ART Contingency Plan 3/16 – 4/20

Objective: Students will be able to Upcycle to create 1 decorative or useful object from clean trash/waste or unwanted items around the home. Students will be able to creatively imagine and transform that existing product in some way to add value. reduce waste and improve the efficiency of the resource used. (See examples in lesson)

Dear Parents and Students, Revised 3/29/20

1. Our remote learning Art classroom has been extended through 4/20/2020. Continue to check the various platforms your using to get assignments and updates Ex: Hempstead Public Schools webpage, Barack Obama Schools teachers page (K. Chester), Unified Classroom, and Class DoJo. 2. Students are required to attend the Zoom live art classroom at their regularly scheduled art time. 3. During that time, we will meet for project support, questions, brainstorming, visuals/videos related to topic . 4. Students please come prepared with paper, pencil and anything your working on to share with the class. 5. Students and parents, you can contact me @ [email protected]

Note: All students grade 1-6 are participating in this Earth Day assignment. Students need to produce grade level appropriate projects under the supervision of an adult (please assist with tools and construction where applicable). Please guide your student as they research and browse online to help them formulate their idea. They will need to spend quality time with you brainstorming, sketching, collecting and listing out their project need. They are to only use materials and tools that are available at home to upcycle and repurpose.

Some suggested searches: Upcycle art, recycled art, upcycled crafts, recycled crafts, DIY crafts, trash to treasure.

Revised due date: Upcycled ART project due 4/10/20 (along with vocabulary, and preliminary sketches and notes)

Revised due date: Artist statement due 4/20 after the spring recess.

Lesson: Upcycling to make art. Saving our planet and making the world more beautiful one art project at a time.

Essential question: After an item has been used for its original intended purpose what do we do with it? Can we do something else useful with it? Can we reuse it or better yet can we UPCYLE it?

Upcycling is…all about breathing new life into old items you have available right at home.

Why is Upcycling Important?

Teacher: “You may be thinking, “Why should I take the time to upcycle? Isn’t recycling good enough?” Well, there are a lot of reasons why upcycling is so important. First, let’s establish the difference between recycling and upcycling.

While recycling involves breaking down material to be reused (which decreases the material’s value), upcycling is all about finding new, creative ways to reuse the material (thus increasing its value)! So, like recycling, upcycling reduces the amount of landfill waste you generate; however, upcycling also creates a new product that has a functional and/or decorative use.”

Let’s look at some student examples in the gallery.

Questions: Do you recognize the objects use to make each piece? What kids of materials did they use? Where did they go to get these materials? Do you think they put in a lot of effort and craftsmanship into their work and why?

Below are VISUALS to admire not to copy! Be inspired by other artist but always be but be original!

beautiful/decorative items. useful items collage of found objects. Educational toys

Musical instruments, make great gifts collaborative games , tools you can use to make art

Revised: Pacing guide: What you should be working on each week.

• Utilize you weekly 35-minute art time each week to Live Zoom with me and your classmates to discuss, answer questions, brainstorm and share out your ideas. Use the rest of your week /weekend to work with adult supervision on your Upcycled idea.

3/16/2020 WEEK 1-2

What is Upcycling? Upcycling is the practice of creating a useable product from waste or unwanted items or adapting an existing product in some way to add value. The purpose of upcycling is reducing waste and improving the efficiency of the resource used.

Next, let’s talk about waste. Remember that helpful catchphrase that everyone uses when talking about how to be eco-friendly? Reduce, reuse, recycle!

Well, I recently learned that these three actions are actually in order of importance. First and foremost, we should make the effort to reduce the number of things we buy and resources we use (i.e., taking shorter showers and avoiding impulse purchases that we don’t really need).

Next is reusing, which includes upcycling!

Last is recycling -- so, while it's obviously important to recycle, it is more important to prioritize those first two steps over recycling.

View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DJ45Yc3urg - A catchy song about our vocabulary words.

view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX55cKJvg-g take a tortrix to a recycling plant.

I CAN define vocabulary; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Upcycle. Submit.

I CAN research (Upcycled art and objects) on computer, tablet or phone. Record time researching. Submit

I CAN brainstorm some creative, safe and possible ideas and create supply lists. Submit drawings and lists.

3/23/2020 WEEK 2-3

Students can learn how to take personal responsibility as they begin to understand recycling is good, but upcycling is better! We create too much waste, and upcycling is a fun way to reduce the amount of garbage we make.

Essential Questions: review and discuss. • What are others are doing that is making the earth “sick.”? • Can you make analogies between the Earth’s systems and the human body’s systems when it comes to the health of both systems? How is the Earth’s sickness similar to what our bodies do when we are sick? • What can we do to stop the Earth from feeling sick? • What can we as artist do to help the Earth feel better? • What the name of the art form that uses waste/trash as inspiration and creative materials?

I CAN collect materials I will be working with for example: empty K-Cups and used coffee filter T-shirts Empty bottles, jugs, and containers with lids, Broken jewelry and old toys, Toilet paper rolls and paper towel tubes, Empty bottles, jugs, and containers with lids, broken jewelry and old toys, toilet paper rolls and paper towel tubes, Newsprint, magazines, and old books, Paper and plastic bags, Boxes (Kleenex, cereal, baby wipes),Egg carto, Plastic utensils, Candy wrappers, Juice pouches and juice boxes etc.

I CAN work in collaboration with an adult when necessary and in order to be safe. 3/302020 WEEK 3//4

I CAN continue to create an upcycled work of art. project.

I CAN edit and refine work and complete.

Week 4/5 4/3/2020

I CAN continue to create an upcycled work of art. project.

I CAN edit and refine work and complete.

CAN begin to write a rough draft: artist statement of purpose. Write briefly about your idea, its purpose and materials you will use. Refer to the flow chart in lesson

Week 5 Vacation Assignment • Lower grades will need family support. Parent can interview the student artist, take notes to help student 1. With you Upcycled Art project should be form a grade level appropriate response to answer to complete. the five questions on the flow chart below. 2. Begin or continue to develop your artist statement rough draft and draft your final copy. • All Students must restate the question and answer This statement must be handed in with your Upcycled Art with at least 1 complete sentence for each question. project. It 3. can be handwritten r typed. • Reponses need to be show effort and skills of the grade level they are on.

I CAN continue to write a rough draft: artist statement of purpose. I can write briefly about your idea, its purpose and materials you will use. Refer to the flow chart in lesson

I CAN finalize my artist statement of purpose to hand in with your completed upcycled art project.

This is a self-assessment please think about and write critically about artistic decisions. Use the flow chart to help you organize your brief thoughts. Edit your work for spelling and grammar and submit this work along with your Upcycled artwork and scan or email pictures. Prior to April 20th for grading.

Please bring in all work the first day we return to school.

EXTRA CREDIT: vacation project, on next page. Extension lesson/Extra Credit:

ACTIVITY View and complete activity: Submit art work with final project

View and research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RLrTCVmLCc The Insane True Scale of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

I can collage multiple images randomly (upside down, sideways, here, there and everywhere) across my drawing to visually communicate using a a bird’s eye view the random mess of garbage actually looks like.

I can draw at least 10 plastic items that I think may be floating around in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch giving us a bird’s eye view of the random mess.