Elementary2nd Grade

Sensory Perceptions

Lesson One: Interpreted Perceptions

Elementary: Lesson One

Interpreted Perceptions

Goals & Rationale

Sensory perception is the state of perceiving one’s surroundings based on the identification, organization and interpretation of one’s senses. In this lesson, students will all be apart of a classroom celebration.

As apart of the same celebratory experience, students will compare and contrast the sensory elements they included in their artwork that represents their classroom experience

This lesson focuses on the students’ own interpretations of the same celebration that is taking place

Bid Ideas

interpretation of sensory information to understand and represent surroundings

students will continue their investigation of sensory perceptions, specifically their personal interpretations of a special class celebration

Investigative Questions

How do our senses help us understand our surroundings?

Do we all interpret our surroundings in the same way?

How do we represent sensory perceptions in art?

How do artists interpret their perceptions in their art making?

How do artists use sensory elements in art to create meaning?

Can one artwork have multiple interpretations?

Can individuals perceive the same event differently? Can artists create a work that forces individuals to see something the same way?

Do you rely on one sense more then others? Does this create a certain perception?

Key Concepts

Art is meaning making.

Art communicates interpretations of events.

Art can have multiple interpretations.

Depending on an artist’s or viewer’s perspective, multiple interpretations can exist.

The same event can be perceived and interpreted in many ways.

Artists can use their sensory perceptions to creating meaning in art.

Day One

VTS segment of work from Claude Monet

discuss subject matter, sensory elements, foreground/background imagery, interpretation and perspective and use of color.

Day One Continued

Classroom Celebration

Artist Journals Prompts: During our classroom celebration…

I heard:

I smelled:

I felt:

I saw:

I tasted

My favorite part of the celebration was ____.

Day Two-Three

Painted Words by Aliki discussion of how Marianthe was able

to communicate and tell her story to her class, although she could not speak her language.

(Sketch Phase) Students will be asked to draw a portrait of themselves in the moment of our class celebration. In action, involving sensory elements

Day three is devoted to art making.

Lesson Two

Personal Celebrations

Goals & Rationale

The goal of this lesson is for students to reflect on a memory or celebration they have personally been a part of in the past, and using sensory elements, allow us to be apart of that experience

Their personal celebration will include many elements of the previous lesson, but incorporate new aspects. Students will be asked to include three-dimensional elements of mixed media

Bid Ideas

interpretation of sensory information to understand and represent surroundings

students will continue their investigation of sensory perceptions, specifically their personal interpretations of a special class celebration

Verbally communicate about artwork

Essential Questions

How do our senses help us understand our surroundings?

How do we represent sensory perceptions in art?

How do artists use sensory elements in art to create meaning?

Are personal experiences more meaningful?

How can we make personal experiences meaningful to others?

Do you rely on one sense more then others? Does this create a certain perception?

Key Concepts

Art is meaning making.

Art can come from memory.

Memory allows artists to put meaning to work.

Art communicates interpretations of events.

Artists can use their sensory perceptions to creating meaning in art.

By the use of sensory elements, artists can share an experience to others through artwork.

Day One

Discuss what defines a celebration

Brainstorm Celebrations

Art Journal Prompts My favorite celebration was:

This celebration was special to me because:

This made me feel _____ because:

During this celebration… I heard, smelled, felt, saw, tasted:

My favorite part of the celebration was:

Day Two

Freeze Like a Popsicle!

Students will be asked to go back to their seats and draw a sketch of their celebration. This sketch is supposed to capture a “frozen moment” during this celebration.

Geoges Seurat: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte

Day Three-Five

Day Three: Art making

Day Four: Art making/Interviews

Day Five: Interviews/Invitations