Major Art Modality Utilized: Visual Art

Multiple Intelligences Addressed: Visual/Spatial

Lesson Abstract: Students will create their own Grecian Column and name the kind and parts. Students will discuss the influence of Greek Architecture on architecture in the U.S. and their hometown.

Materials Needed: Greek Columns Power Point and a means to display it to the class, corrugated cardboard, tag board, hot glue, low-melt hot glue gun, scissors, painting supplies, paper, and pencils

Procedures: •Students will generate ideas on why a building might be a kind of art (colors, shapes, materials, design). Students will watch a BrainPOP on Architecture. They will discuss what kinds of things an architect must think about when designing a building (design, purpose, structural strength).•Students will watch the ‘Greek Columns’ Power Point. The teacher will ask students to shape their upper body like each of the 3 kinds of Greek columns as they repeat the name:” Ionic, Doric, Corinthian!”•Students will draw the 3 kinds of column and label each kind. Students will work in teams to create a column of their choice. The teacher will help with cutting the cardboard. Students will paint their columns grey to look like stone. They will splatter them with a darker color using a toothbrush to make them look ancient.•Students will display and discuss their Greek columns and where they have seen columns like the Ancient Greeks in their town and in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C.

Assessment: The students should complete their column. They should label it correctly. The student should be able to name a building in their town which shows the influence of Greece Architecture.

Standards Addressed in this Lesson:

SS3H1 The student will explain the political roots of our modern democracy in the United States of America. a. Identify the influence of Greek architecture (columns on the Parthenon, U. S. Supreme Court building), law, and the Olympic Games on the present.

VA3CU.4 The student investigates and discovers the personal relationship of artist to community, culture, and world through making and studying art. The studentb. Creates artwork that explores ideas, issues, and events from current and past cultures.

Standards Addressed in this Lesson:

SS3H1 The student will explain the political roots of our modern democracy in the United States of America. a. Identify the influence of Greek architecture (columns on the Parthenon, U. S. Supreme Court building), law, and the Olympic Games on the present.

VA3CU.4 The student investigates and discovers the personal relationship of artist to community, culture, and world through making and studying art. The studentb. Creates artwork that explores ideas, issues, and events from current and past cultures.

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Area for Teacher Notes: The teacher may extend this lesson by:•having students create a clay Grecian urn •discussing and writing an original Ode on a Grecian Urn.

Area for Teacher Notes: The teacher may extend this lesson by:•having students create a clay Grecian urn •discussing and writing an original Ode on a Grecian Urn.

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Resources / Links:BrainPop- http://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/artconcepts/architecture/Greek Columns-Power Point-created by Kimberly Kuykendall

Ancient Greece

The Parthenon in Greece

Ancient Olympics : Chariot Racer

Hula hoop library

The ancient Greeks invented many of the things we use today

Such as: COINS, LAMPS, CLOCKS, SHOWERS, SOAP, MAPS

3 Styles of Greek Columns

Ionic

Doric

Corinthian

The Parthenon in Greece

A House in the United States

U. S. Whitehouse

U.S. Capital Building

U.S. Supreme Court Building

Do you recognize this building? What kind of columns does it have?

That’s right! It is our very own Cartersville Court House {in…GA} and it has Corinthian columns.

Ionic Doric Corinthian

HERE WE ARE!