Review & Midterm Quiz

 

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The Ethnosphere

By Wade Davis

The class will be introduced to National Geographic's Explorer Wade Davis who teaches about what he calls the ethnosphere, a word he uses to describe the imaginative contributions of humanity to the planet. He makes emphasis on people's stories. They are global resources, just like air, water, and green life.  Just like the biosphere, the ethnosphere is also threatened by rampant modernization and globalization. 

(22:19 min)

Question 1

 

According to Wade Davis what is the ethnosphere?

 

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Collage

 

Artist Jacob Intilé

 

Turning Pages of Magazines Into Surreal Collages

 

Jacob Intilé is a Vancouver based artist who captures the seriousness of each creature as we realize them in nature. However, through his work he is able to give them new depth in their collaged transformations. They become kings or emperors from another dimension. As expressed by Cynthia Schmelzer in strictlypaper.com, his "ornate and otherworldly costumes all use of symmetry as an underlying theme throughout."

Collage is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

Question 2

 

After watching this video, how would you define the word collage?

 

 

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Review

Installation Art

Found objects

Readymades

Marcel Duchamp

Nature's Art

Conceptual Art

Ana Mendieta

Collage

Ethnosphere

Naive Art

Parts of a lesson

Learning Theories

Student Centered Approach

Jacob Intilé

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Quiz 1

Installation Art, Nature Art, Naive Art (Drawing) and Collage

1. How can an installation art piece  be used to teach an academic subject?

2. Why is nature's art a valid way of bringing attention to ecology?

3. Drawing enhances learning of language arts. Explain

4. A collage develops several skills while allowing children to be creative. Explain.

5. Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up. 

In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation, mindfulness and relaxation techniques.

How would you implement the warm up done in class so far in your future lessons?   

6.  Name the various parts of a lesson plan.

7. What curriculum have we used in class as reference in the creation of our lesson plans?

8. Why is conceptual art important in the teaching of academic subjects?

9. In the article Drawing on an Outdated Theory by Jess Dorn, one finds the following quote:

It is sometimes said that our brain consists of a left hemisphere that excels in intellectual, rational, verbal, and analytical thinking and a right hemisphere that excels in sensory discrimination and in emotional, nonverbal, and intuitive thinking. However, in the normal brain, with extensive commissural interconnections, the interaction of the two hemispheres is such that we cannot dissociate clearly their specialized functions.

Why is the theory more of a useful analogy at this point? Explain

10. Why should kids draw?

11. Which learning theory do you identify the most with and why?

12. Name the most important parts of a lesson plan according to the MDCPS' Curriculum. Explain why they are important?