
I feel it is important to help my community because ___________________________
_________________________________________________________________
The project idea originated from the following website for ornaments:
https://www.artcampla.com/new-blog/2016/12/7/day-8-little-cardboard-house-ornament
Artist of Focus: Beverly Buchanan
Beverly Buchanan is an African-American artist who explores Southern vernacular architecture in her art. Ms. Buchanan’s work is widely collected and can be found in several major museums.
Many of Ms. Buchanan’s drawings and sculptures displayed in the online galleries above are available and can be purchased directly. For more information, send e-mail to art@beverlybuchanan.com or submit the form on the Contact page.
