Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Divide students into groups to imagine possibilities.
Objective: The students will transfer the idea of creating an evironment to banners, based on geometric designs.
Activity:
1. View examples of the geometric paintings by artist Piet Mondrian.
2. Divide class into groups of 2-4
3. Assign each group to a panel.
4. Explain how panels will be connected to form banners.
5. Discuss in small groups how the work of Piet Mondrian might be an inspiration for their banner panel.
Assessment: Quality of student translating the work of Mondrian into a design for a banner panel (Art History).