Teaching & Learning: Collage

 

 I 

Unit: Student Learning
 
Theme: Collage
 
Introduction 
 
To plan pedagogy effectively, teachers need to have a theory of how people learn.  They need to examine all factors relevant to learning.  Today, we will see how this works when organizing material for a collage based on the concept of the ethnosphere explained by Wade Davis. We will also get familiar with the work of Jacob Intilé in order to produce a collage that illustrates the interconnections of culture and nature.


II
 
Learning Objectives
 
III
 
Main Lesson
 
1

Educational Article
 

Questions

1. How did teaching get this way?
What be done to move teaching forward?
(4th paragraph)

2. How do we break out of the unproductive cycle & move teaching forward? (8th paragraph)


3. What would such a theory of student learning look like?

2

COLLAGE

A collage is an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface cut pictures from magazines.

There are 4 Types of Collages:
  • Papier collé. Taken from the French term meaning “pasted paper” or “paper cut-out,” papier collé, or paper collage, is a collaging technique in which printed or decorated paper is applied to a surface, such as canvas, to create a new image. ...
  • Découpage.  Decoupage or découpage is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from purpose-manufactured papers.
  • Photomontage.  Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that the final image may appear as a seamless physical print.
  • Assemblage. Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium





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IV

A Note to Remember

The making of a collage can be a creative way to bring attention to other academic subjects. It allows students to use art to make a point.

 

V

Case Studies

 1

The Ethnosphere

By Wade Davis

The class will be introduced to National Geographic's Explorer Wade Davis who teaches about what he calls the ethnosphere, a word he uses to describe the imaginative contributions of humanity to the planet. He makes emphasis on people's stories. They are global resources, just like air, water, and green life.  Just like the biosphere, the ethnosphere is also threatened by rampant modernization and globalization. 



(22:19 min)

Question 4
 
According to Wade Davis what is the ethnosphere?
 
Question 5
 
According to Wade Davis, what has been lost in terms of humanity's cultural heritage? 
 
Question 6
 
(11:37)
 
According to Wade Davis, what is ethnocide? 
 
Question 7
 
What did the Neolithic Revolution change for the human species? 
 

 2


Video


Collage
 
Artist Jacob Intilé


Turning Pages of Magazines Into Surreal Collages

Jacob Intilé is a Vancouver based artist who captures the seriousness of each creature as we realize them in nature. However, through his work he is able to give them new depth in their collaged transformations. They become kings or emperors from another dimension. As expressed by Cynthia Schmelzer in strictlypaper.com, his "ornate and otherworldly costumes all use of symmetry as an underlying theme throughout."


Collage is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

Question 8

After watching these video, how would you define the word collage?
 
 VI
 
Activities


1

 Students gather in groups to create a collage, specifically, a photomontage, using National Geographic magazines.

 
2

 Create your first lesson plan.

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 VII

Journaling

 

VIII

Glossary

 

IX

 Sources

 

X

Students' Work

 

 1

Untitled
 
Haley G


2

 
Untitled
 
Cormac, Ramy, Andrew, Myles


3


 

Happiness 

 

 Alajandro, Edgardo, Yohandy, Norchad

This piece shows things you need to have to be happy.

 

4

In Process


Michelle, Marina, Alexis

This piece is about the different types and forms of art.

 

Colorful Mind

 

Lexi, Heather, Genevieve, Daniel

The piece illustrates the different aspects of beauty art and nature. The various colors represent the many thoughts that run through our mind constantly

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