Civil Rights Montage
TITLE: CIVIL RIGHTS MONTAGE
Author: Zachary Baggett
Year: 2017
Duration: 45 Min session
4th Grade Social Studies Standard 3
Objective 1
Students will understand the rights and responsibilities guaranteed in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Objective 2 Assess how the US Constitution has been amended and interpreted over time, and the impact these amendments have had on the rights and responsibilities of citizens of the United States.
Explain the significance of the Bill of Rights.
Identify how the rights of selected groups have changed and how the Constitution reflects those changes (e.g. women, enslaved people).
Analyze the impact of the Constitution on their lives today (e.g. freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition).
Objective 3 Evaluate the course of events of the Civil War and its impact both immediate and long-term.
4th Grade Math Studies
Standard 4.MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically. Consider the tools that are available when solving a mathematical problem, whether in a real-world or mathematical context. Choose tools that are relevant and useful to the problem at hand, such as drawings, diagrams, technologies, and physical objects and tools, as well as mathematical tools such as estimation or a particular strategy or algorithm.
Visual Art Standards
4th Grade Strand: CONNECT (5.V.CO.)
Students will relate artistic skills, ideas, and work with personal meaning and external context (Standards 5.V.CO.1–2).Standard 5.V.CO.1: Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art-making.Standard 5.V.CO.2: Identify how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.
Strand: RESPOND (5.V.R.) Students will understand, evaluate, and articulate how works of art convey meaning for the observer as well as the creator
Standard 5.V.R.2:
Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery.
The templates for this project were found at:
Other templates are available on this site as well. This lesson has been adapted using this template. The usage for this template is different than it's original purpose. This lesson emphasizes using tools to solve a mathematical problem in upscaling/ratios.
OVERVIEW Learners will create a montage celebrating civil rights movements and the importance of the individual in a unified cause.
SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES Computer with Projector Document Camera Drawing Paper for each student Drawing tools such as pencils, pens Rulers Coloring Tools (Red/White Blue) TEACHING AND TIMELINE
INTRODUCTION 15 Min Display images of civil rights leaders and have classroom discussion to assess what students know about these social movements. Discuss the importance of teamwork. Discuss the importance of diversity. Discuss how individuals can unite with a common cause. Display a completed image of a montage like the one the students will create. It does not have to be the one that you are doing as a class. I personally like to leave it a surprise that they put together like a puzzle after completing each of their pieces. Explain that a montage is an assortment of different pieces that come together to make a whole. Explain that each student will create a tile and follow a plan to create a unified image. Explain that each student's piece is essential to the whole.
DEMONSTRATION Prep work beforehand; have 2 stencils of Abe Lincoln or MLK Jr. Printed out. Stencil provided by artyfactory.com. Cut one stencil into squares as shown on stencil. Each square should be as close to 2" in length and height as possible. Using card stock, have squares cut into 4" pieces. One for each student in the class. There are 30 squares in the montage. You will assign each student a square. You may assign more than one student to a square, to work together on the more "difficult squares".
Live Demonstration. Show how you will upscale stencil pieces to copy them onto a larger square. Demonstrate one square. Using document camera show the small stencil that a student will receive. On a 4" square demonstrate how to upscale each measurement that you make on the smaller square. Please see video demonstration.
OBJECTIVES Learners will share their knowledge of unifying leaders like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Junior. Learners will associate notions of uniting by creating individual tiles that are connected by a plan to create a unified montage. Learners will discover importance of individual in a team effort. DEMONSTRATION
The instructor will copy the exact lines that you see on the small square unto the larger square, upscaled to match the increase in size. Show how you can use a ruler to measure the length of each shape inside of the square compared to the outside edge. Do lots of measurements. Then take each measurement and double the length of it on the larger square. Double check work and do "think out loud strategy". After upscaled piece is complete have students take upscaled image over to a complete depiction of the template and have them look up where their piece goes. Have the complete template labeled with a color scheme, showing what parts should be red, white or blue. Use images in this lesson plans to know how to label this. Students will then color in piece.
WORK PERIOD You will be helping students constantly and directly with this ration/upscaling project. Circulate room to help those that need it, and find students that naturally picked it up to help other students. This is a team effort.
CLOSURE/SUMMARY Have students arrange their colored pieces together on a table to see the whole picture. Later mount these on a board. This can be completed in one session if it is organized. INTEGRATION INFORMATION Stories and images of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Junior and other civil rights leaders.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is the role of the individual in a team effort? How can I be part of something greater than myself? What strengths does unity bring? What strengths does diversity bring?
DIFFERENTIATION Several teaching strategies are used including: Oral Lecture with visual imagery Live demonstration Active Participation by students Individualized instruction Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Integrated Arts Lesson
HISTORICAL ELEMENT Civil Rights Movements and outstanding figures in such movements
VOCABULARY Montage Unity Diversity Team Sacrifice Ratio Individual
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES Fitting pieces together, and coaching individually as needed if measurements are not accurate
OTHER INFORMATION Assess understanding of new vocabulary terms with active response.
