Art of India: Henna Drawings
In teaching a lesson that utilizes a multicultural approach, this one showcases and highlights the beauty of henna art from India in addition to the beauty of the hand from Deaf culture. It combines elements from two cultures to create a piece of art that is simple and memorable. While many of your deaf and hard of hearing students may not come from an Indian background, it is still a great opportunity to teach a type of art that exists that will make a connection to their own personal Deaf backgrounds in the art classroom.
Grades: 4 - 6
Length: 2 Class Days
Topic: Hand Henna
Goals: To develop an awareness of henna as an art form in many cultures, primarily India, and it's cultural significance.
Materials: 12" x 18" Tan Paper, Pencils, Sharpies, Markers, Colored Pencil
Activity:
Grades: 4 - 6
Length: 2 Class Days
Topic: Hand Henna
Goals: To develop an awareness of henna as an art form in many cultures, primarily India, and it's cultural significance.
Materials: 12" x 18" Tan Paper, Pencils, Sharpies, Markers, Colored Pencil
Activity:
- Students learn about the cultural and historical significance of Henna as a form of body art in India.
- Students trace their hands multiple times (2-3 tracings per student) on the paper using pencil.
- Using sharpies they can create patterns to fill in their hand tracings and then use either markers or colored pencils to color in their shapes even though henna art is typically monochromatic.
Primary Colors aSL ART - Nancy Rourke Tribute
Grades: 3 - 6
Length: 3 Class Days
Topic: MY ASL in RED, YELLOW, and BLUE
Goals: To develop an awareness of the Deaf artwork style characterized by Nancy Rourke in addition to the use of American Sign Language in deaf art and De'VIA, as well as learning the primary colors on the color wheel.
Materials: 11" by 14" White Illustration Paper, Pencils, Brushes, Acrylic Paint, Aprons, Paper Towels, Cups
Activity:
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Length: 3 Class Days
Topic: MY ASL in RED, YELLOW, and BLUE
Goals: To develop an awareness of the Deaf artwork style characterized by Nancy Rourke in addition to the use of American Sign Language in deaf art and De'VIA, as well as learning the primary colors on the color wheel.
Materials: 11" by 14" White Illustration Paper, Pencils, Brushes, Acrylic Paint, Aprons, Paper Towels, Cups
Activity:
- Students learn about the artist Nancy Rourke and her contributions to De'VIA and the Deaf community.
- Students will be asked to draw an image that represents their personality such as their favorite memory, place, person, or how they see themselves as a self-portrait.
- Sketches will be done on the provided white illustration paper in pencil.
- Prep for painting by having the students put their aprons on, getting their three cups of paint (red, yellow, and blue), and a paper towel for cleaning the brushes or any spills.
- Allow students time to work on their painting and let them decide where they want to apply the primary colors. Give assistance as needed and monitor their work.
- Have them complete their painting and clean up.
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Halloween Spider HandPrint
This is just a fun simple activity that you can do with the younger students as part of a Halloween art unit. This lesson can be engaging for your deaf and hard of hearing student because it a more tactile and hands on project that uses their hands in order to complete the image.
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Length: 1 Class Day
Topic: Halloween Spider
Goals: To make a connection that spooky scary spiders are a part of the modern american Halloween culture while engaging the students in a physical hands on activity.
Materials: 11" by 14" Orange Construction Paper, Black Acrylic Paint, Googly Eyes, Elmer's White Glue, Silver Glitter, Aprons, Paper Towels, Paper Plates
Activity:
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Grades: Pre-K - 2
Length: 1 Class Day
Topic: Halloween Spider
Goals: To make a connection that spooky scary spiders are a part of the modern american Halloween culture while engaging the students in a physical hands on activity.
Materials: 11" by 14" Orange Construction Paper, Black Acrylic Paint, Googly Eyes, Elmer's White Glue, Silver Glitter, Aprons, Paper Towels, Paper Plates
Activity:
- Students review how spiders can be scary especially during Halloween!
- Students put on their aprons and grab a paper towel.
- Two students will share one paper plate filled with black paint and take turns dipping their palm into the paint, making sure it covers their whole palm and all their fingers.
- Carefully press their hand on the orange paper in the correct position.
- Repeat again in opposite direction so that hand prints look like the image above.
- When a student is done creating their spider have them wash their hands off and help as needed.
- After spiders are done drying, glue two googly eyes on each spider.
- Using the Elmer's glue, create a spider web on one corner of the paper for each student.
- Students can pour silver glitter on top of the glue and then shake the extra off to create glitter spider webs.
- When done, allow project to dry and then clean up.
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