![]() ![]() Note - the hot glue and the Permanent Markers weren't quite as permanent as Jan had hoped. You can see that on the base of the tiles. These were mounted on 4" (10 cm) ceramic tiles with hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Sticks. Twisteez Wire makes a good choice for this project - but any wire that can easily be bent and twisted works fine. We did transfer the blind contour to the tile and traced over that in permanent marker ( Saral Transfer Paper can be use for this - use white for transferring to black surface). After a talk about Alexander Calder, they created a wire sculpture, 3-D, of their blind contour drawing - not their actual hand. The next activity was blind contour of their hand, posed in sign language, of one of their initials. Last year Jan had her 5th grade students do a hand 'self-portrait' - just their hand and some object which tells about them (soccer ball, book, tennis racquet, etc.) These were 8-1/2" x 12" (21.5 x 30.5 cm), in Oil Pastels. This this lesson is adaptable to middle school and high school. Middle School example submitted by Carol O'Neil Grade level: Upper elementary through middle school (even high school) Lesson is suitable for middle school grades and up. Submitted by: Cecilia Laureys, Marywood Palm Valley School, Rancho Mirage, CAĪfter drawing of hands from life, students created a fantasy/surreal handscape applying the knowledge gained in the life drawings of hands. In this example, negative space was painting with watercolors.įor younger students, patterned hands could be cut out and mounted on Construction Paper. ![]() Students draw contours of hands and fill with pattern, symbols/motifs that will communicate something about themselves. Grace levels: All level (this example is a high school student) ![]() Grade level: Middle School through High School Lesson Series: Give Your Students a Hand! Lesson ideas for all grade levels Unit: Hands Around the World - Symbols of Power - Protection - Identity ![]()
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