Art Making and Meaning:
Understanding through Questions
The Human Touch – Technical FeaturesQuestion for UnderstandingWhat tools, materials, and processes did the maker use? Art Making QuestionIf you were making an artwork, what tools, materials, and processes do you think you might use? Objective Students investigate tools, materials, and processes used to make art. Activity Ideas for All Students Show the DVD segment, “The Human Touch,” asking students to watch for specific tools, materials, and processes the artists mention or demonstrate. Give students practice and feedback by using some or all of the interactive “The Human Touch” CD activities, which you can project for an entire class or which individual students can view in a computer lab. Students can use the CD to 1) review what they learned on the DVD, 2) apply what they learned to their everyday visual world, and 3) recognize how inquiry about technical features applies to old and new art. As the basis for a written report, class presentation, or demonstration ask students to interview someone about how he or she makes something (construction worker, quilter, cook, car detailer, auto worker, computer chip worker, writer, musician, etc.). Students should identify specific tools, materials, and processes used by the makers they interview. Activity Ideas Art Students Complementary Activities from Stories of Art Supplementary Online Lessons |