Elementary Visual School Arts

Protocol (SIOP)

methods

signaling

teachers Sheltered

Instruction

Observation

Protocol

Instructional Resources and Materials

Physical Technology-Based

Old magazines and
newspapers

Teacher-selected print
resources about Romare
Bearden or printouts from the
sites listed in the lesson

Different colored construction
paper

Scissors

Glue or paste

Computers with Internet
access and color printer or
print resources about
Romare Bearden and
pictures of his collages

Teacher resources:

The Romare Bearden Foundation Website:

http://www.beardenfoundation.org/education/activity.shtml

National Gallery of Art:

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/beardencg.pdf

Metropolitan Museum of Art:

http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/interactives/art-

trek/romare-bearden-lets-walk-the-block

Unit Vocabulary Terms Enrichment/Extension Interdisciplinary

Connections

Priority

Standards

Concepts

Supporting

Standards

Concepts

and Other

Unit-

Specific

Terms

Collage

Overlapping

Romare Bearden

Inspiration

Elements of Art:

Line

Shape

Social

Activism

Technique

Recycling

Original

Display collages

Write about the collages

Research more famous artists

from North Carolina

Discuss this excerpt from -

Michael Brenson

“What gave these

(Bearden’s) collages

special power was their

size. Originally they were

no larger than 14 by 18

inches, but striving for

monumentality, Bearden

Social Studies:

Harlem

Southern

experiences

Farming

Music:

Jazz