Creative Arts Methods, ARE 361-001

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Lesson Plan __3__ Name and date: Kalynn McCarty

April 11, 2017
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Presenter: Kalynn McCarty

Lesson title: Make Your Own Felt

Age range: 2nd through 8th

Medium: Wool roving

A. Description:
- During this lesson we will be exploring new materials such as wool
roving and how we can use it to make felt. Before we make our felt the
students will learn a little bit about the background of how felt is made
and discuss the history of it. Next the students will make their piece of
felt using the wool provided, the bag, and warm soapy water. Students
will be able to make their own design using the colors given. By using
new materials, students will learn yet another way of experimenting
with new materials given.
B. Enduring ideas/essential questions:
- What can you learn from making felt?
- Why would you need to make felt? (What are some uses?)
- How can you relate using and making felt to the real world?
C. Objectives (the participant will):
- Create a piece of felt from scratch
- Explore a new medium to see how they can manipulate it
- Relate how past cultures made materials to how they make their felt
D. Arizona Visual Arts Standards:
- Anchor Standard #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard #3: Refine and complete artistic work.
- Anchor Standard #11: Relate artistic ideas and work with societal,
cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
E. Instructional approach:
- Direct Instruction to begin the lesson
- Individual work
- Group discussion
F. Vocabulary:
- Wool Roving
- Culture
G. Materials/resources:
- Wool Roving variety of colors (provided)
- Sandwich Zip-locks (provided)
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- Warm Soapy Water

H. Activities/sequence:
1. First we will begin with learning about the history of how felt is made
and the uses that past cultures have used it for.
2. Next I will describe how we will make our felt
3. Students will work independently coming up with a design.
4. Then they will put the wool into the zip-lock bag with some soapy
water and let it dry
5. As we are waiting we will discuss the different techniques that each
person used
6. Everyone will take their artwork out of the bag and dab it with a paper
towel to get any excess water out.
7. Each of us will present our artwork to one another
I. Accommodations:
- Students will be able to make their own design
- This project can also be split within two days since it does need time to
dry
J. Enrichment activities:
- Students will be exploring a new set of materials and learning a recipe
on how to make felt. This will allow students to learn different
techniques to see what works and what doesnt while exploring new
materials.
K. Closure:
- To finish up the lesson, I will have a group discussion to discuss any
techniques that each student used. The next part of the discussion will
be the students presenting their artwork to the group and describing
what they made and if they found any techniques that worked well for
them.
L. Assessment procedure:

M. (Please attach pictures of instructor sample, set-up, and participant work)

N. Notes/additional reflections during or after teaching the lesson:

References:
http://kleas.typepad.com/kleas/2007/05/tutorialfelting.html