Unit 3: Stories
Studio 1
Artist: Benton and Rivera
Studio: Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing
Artist: Benton and Rivera
Studio: Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing
Studio 2
Artist: Faith Ringgold
Studio 2: Children's story-quilt-making: Crayon, Pastels, Construction paper, water color
Artist: Faith Ringgold
Studio 2: Children's story-quilt-making: Crayon, Pastels, Construction paper, water color
Studio 3
Artist: Jean Shin
Studio 3: Mini-sculptures from Mass-produced Found Objects
Artist: Jean Shin
Studio 3: Mini-sculptures from Mass-produced Found Objects
Unit 3 Reflection
In my first studio, I used a political cartoon to tell about the story of how the government makes decisions when teachers are really the people how know how children can succeed and what would work best for the education system. This is something that has always troubled me, so by showing teachers locked outside of the room where politicians were deciding how to run the education system, I was trying to visually represent the story of this ridiculous idea.
In my second studio, I chose the story of The Kissing Hand, which was my favorite story growing up and is still close to my heart. The story is about a baby raccoon who is scared to leave his mother when he goes to school because he is afraid he will miss her too much. My Mom would go out of town on business trips when I was in elementary school, and I had a lot of separation anxiety when I would go to school. In the story, the mother raccoon kisses the palm of her child's hand and tells him that if he begins to miss her that he can put his hand to his cheek and think of her because she would always be with him. My Mom bought me this book, and whenever she would leave we would kiss each other's hands. Through the quilt studio, I created the image of the mother and baby raccoon looking at their palms to tell the story of The Kissing Hand.
In my third studio, I used the mass produced items of spider rings and candy because there were a lot of these laying around my house in October. I was trying to create a dark vibe with the spiders ( something stereotyped as bad) coming out of a box of candy (something that children love). I wanted to tell the story of the dark and light side of Halloween, and how these things can be seen differently at different ages. At a young age, Halloween is a fun holiday where you dress up and get candy for telling jokes, but as you get older, you see the dark side of the Holiday with scary movies or ghost stories.
Story is a big idea that can be integrated in many subjects. Story is a more interesting, right-brained activity of explaining an idea without just blatantly saying it. When we describe something through story, we are deeply understanding something about ourselves or what we want to convey to others. According to Pink(2005), "...personal narrative has become more prevalent, and perhaps more urgent, in a time of abundance, when many of us are freer to seek a deeper understanding of ourselves and our purpose"(p.115). Stories are also another way of teaching an idea, rather than just stating facts to students. According to Schank in Pink(2005), "Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories"(p,102). This is especially true for young children, they are so creative and imaginative that teaching a subject or idea through story may teach them more than reading them facts. I think that I would use the political cartoon project to teach a Social Studies lesson maybe incorporating the big idea of Protest. I would also like to use the quilt studio with younger kids to visually represent their favorite stories they have read.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.
In my second studio, I chose the story of The Kissing Hand, which was my favorite story growing up and is still close to my heart. The story is about a baby raccoon who is scared to leave his mother when he goes to school because he is afraid he will miss her too much. My Mom would go out of town on business trips when I was in elementary school, and I had a lot of separation anxiety when I would go to school. In the story, the mother raccoon kisses the palm of her child's hand and tells him that if he begins to miss her that he can put his hand to his cheek and think of her because she would always be with him. My Mom bought me this book, and whenever she would leave we would kiss each other's hands. Through the quilt studio, I created the image of the mother and baby raccoon looking at their palms to tell the story of The Kissing Hand.
In my third studio, I used the mass produced items of spider rings and candy because there were a lot of these laying around my house in October. I was trying to create a dark vibe with the spiders ( something stereotyped as bad) coming out of a box of candy (something that children love). I wanted to tell the story of the dark and light side of Halloween, and how these things can be seen differently at different ages. At a young age, Halloween is a fun holiday where you dress up and get candy for telling jokes, but as you get older, you see the dark side of the Holiday with scary movies or ghost stories.
Story is a big idea that can be integrated in many subjects. Story is a more interesting, right-brained activity of explaining an idea without just blatantly saying it. When we describe something through story, we are deeply understanding something about ourselves or what we want to convey to others. According to Pink(2005), "...personal narrative has become more prevalent, and perhaps more urgent, in a time of abundance, when many of us are freer to seek a deeper understanding of ourselves and our purpose"(p.115). Stories are also another way of teaching an idea, rather than just stating facts to students. According to Schank in Pink(2005), "Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories"(p,102). This is especially true for young children, they are so creative and imaginative that teaching a subject or idea through story may teach them more than reading them facts. I think that I would use the political cartoon project to teach a Social Studies lesson maybe incorporating the big idea of Protest. I would also like to use the quilt studio with younger kids to visually represent their favorite stories they have read.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.