Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Book Overview
Unit 1: Prehistoric Times and Civilizations: And the Journey Begins…
Chapter 1: Cave Paintings: The First Marks of Man
Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, Four Boys, a Dog, a Cave and a Big Adventure Lesson 2: Role Playing Activities Lesson 3: Creating a Cave Painting Lesson 4: Making the Artwork, Fusion of Prehistoric and Futuristic Painting Lesson 5: Comparative Artwork Experience Water
Lesson 6: Venus of Willendorf, the First Sculpture, It Started with a Rock Chapter 2: Sumerian Clay Statues: Dedicated to the One I Love
Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, Can I Make a Statue Too?
Lesson 2: Activity “20 Squares” Board Game
Lesson 3: The Standard of Ur, Exploring Contradictions and Conflicts in Society
Lesson 4: Making the Artwork, Clay Votive Statue
Lesson 5: The Epic of Gilgamesh Explored
Chapter 3: Flower Design: Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction Lesson 2: Preserve in Plaster Lesson 3: Botanical Art: Making a Botanical Illustration, Art Meets Science Lesson 4: Hanging Gardens Mixed Media Collage Unit 2: Egyptian Art and Civilization: Protection and Preservation Chapter 4: What’s in a Name? Lucky Charms: Creating a Cartouche and Making an Amulet
Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, “Cracking the Code”Lesson 2: Group Game: Code, Code, Crack and Create Lesson 3: Making Your Own Cartouche Lesson 4: Discovering Amulets Lesson 5: Getting Personal with Pyramids, Making a Paper Pyramid Sculpture Chapter 5: Pots for Prosperity: Making Canopic Jars Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, You Saw What at the Museum? Lesson 2: Creating the Clay Canopic Jar Lesson 3: Canopic Jars Made from Recyclable Materials Chapter 6: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Creating a Narrative Painting Lesson 1: Observations, Storytelling, “I Dig Archaeology” and a Creative Activity Lesson 2: “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words,” Making a Narrative Painting Lesson 3: It’s All in Your Hat, Making a Hat Collage Unit 3: Greek Art and Civilization: Creating a Legacy Chapter 7: Masters of Pottery: Making a Greek Vase Lesson 1: Storytelling, A John Keats’s Inspired Tale of a Grecian Pot
Lesson 2: Making Pottery Inspired by the Ancient Greeks
Chapter 8: Pillars of Greek Architecture: Pillars of Greece and Piet Mondrian Lesson 1: Storytelling, The Contest of Athena and Poseidon Lesson 2: Making a Greek Architectural Watercolor with a Trace of Piet Mondrian Chapter 9: Masks of Mythology and Theater: Masks, Myths and Magic Lesson 1: Storytelling, “Pygmalion Again and Again”
Lesson 2: Olympic Games, Role Playing “Let’s Make a Game of It”
Lesson 3: Mask Making
Appendix A: Handouts for Chapters 1–9
Appendix B: Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets
Lesson 1: Concepts in Arts and Principles of Design
Lesson 2: Exploring Color and Creating a Color Wheel
Lesson 3: Designing with Texture
Lesson 4: Basics for Graphite Pencil Drawing
Lesson 5: Basics for Colored Pencil Drawing
Lesson 6: Basics for Charcoal Drawing
Lesson 7: Basics on Pastels (Hard and Soft Pastels)
Lesson 8: Basics on Oil Pastels
Lesson 9: Basics on Colored Makers
Lesson 10: Acrylic and Tempera Painting
Lesson 11: Basics on Watercolor Painting (Transparent Painting Medium)
Lesson 12: Building Blocks of Shapes
Lesson 13: Basics on Mixed Media and Collage
Lesson 14: Basics on Clay Hand Building
Appendix C: Handouts for Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets Appendix D: Figures Works Cited About the Authors About the Contributor
