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Heroes:: Behind The Mask

This document outlines a lesson plan for a 6th grade art class on heroes. It includes an icebreaker asking students about their role models, background on Stan Lee and historical heroes, and a studio demonstration where students will create masks representing heroes and write background stories for them. Key concepts are that heroes can inspire people in different ways and come from any time period. Vocabulary words defined include hero, mask, leadership, courage, and vigilante. Discussion questions prompt thinking about what motivates children, how visual culture affects them, and how teaching can change to better engage students.

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Heroes:: Behind The Mask

This document outlines a lesson plan for a 6th grade art class on heroes. It includes an icebreaker asking students about their role models, background on Stan Lee and historical heroes, and a studio demonstration where students will create masks representing heroes and write background stories for them. Key concepts are that heroes can inspire people in different ways and come from any time period. Vocabulary words defined include hero, mask, leadership, courage, and vigilante. Discussion questions prompt thinking about what motivates children, how visual culture affects them, and how teaching can change to better engage students.

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Heroes: Behind the Mask

Jacky Bugarin, Jerry Vang,


Terina Orcutt, Robert Favila

21st Century Art Ed Approach:


Visual Culture
May 1, 2018
AGENDA: HEROES- 6th grade
• Ice breaker - who is your role model or who do you look up
to?
• Background - Stan Lee
• Background – Historical Heroes
• Studio demonstration
• Studio time
 Introduction of the big idea, Heroes by
demonstrating the diversity of the term
itself.
Lesson  Showing various examples of fictional
overview and non-fictional forms of a hero.
 Creating of a face mask using the big
idea of Heroes
 A hero could be anything or anyone an
individual looks up to or draws
inspiration from.
 Heroes are important.

Key Conceots  Heroes make an impact on individual’s


life.
 Heroes can come from the past, present
or the future.
 Heroes - a person who is admired or idealized for
courage, outstanding achievements, or noble
qualities.
 Mask - a covering for all or part of the face, worn
as a disguise, ot to amuse or terrify other people.
 Leadership - the action of leading a group of
people or an organization

Vocab..  Courage - the ability to do something that


frightens
 Vigilante - a member of a self-appointed group of
citizens who undertake law enforcement in their
community without legal authority, typically
because the legal agencies are thought to be
inadequate
 1. Whatmotivates children in our modern
culture?
 2. How does visual culture affect children
today?
Holz  3. Why is it important for us as teachers
to change our teaching styles?
 4. Why do children often fidget or draw in
classrooms and how can we use that to
our advantage?
 Prior to this heroes were idealistically perfect.
 No flaws, but retained humanity despite this.
 Stan Lee introduced a new type of hero.
 In the 1950's Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the
fantastic four.

Stan Lee
 Naturalistic heroes are you and me. Every
day people, who gained a power.
 Introduced flawed characters. Selfish,
Naturalistic hero self-centered intelligences, narcissist,
long lasting problems.
 Powers don't fix the life's problems
anymore.
HERO? 1. WHAT IS A HERO?
IMPORTANCE
2. WHY ARE HEROES IMPORTANT?
OF HEROS
3. HOW HAS A HERO IMPACTED YOUR LIFE?
 Super powers?
 Money?
 Courage in the face of danger?
Impact on
individual OR

 Life they lead


 Inspired you to make a difference
 Commit an act of kindness or bravery.
4. WHAT MAKES A HERO A HERO?
 Is it an daring act that against all
A hero could be odds a person is successful?
anything or anyone an  An act or morals restoring faith in
individual the artist looks humanity?
up to or draws  A leader or motivator? Firefighter
inspiration from. or police officer?
 Dad, Mom, older siblings!
Historical Heroes
In Greek and Roman mythology, a
hero was described as a man
whose courageous actions
brought favor from gods.
But yesterday, today, and
tomorrow...
A hero can be just anyone – from a steadfast politician
working to secure world peace to an average man or
woman who demonstrate remarkable bravery.
Martin Luther King Jr.
 An activist and humanitarian, as well
as a devout Christian who believed that
he could change the world with non-
violent protest.
Yesterday
 [Link]

Today rescues-boy-choking-on-penny/
 Look over to the student to your left
and to your right...

Tomorrow
Why do
some
heroes wear
mask?

NYX, Thanatos, Knight Vigil, Soundwave and Jetstorm


 -create a mask that represent a hero to the
artist.

 Choose a mask type


 Trace the mask onto the paper and cut out
Studio Mask  Grab paint, feathers, glitter, makers, to
decorate the mask.
 Leave space at the sides for string to be
attached.
 Create a background story for the artist
hero to accompany the mask (fictional or
historical).
 explore their understanding in studio by
the creation of the masks which the
history for it will be represented by
having the artists come up with a
background story for their hero and why
TSW... they became/ are a hero (fictional or real
history).

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