Lego Egyptian Figures

To do a little cross curricular lesson with students and their social studies unit we did Egyptian Art Legos. We discussed proportion. When then looked at the canon of proportions in Egyptian Art and compared it to the consistent proportion of lego figures. We also went into detail about how Legos have been created based on key parts and events of history. I even made one of those goofy videos with my face. The students loved it. I gave them the opportunity to bring in Lego men/women to draw. As a class we created our own canon of proportions for the Lego figure.


 The following are student examples: 

60's Style Lyrical Posters

This was a crosscurricular lesson with English 8 students. The students had a inresidence poet come and it talk to them about the 60's era. Students viewed several examples of the culture during that time. Each student created several poems with the poet.

Creating the art work:
Students discussed the lyrcis of that time and choose their favorite lyric. Including images, patterns, and colors that were popular. Following are some student examples.

Mosiac Portraits

This project was with 8th graders. Materials used were cut up gift cards, glue and a modified photography using Photoshops' cut out filter.

Key to success in this project was to make sure that students cut pieces smaller and left space. Sometimes having to cut down pieces to a space.