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: