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Hello Dolly, Well, Hello Dolly: Dolls as Unit of Study A School-wide, Integrated, World-view of the Doll. Presented at the National Art Education Association Convention March 15, 2006 (6:00-6:50) East Suite, 4th Floor Bob Reeker Lincoln Public Schools Lincoln, Nebraska - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Hello Dolly, Well, Hello Hello Dolly, Well, Hello Dolly: Dolls as Unit of Dolly: Dolls as Unit of
StudyStudyA School-wide, Integrated,
World-view of the DollPresented at the
National Art Education Association Convention
March 15, 2006 (6:00-6:50)East Suite, 4th Floor
Bob ReekerLincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, NebraskaEmail: breeker@lps.org
http://ulhomepage.lps.org/breeker/web/index.html
Lincoln, Nebraska225,000+ population
Home to the University of Nebraska- 2006 National Volleyball Champions!
Located in the Southeast corner of the state
Second largest city in the state - Omaha is the largest
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Lincoln Public Schools
Total students: 32,505
LPS employees: 7,170—2,803 teachers
Students attend: 36 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, 6 high schools, 1 alternative high school; 3 high school focus programs—Science Focus Program (Zoo School), Arts and Humanities Focus Program, and the Technology Focus Program
Art Specialists, full & part-time, in all elementary schools but 4
Supportive District Art Consultant - Nancy Childs
Collaborative Colleagues - 15 presentations at this National Conference
My Career HistoryYear One (1990) - Art on a Cart :)
Two years as an administrator
In the last 5 years, in 5 different buildings
2004-05 Nebraska Art Educator of the Year
Newly-elected NAEA Elementary Division Director-Elect
I am in my 3rd year teaching at Eastridge Elementary as a .5 Art and .5 Integrated Technology Specialist - 215 students - ECSE - Grade 5. I see all students twice a week.
Why dolls?Why dolls?Dolls have a universal appeal. From Native American Cornhusk and Kachina dolls to Guatemalan Worry dolls to Russian Nesting dolls as well as modern day action figures to delicate, finely-dressed porcelain dolls, not to mention, historicaland today’s paper dolls to Barbie and Raggedy Ann,the doll manifests itself in some fashion in nearlyevery culture in the world.
Why dolls?Why dolls?
Children bond with dolls in a special manner. Whether used as comfort or play or as a tool for imitating life,dolls perform an important roll in the personal andsocial growth for children.
I share with my students that as a four-year old, Ideveloped a need for a baby doll. My family purchaseda baby doll for me. This need was the result of the latest cousin born into our family.
I was imitating life.
Why dolls?Why dolls?My inspiration for an all-school doll unit came from apresentation at the 2005 National Art Education Convention in Boston. A teacher had based her entire Art curriculum on tea, tea pots, and tea cups. I loved the idea, however, I dislike the taste of tea. And I did not want to focus an entire year’s curriculum on one area, so…
I started thought showering about concepts/ideas/items Universal to all people, thus…
DOLLS!
Why dolls?Why dolls?
In addition, I had just found out I was going to be a new Daddy…adopting a baby from Guatemala. I had collectedmany Guatemalan artifacts, including the famous worrydolls.
How did I start?How did I start?
I just started collecting images and artifacts.
Once you get the word out to your family and friends,colleagues, and students/families you are looking for dolls, you are good to go…
Web images, books, actual doll artifacts, postcards, items thestudents brought in…images just poured to me!
Anything dealing with dolls, I nabbed!
Then…Then…
I started each unit with eachI started each unit with eachclass explaining this wasclass explaining this wasa school-wide doll unit…toa school-wide doll unit…towatch for each others’ watch for each others’ images or to talk withimages or to talk withstudents other than in yourstudents other than in yourgrade about dolls.grade about dolls.
Kindergarten - Paper Doll MasksKindergarten - Paper Doll MasksIn this age of technology, kids don’t know paper dolls..
We started with defining a paper doll and looking at manyimages...actual paper dolls as well as images off the net.
Each child received a paper plate with pre-cut eye holes. Abase skin color was added first.
Then, using oil pastels, basic details were added.
Art problem: Make a self-portrait mask as if you are a doll.
Kindergarten - Paper Doll MasksKindergarten - Paper Doll Masks
Prior to coming in the next class period, I attach elastic forwearing the mask and display the masks.
To embellish the mask, students use Elmer’s glue and texture items in baskets on their tables. I encourage them touse at least 3 different types of textures.
Finally, we wrap up textures, share the masks, and thengo on a Mask Parade through the office. Masks go home then.
Kindergarten - Paper Doll MasksKindergarten - Paper Doll Masks
1st Grade - Kachina-inspired Dolls1st Grade - Kachina-inspired DollsWith any cultural study, I think it is important that childrenrealize that since their heritage is probably not directly connected to the culture, we are only creating images that are inspired by theculture.
I’ve made Kachina-inspired dolls with first graders in both ceramic clay and paper mache’.
We start the unit looking at Kachina images and viewing a Kachina Powerpoint.
Art Problem:Create a doll inspired by the Native Americantradition of Kachina Dolls.
Kachina-inspired
Dolls
Kachina Dolls were created byNative Americans for several reasons:
1. As good luck charms
2. As toys for children
3. As works of art
We will make Kachina-inspired dolls.We start with a sketch.
Next, we build our form.
Next, we paper mache’ the form.
Next, we paint our form one solid color.
Next, we paint the details.
Finally, we glue on texture itemsfor embellishment.
Our final results are wonderfulcreations of art called Kachina-inspired dolls.
Tech Connect…Tech Connect…
Students are introduced to PhotoshopElements using a Kachinaimage. Using the paint
bucket tool and filters, studentsalter the photograph tocreate a new image.
2nd Grade - Russian Nesting Dolls2nd Grade - Russian Nesting Dolls
Also called Matryoshka Dolls, these dolls that diminish in size and fit into one another, are a favorite of kids!
Just as with first grade, we spend time looking and learningabout these dolls by looking at images and a Powerpoint.
Russian Matryoshka Nesting Dolls
Doll Unit
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What is a Russian Matryoshka Nesting
Doll? "Matryoshka" are Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls stacked within the bigger ones.
Nesting dolls are the best known and most popular of all Russian souvenirs.
Matryoshka means “a little Matryona,” the Russian name that means “mother.”
There are many kinds of Matryoshka dolls coming from different areas in Russia.
"Matryoshka" are Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls stacked within the bigger ones.
Nesting dolls are the best known and most popular of all Russian souvenirs.
Matryoshka means “a little Matryona,” the Russian name that means “mother.”
There are many kinds of Matryoshka dolls coming from different areas in Russia.
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HistoryHistory The first Russian Matryoshka was
made in 1890 by two men. It contained 8 pieces: a girl
with a black rooster was followed by a boy and then by a girl again and so on. All figurines were different from each other, the last one was a figurine of a baby wrapped in diaper.
Usually the apron was considered the most important part and showed the main design element
Since their invention Matryoshka dolls have become an important symbol of Russian Culture.
The first Russian Matryoshka was made in 1890 by two men.
It contained 8 pieces: a girl with a black rooster was followed by a boy and then by a girl again and so on. All figurines were different from each other, the last one was a figurine of a baby wrapped in diaper.
Usually the apron was considered the most important part and showed the main design element
Since their invention Matryoshka dolls have become an important symbol of Russian Culture.
www.russianlegacy.com/nestingdolls.htm#history
Making MatryoshkasMaking Matryoshkas
First, wood is carefully selected from lime, birch, alder and aspen trees.
First, wood is carefully selected from lime, birch, alder and aspen trees.
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Making Matryoshkas
Making Matryoshkas
Second Matryoshkas are carefully carved out of wood using a special tool called a lathe.
Second Matryoshkas are carefully carved out of wood using a special tool called a lathe.
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Matryoshkas are hand painted withbrushes, usually by women artists.
Matryoshkas are hand painted withbrushes, usually by women artists.
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Making MatryoshkasMaking Matryoshkas
After the matryoshkas are painted varnish is applied to finish the doll.
After the matryoshkas are painted varnish is applied to finish the doll.
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Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
Matryoshkas can be painted many different ways.
Matryoshkas can be painted many different ways.
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Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
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Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
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Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
Variations of Matryoshka Dolls
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2nd Grade - Russian Nesting Dolls2nd Grade - Russian Nesting DollsPrior to the unit, I put out the call to all 2nd grade studentfamilies to borrow these dolls and got a great response. We borrowed 10 different sets of nesting dolls.
Dolls were set up around the room with strict orders for no one to touch…and they didn’t! The art problem: Students were required to draw at least5 dolls but could draw more. Drawings were finished in coloredpencil and then cut out and mounted on construction paper.
2nd Grade - Russian Nesting Dolls2nd Grade - Russian Nesting Dolls
Tech Connect…Tech Connect…The top image is a pencil color drawing done by hand in the art room. Note thetwo colors of paper to represent a tableand a wall.
The second image was done in Kid Pix.Students were given a template, addeddrawn details, and then a paint bucketwas utilized for adding color.
The final image is a similar exerciseto the first grade Kachina imagesdone in Photoshop Elements.
3rd Grade - Doll Synthesized Portraits3rd Grade - Doll Synthesized Portraits
“What if you were a doll? What would you look like?”
This is the question I posed my third graders at the start ofthis unit.
Synthesis was defined and examples shown from the net.
Then I came up with three dolls that American Pop Culturehas made popular and famous…
Any ideas of which three I chose?
Doll/Human Synthesis
Raggedy Ann & Andy Cabbage Patch Kids
Barbie & KenDraw a doll on this side. Onthe back, draw a self-portrait.
3rd Grade - 3rd Grade - Doll Doll Synthesized Synthesized PortraitsPortraits
3rd Grade - Doll Synthesized Portraits3rd Grade - Doll Synthesized Portraits
Once they practiced a doll and self-portrait (mirrors were madeavailable for observation of faces), we talked about thespecial features of each. Those features would make up a dollthat looked like them! We had discussed and practiced, prior to this activity, the drawing of a face in proportion.
Images were drawn in pencil, colored with crayon, cut out, and mounted on construction paper.
The art problem: Draw a doll image that synthesizes yourfeatures with those features of a doll of your choice.
Tech Connect…Tech Connect…
I feel the most fun part of this unit was when we synthesized thefaces of their teachers with dolls. Using Photoshop Elements,the face of a teacher and a face of a doll were layered. Then, students used the erase tool to expose parts of the face on the bottomlayer. Doll images used were Barbie and Raggedy Ann.Both teachers were VERY GOOD sports about this activity!Images were printed in black and white and then hand-coloredwith colored pencil.
Both the hand-drawn image and computer-generated imagewere displayed together.
4th Grade - Action Figures4th Grade - Action Figures
Over the last few years, there has been a resurgence ofsuper hero icons and images, with X-men, Spiderman, andthe new Superman. With those icons, come dolls calledaction figures.
The unit was started by practicing the proportions of thehuman body and comparing those to super heroes. Students were taught to measure proportions, then drawa basic stick figure to capture the pose, and then finally, adddetails.Images were given to students from the net as inspiration toreplicate. Art problem: Capture the image of the action figure in drawing.In the future, I hope to find actual action figures to draw as inspiration.
4th Grade - 4th Grade - Action FiguresAction Figures
4th Grade - Action Figures4th Grade - Action Figures
4th Grade - Action Figures4th Grade - Action Figures
Tech Connect…Tech Connect…
Using a program called Comic Life,students created their own comic bookpages using images found on the net.Titles, thought/speaking bubbles, andcaptions were used to tell the stories.Images were printed and displayed with the drawings done in art.
5th Grade - Landscape Postcards5th Grade - Landscape Postcards
Just like paper dolls, the postcard has become somewhatobsolete. So, it was important for my 5th graders to learnabout postcards, their history, and rich imagery.
We started with research in the computer lab on the postcardand looked at a variety of cards.
Also in the lab, I asked them to look for landscape imagesfrom one of three countries: Guatemala, Russia, and EarlyAmerica. These were to be used in making our postcards.The landscapes were printed in black/white and taken backto the art room.
5th Grade -5th Grade -Landscape Landscape PostcardsPostcards
Practice landscapes weredrawn to learn perspective.
5th Grade -5th Grade -Landscape Landscape PostcardsPostcards
A postcard-sized pieceof posterboard was givento each student.
Art Problem: draw a landscapepostcard depicting a country’s landscape and include an imageof the doll from that country.
Images were finished in coloredpencil.
5th Grade - Landscape Postcards5th Grade - Landscape Postcards
Students were to write a message on the reverse, adding an address
and stamp.
5th Grade - Landscape Postcards5th Grade - Landscape Postcards
5th Grade - 5th Grade - Landscape Landscape PostcardsPostcards
5th Grade - 5th Grade - Landscape Landscape PostcardsPostcards
Time for Questions, Answers, and Sharing…
Maskmania: From Paper Plates
To Plaster Gauze
Saturday, March 17, 2006 (11:00-11:50)
Concourse A, Concourse Level
Thank you for coming today. Thank you for coming today. My hope is that you take My hope is that you take
awayawaythings you can use right things you can use right
awayawayin your classroom when you in your classroom when you
return.return.
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Email: breeker@lps.org
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