Sketches New & Old (6 - 8)
Overview
| Program Description: |
In this program, students examine a brief passage from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and consider the way that different artists have chosen to illustrate the scene over the years. Students learn abo... Read more
In this program, students examine a brief passage from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and consider the way that different artists have chosen to illustrate the scene over the years. Students learn about the conceptual and practical choices that authors, publishers, and illustrators face. Working independently and in collaboration with their peers, students analyze the text and several illustrations of the same scene. The program ends with a group discussion of results, including a comparison of the choices made by different illustrators and a conversation about how their illustrations might shape reader experiences.
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| Available to Grade(s): |
6, 7, 8 |
Logistics
| Program Format: |
In-School Workshop |
| Program Format Details: |
Program intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately. |
| Number of Visits: |
1 |
| Length of Visit: |
45 minutes |
| Availability: |
All year |
Requirements
| Length Info: |
The museum facilitator will need 15 minutes to ensure they can connect their computer to the room's projection equipment and to set up the materials they bring. |
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: |
no |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: |
Copies of the relevant passage from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, laminated images for analysis |
| Materials School Provides: |
Nothing |
| Space: |
Classroom |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: |
Tables where students can sit in groups of 6, a projector or smartboard for showing the accompanying PowerPoint (the museum facilitator will bring a laptop with cables) |
Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: |
English Language Arts |
| Common Core Standard: |
Reading: Literature, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas |
| Art Form: |
Visual Art |
| Core Art Standard: |
Responding Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. |
| Program Learning Targets: |
Students will analyze Twain's written words in one specific scene of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and compare them to four different illustrated representations of that scene from four different editi... Read more
Students will analyze Twain's written words in one specific scene of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and compare them to four different illustrated representations of that scene from four different editions of the book. Students will talk with their peers about the purpose of book illustration and the constraints of that art form compared to writing. Students will make an argument for which illustration they think is most successful.
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