Title: Find the Element
Grade Level: Middle School
History/Background: QR codes are 2-D barcodes that link to websites via smartphones. They can be used like hyperlinks that link from a non-digital source to the internet. Many collections in art museums can now be viewed electronically, and this lesson will utilize both of these technologies.
Standards:
9.1.6.C Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.
9.1.6.K.Apply traditional and contemporary technology in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.
9.3.6.A Identify critical processes in the examination of works in the arts and humanities.
Goal: To use QR codes to visit galleries online and find a work of art that meets a certain set of criteria, and list the title, artist, date, and medium and how it features a certain element on a worksheet.
Objectives:
1. To snap the QR code
2. To visit the gallery the QR code links to online.
3. To find a piece of art that features a certain element/principle according to a corresponding worksheet.
4. To list the title, artist, date, and medium and write a brief description of how that element or principle is featured in the work of art.
5. To submit the worksheet.
Requirements: Snap the 5 QR codes, visit the five galleries, find a work of art from each gallery that features the following elements/principles respectively: Line, Balance, Texture, Movement, Proportion.
Resources/Materials/Visual Aids: QR code Worksheet, Computer with Internet Access, National Gallery Website, Smartphone, Projector.
Materials/ Supplies: none
Teacher Preparation: Teacher will create a worksheet that contains 5 QR codes, each linking to a different gallery within the National Gallery and having a corresponding element or principle the students will need to find in one of the works within the gallery.
Introduction to Lesson:
· Teacher will discuss and demonstrate how QR codes are used.
· Teacher will review the meaning of the elements and principles using examples from famous works of art.
Directions:
1. Using the provided worksheet, snap the QR code with your phone to visit the gallery it links to.
2. Next to the QR code on the worksheet, you will find an element or principle that you need to find within one of the works of art in that gallery.
3. On the worksheet, list the title, artist, and a brief description of how that element or principle is demonstrated in your selected work of art.
4. Come to class prepared to discuss the works you've chosen.
Closure: Using the projector, we will go through the worksheet together as a class. Students will offer to share the work they found and how it contains the elements and principles.
Critique/Evaluation/Assessment: Participation during class discussion and individual evaluation of worksheets.
Timeframe:
· 2 class periods (45 minute per class)
· 1st class: Introduce lesson and begin worksheet in computer lab. Students will complete the worksheet for homework.
· 2nd class: Class discussion
Vocab: Line, Balance, Texture, Movement, Proportion.
Safety Concerns:None
Sources:
http://delivr.com/qr-code-generator
http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm
Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Line?
Find BALANCE
Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Balance?
Find TEXTURE
Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Texture?
Find MOVEMENT
Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Movement?
Find PROPORTION
Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Proportion?
