ART 211 LESSON
Regional Alternative School Kintsugi Lesson
This lessons focus is on the Japanese art form of Kintsugi. Kintsugi is the ancient tradition of repairing pottery, in which instead of hiding the cracks, they are instead embellished. The central focus of this lesson is pride in ones' past and hardships.
IPTS STANDARDS
IPTS (2013) - STANDARD 1 - Teaching Diverse Students - The competent teacher understands the diverse characteristics and abilities of each student and how individuals develop and learn within the context of their social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences. The teacher uses these experiences to create instructional opportunities that maximize student learning.
Description: In this lesson I taught students how to do kintsugi. The students used the art form to express pride about past experiences.
Rationale: The cracks in the students ceramics that were embellished represented their past experiences that they were proud to share.
Evidence: Click here to view unit plan
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ASSESSMENT
IPTS (2013) -STANDARD 7 - Assessment - The competent teacher understands and uses appropriate formative and summative assessment for determining student needs, monitoring student progress, measuring student growth, and evaluating student outcomes. The teacher makes decisions driven by data about curricular and instructional effectiveness and adjusts practices to meet the needs of each student.
Description: We used an assessment for students to write what their meaning behind their art would be.
Rationale: The assessment makes the students think about and write what their specific meaning will be for their project.
Evidence: Click here to view assessment form
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ARTIST HANDOUT AND POWERPOINT
IPTS (2013) STANDARD 6 -Reading, Writing, and Oral Communication - The competent teacher has foundational knowledge of reading, writing, and oral communication within the content area and recognizes and addresses student reading, writing, and oral communication needs to facilitate the acquisition of content knowledge.
Description: I used an artist handout to show the students how kintsugi artists use the art form in the real world. My artist Yee Sookyung also pieces many different ceramics together to make new pots.
Rationale: The powerpoint and handout contain several questions that made students think deeper about the prompt and artwork.
Evidence: Click here to view Powerpoint
Click here to view Artist Handout
TEACHING DIVERSE STUDENTS
TEACHER EXAMPLE
This work consists of repairing pottery in such a way that the cracks are embellished, instead of hidden. I took ceramics and broke them on purpose. After this I repaired it with caulk and painted the cracks red.The artistic statement I am trying to make is that even though times may have been hard in the past, it is something to be proud of. Our past is what makes us who we are today, and these challenges we have faced, should be shown off instead of hidden. Personally the “tough time” I am focusing on is when my grandfather passed away. This was a very hard time in my adolescence, but I have come through the other side a stronger man.
LINK TO FOLDER
Click here to view the Google Drive folder. The folder contains the unit plan, artist handouts, formative assessments and rubrics, our presentation, and my example video.
STUDENT RESPONSES TO LESSON
Students were asked to fill out a form before and after the lesson.
