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Frida Kahlo: My Symbolic Portrait (1-5)

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Meredith Arcari Luciano

Available to Grade(s): 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5	Program Can Serve: Visual Art
Art Form: Visual Art	Curriculum Focus: English Social Studies
Program Type: Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program	Integration Continuum Level: Alignment
# of Visits as a Grade Level Program: 3	Length of Visit (Grade Level Program): 45 min
# of Visits as an Arts/PE Program: 3	Length of Visit (Arts/PE Program): 45 min
Program Format: In-School Short Term Residency	Program Format Info:
Availability: All year	Location: In-School, Virtual
Cost Per Student: $10	Minimum # of Students Needed In Order to Book This Program: 0
Program Requires Prior Meeting: no	Meeting Method: Email
Materials Arts Provider Provides: mixed media paper, crayons, paint sticks, and books/images
Materials School Provides: pencils
Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: table for materials and writing board (ex.chalk board etc.)for program description
Program Learning Objective: I can describe how culture and location influenced Frida Kahlo's artwork. I can recognize that there are other cultures with different languages, foods, art, music, customs, and forms of shelter. I can make connections between visual art, history, and culture. I can use colors and symbols to express personal feelings. I can create a self-portrait using color and symbol(s) to express feelings. I can follow directions to use various materials.
Program Description (Grade Level Program): Students will be introduced to the history, culture, and techniques employed by the artist Frida Kahlo through the children's book "Frida" by Jonah Winter. The focus will be on understanding how colors and symbols can express personal feelings and narratives, emphasizing social and emotional learning (SEL). As part of the activity, students will create a symbolic portrait using color and symbols to express or symbolize their own emotions. It's important to note that the lesson will be adjusted based on the student's prior knowledge and will be discussed with the teacher before implementation.
Program Description (Arts/PE Program): Students will be introduced to the history, culture, and techniques employed by the artist Frida Kahlo through the children's book "Frida" by Jonah Winter. The focus will be on understanding how colors and symbols can express personal feelings and narratives, emphasizing social and emotional learning (SEL). As part of the activity, students will create a symbolic portrait using color and symbols to express or symbolize their own emotions. It's important to note that the lesson will be adjusted based on the student's prior knowledge and will be discussed with the teacher before implementation.
Parent Engagement Opportunities: Help hand out materials and work with students to brainstorm symbols for their portrait.

Core & National Art Standards:

Grade 1

Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central
message or lesson.

Grade 1: Visual Art: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.

Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.

Grade 2

Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.

Grade 2: Visual Art: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Distinguish between different materials or artistic techniques for preparing artwork for presentation.

Grade 3

Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details: #3.Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Grade 3: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.

Grade 3: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.

Grade 4

Grade 4: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details: #2.Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.

Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2:Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches

Grade 5

Grade 5: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3.Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.

Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.