Elementary Visual School Arts

Name of Unit: Romare Bearden-Style Collages

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing

Introduction

Create Collage

Finish/Critique

Define the word collage,

learn about African

American artist, Romare

Bearden, and view

examples of collages by

Romare Bearden.

Discuss some of the

themes and items in

Bearden's collages (Social

Activism),

Teacher demonstration of

how to create a collage

following the examples of

Romare Bearden.

Students compose a

collage depicting a scene

from everyday life

Students will use the steps

in the critique process to

talk about peer work in

groups.

1 Session

2-3 Sessions

1 Session

Concepts

(students need to know)

Skills

(students need to be able

to do)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels

Collage techniques of
Romare Bearden
(using magazine and
construction paper)
Teacher MUST not let
student use whole images
from magazines as this is
copyright infringement.
Students MUST alter the
image or use pieces of an
image in this technique).

Safely draw and cut images

and shapes to be used in a

collage

Utilize prior knowledge and

learned skills of drawing

and collage to create

original art

Effectively balance shapes

Remembering

Applying

Evaluating

Creating