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Stephanie
Murnane ARTE
407/Saturday Art Program
Lesson: Chinese Dragon Arm Puppets Media: Sculpture Age: 8-9 years old Time Frame: 2 sessions (3 hours) Lesson
overview: 1. The students will learn about the use of dragons as a common symbol in
Chinese culture. 2. The students will learn about Chinese New Year, and the dragon float that traditionally ends it, symbolizing good luck and the coming of a
new year. 3. The students will create a ceremonial dragon hand puppet that is a miniature of the dragon float used in the Chinese New Year parades. They will use tissue paper, construction paper, metallic paper, sequins, rhinestones, regular and crazy scissors, and glue on a teacher-prepared dragon puppet skeleton made of poster board and
brads fasteners. 4. The students will learn about and use construction paper and clue pop-ups to make paper (2-dimensional) stand up and be 3
dimensional on their puppet (demo and handouts). 5. The students will close the lesson by performing a dragon dance with their new puppets to Chinese music, learning a traditional Chinese new year blessing, and discovering what animal they are in the
Chinese zodiac. Evaluation
Strategies: 1. Students will keep eye contact, listen and show interest while teacher
presents visuals and examples, and gives short lecture on
Dragons and Chinese New Year. 2. Teacher will look for attentiveness and signs of confusion during
demonstrations and explanations of the studio project. 3. Students will raise hands and wait to be called on when participating in
class (naming parts of a dragon as teacher lists). 4. Students will use good craftsmanship in creating their dragon - no excess glue, all pieces are glued on well, and placed neatly on dragon
puppet, all materials are used properly. 5. Students will participate in individual and group clean up in an orderly
fashion. 6. Students will work diligently to create a finished product in the time
given. Vocabulary: Chinese New Year - Celebrated according to the Chinese calendar, so it is a different time every year according to ours - usually between January and February sometime. This is a time to celebrate life, honor lost ones, visit loved ones, eat feasts, and go to the famous Chinese New Year
Parade. it symbolizes good luck and the coming of a new year. The final and most celebrated float in the Chinese New Year Parade is the dragon
float. Motif - A common image - may be simplified - often symbolizes, or stands for
something. Pop-Up - A way of making a piece of paper, which is two dimensional, into something that is three dimensional, or stands up on it's own and takes
up space. Two-dimensional
- flat (paper) Three-dimensional
- stands up, takes up space (sculpture, or a paper pop-up) Visual
Art Examples: 1.
Color copies from: Celebrating
Chinese New Year - Diane Hoyt Goldsmith 2.
Chinese New Year Celebration Box - from CRC 3.
Chinese New Year video - clip of parade/dragon float? Instructional
Support Materials: 1.
cd/tape player 2.
vcr - if plan on using video Supplies For
Teacher:
For Students:
Student
name tags
teacher made puppet skeletons (11)
paper/foil Visuals
of Chinese dragons
sheets/ scraps of tissue paper 11
photocopies of dragon image, 11
photocopies of Chinese saying/zodiac info sheet. 5
bottles of Tacky Glue 11
pairs of scissors Variety
of crazy scissors 11
boxes of crayons
Organizational
Overview and Time Frame: Pre-10:00:
Students will come in as parents drop them off - name tags will be taped to
desks, students will sit accordingly. A coloring sheet of a dragon and a
Chinese saying/zodiac info sheet will be at each desk, along with a box of
crayons - Students can color, etc. while waiting for class to begin.
10:00 - turn down Chinese Music - close door - "Hello Class, please put the worksheets aside. Who remembers where we are traveling today?" 10:00
-10:05: "We are visiting China - and celebrating Chinese New Year while
we are there." Explain Chinese New Year (see vocab section), focus on the
parade - and the dragon float. Walk from the front of the room to the display
area - tell students to gather at the display area, but not to touch anything
until given permission. Show dragon and Parade images.
Be sure to mention the bright colors and patterns on the dragon float as you
point to specific images.
10:05-10:10:
pick up teacher examples-"We are going to be making miniatures of this
dragon float - and they will be puppets (demonstrate) - List materials as you
point to each on the examples - point to the supply table at the front of the
room "we have a large selection of supplies for each of you to use to
create these dragons." Take group over to demo table - have everyone sit
down for a quick demo.
10:10-10:15:
'There are a few steps that everyone must take before decorating their dragon:
Step one: you must over the body with tissue. You do this by putting glue
stick glue on the top three sides of the dragon's body and placing an entire
sheet, from the head to the tail, on the dragon." Demonstrate. Have each
kid go back to desk, but swing by the supply table on the way there - they
will pick up a glue stick scissors (which they don't need yet) and a sheet of
tissue. Pass out dragon skeletons.
10:15
-10:20: Students will glue on tissue, and then come back to the demonstration
table for Step #2.
10:20 -10:25: "Second, you will cut into the sides of the head to create teeth and a snout for your dragon." Demonstrate, then, again, send each student back to desks to cut the teeth.
10:25
-10:30: Students will cut teeth into their dragons, and then for the final
time, get up and go
10:30
-10:40: 'The last thing you need to know before beginning to decorate your
dragon is how to make pop ups. First, the easiest is a one fold which is good
for making a shape stick up, like eyes, nostrils and front teeth (show example
on teacher example, and quick demo) the other is a two fold, and this is for
triangular or cone shapes, like maybe ears or horns (show example on teacher
example, then quick demo). Besides ears and horns, what else do dragons have?
(Point to parts on the teacher examples to get the students going. Have one
teacher go to black board and list as students give examples. When scales are
listed, give demo of how to make many scales at once)." Allow students to
go back to desks to work on studio project - inform them again that all
supplies are at the front of the room, and request that they be orderly when
getting materials, and keep the piles as separate and neat as possible. Also,
sheets that give instructions for each of pop-ups and how to make scales are
up there, if they forget how.
10:40
-11:20: Studio time - go to students individually and offer feedback, ideas,
advice, etc. as needed. As students finish, have them put their dragon aside
on their desk, clean up and help reorganize the materials. Give five minute
warning at 11:15. By 11:20, every student will have their dragon aside, their
area cleaned, and the supply table organized.
11:20
–11:20: Have all students bring dragons over to demo table to perform the
dragon dance. "This symbolizes the end of our trip to China, and will
give us good luck during the week. Remember not to dance too hard with your
dragon, because some glue may still be wet"' Turn on a fast Chinese song,
and perform dance. During this time, call attention to positive parts of each
student's dragon, interesting ways of using materials, colors, etc. 11:25-11:30:
Have students go back to desks and bring their dragons with them. Have them
take out their worksheet with the traditional greeting on it, and learn how to
say it as a group - "gung hay fat choy" (may you prosper) - Explain
that this means, "May you have good luck, success, and wealth."
Remind students that they are going to be going to Japan next week, and they
can take worksheets home with them. Dismiss students as parents arrive. Classroom Management Before
Class: 1.
Set up China/Chinese New Year/ Dragon Display, Map with labels 2.
Set up tape/ cd player at demonstration table 3.
Set up and test VCR - put video where you want it - (if using this!) 4.
Set out stacks of each of the supplies on supply table
1.
Pay attention to students' level of interest - look for cues of boredom or
confusion, and make changes accordingly. 2.
Give ideas, feedback and advice during studio time
1.
Neatly write names of dragons at base of head (will be on student's desks,
which will have nametags on them, so you will know whose is whose. 2.
Finish any cleaning up of supplies that weren’t completed in class. 3.
Put away projects to dry 4.
Leave room the way you found it. Classroom
Arrangement: The
same as day 1 (see plan)
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