Art History Unit 1: Profile Profile

MONDAY JAN 27:

Objective: Students will be able to use Photobooth to take a profile picture of themselves and upload that photo to sumopaint.com/app in order to begin their profile profile art.
 
Do Now: Teacher Demo of how to create a portrait in sumopaint

Classwork:

1. Use PHOTOBOOTH in your applications folder to take both a front and side/profile photo of yourself.
2. Pull the photo onto your desktop.
3. Go to  http://www.sumopaint.com/app/ and click OPEN from COMPUTER tab. Choose your side view picture. 
4. Go to LAYER-> ADD NEW LAYER
5. Choose a good size brush  (5 pixels) and a color and trace the outline of your profile. Make sure you are on LAYER 1, not the original picture of your face
6. Hide the original photo by clicking next to it and checking your work. Make sure you click back to LAYER 1 before continuing to draw.
7. Use google images and colors to fill in your design.
8. Save as  yourname.SUMO to your computer (use documents folder)
   

Homework:
How do you visually represent yourself? Come in tomorrow with a list of 10 things that make up who you are (examples: Family, Culture/Country, Friends, Foods, Music, Fashion, Hobbies/Interests, Personality type, Favorites, etc)

Tuesday Jan 28

Objective: Students will be able to utilize aspects of Egyptian art to improve their own profile work- especially proportion and profile. 

Do  Now: Review the basics of Egyptian Art
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/egyptian-art-an-introduction.html

Classwork: 
The Egyptians used proportion (size in relation to other objects) to show importance. Make the objects in your head proportional to their importance in your life. 

• Go to  http://www.sumopaint.com/app/ and click OPEN from COMPUTER tab. Choose your saved image from Documents folder (yourname.sumo)
• Using your HOMEWORK list of items that visually represent you- open a NEW TAB and search Google for a good image of your item
• Pull the image onto the desktop OR copy the URL of the image
• In SUMOPAINT, go to FILE-> Import to Layer

 

• Add the images. Erase any negative (background) space using the MAGIC WAND tool or the ERASER tool.
• Pull additional layers/images UNDER LAYER 1 (your profile tracing). 
• Save as  yourname.SUMO to your computer (use documents folder)

WEDNESDAY JAN 28

Do Now: Open your sumopaint project from Documents folder

Classwork: Continue adding layers and images and colors until all negative and positive space is filled. 
 
FINAL IMAGE SHOULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS:

 

SAVE FINAL IMAGE AS 

yourname.jpg and EMAIL to 

MIRANDAGT2014@gmail.com

NHD- Self Assessment

Do Now:

Email mirandagt2013@gmail.com with a complete a self assessment on the NHD process including:

• What did you learn?
• What did you like?
• What was difficult/challenging?
• Any other important information you think I should know

Classwork:

Students will check their grade and missing assignments in Schoolnet (http://philasd.org/login).
Email mirandagt2013@gmail.com with any missing assignments, especially:

• NHD Project (script, website, documentary, exhibit info)
• Process paper (all but paper)
• Annotated Bibliography
• Any other notes or old work (2 min pitch, 1500 word paper)

Homework:

Notice THREE beautiful things over the weekend to discuss on Monday. You may take picture or write down. 

NHD- Final Countdown

WEEK OF JAN 13 - JAN 17:

Do Now: Work on your ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPY and PROCESS PAPER for NHD.

Classwork: Complete NHD work

Websites:

• ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS are represented on your site
• ALL pages have primary source pictures/documents
• ALL pages have at least 3 primary source quotations to tell the story
• ALL pages have buttons for navigation
• At least 2 other media (songs, video clips, interview with expert, photo slideshow, interactive maps)

Prior winning websites:

   Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist to Innovator, A Turning Point in Communication
   Second Place, Senior Individual Web Site
   Student: Taylor Walsh
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography

   On the Brink of Disunion: The Election of 1860
   First Place, Senior Individual Web Site
   Student: John Vodrey
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography
 
Example site/How to:
 http://55515540.nhd.weebly.com

Paper:

• Examine your thesis. Does you paper respond to and connect with the thesis?
• You have written about ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS. 
• Include economic, social, and political impacts
• Have at least one adult and two peers read your paper and provide feedback
• Follow this template (more or less)
• Does your paper CLEARLY connect to the theme- RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES?

Prior winning papers
   
The Sinking of the USS Maine: A Turning Point in American Foreign Policy
   Eighth Place, Captain Ken Coskey Naval History Prize, Senior Paper
   Student: Maria Sutton

   The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: A Catalyst for the American Labor Movement
   First Place, Senior Paper
   Student: Jessica Piper

Performance:

• Go through guide for ideas: http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/making-history/the-final-product/performances/performance-guide.html
• Script should have 3-5 scenes.
• You have written about ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS. 
• Have at least one adult and two peers read your script and provide feedback
• Does your play CLEARLY connect to the theme- RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
• a group performance will have different characters in different places. You may want your audience to travel through time as you move from one character to the next. Make sure that
  your approach is clear to the judges and audience. The different points in time should be
  signified in the script, the scene, the props and costumes.

The Turning Point That Made America Forever Free 
   The Turning Point That Made America Forever Free
   First Place, Senior Individual Performance
   Student: Matthew Broussard
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography