Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Trim: 9 x 11⅜
978-1-4758-4206-7 • Hardback • December 2019 • $100.00 • (£70.00)
978-1-4758-4207-4 • Paperback • November 2019 • $50.00 • (£32.95)
978-1-4758-4208-1 • eBook • November 2019 • $47.50 • (£32.95)
Frances Flicker is a writer, artist, and teacher of art and humanities.
Jacqueline G. Van Schooneveld is a professor of teacher education.
AcknowledgementsBook OverviewUnit 1: Ancient Romans: The Emergence of an EmpireChapter 1: Architecture and Coinage: Heads or Tails Lesson 1: Toss a Coin and Make a Wish, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Engineer and Designing an Arch, Drawing ExerciseLesson 3: Painting Personal Rainbow Arches, Watercolor Painting ExperienceLesson 4: Show me the Money, Making an Embossed CoinChapter 2: Roman Mosaics: Pieces of CultureLesson 1: Pablo’s Discovery, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Discovering Mosaics, Observing and Discussing MosaicsLesson 3: Putting the Pieces Together, Making a MosaicChapter 3: Realistic Roman Portrait: Pursuit of TruthLesson 1: I Feel the Earth Shake Under My Feet, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Pursuit of Truth with a Twist, Biography vs. PortraitLesson 3: Finding Truth in a Mirror Image, Creating PortraitsLesson 4: Split Mirror Imagery, Making a PortraitUnit 2: Middle Ages: The Century BuildersChapter 4: Sculptural Gargoyles: Form, Function and FantasyLesson 1: The Comic Book Artist, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Devising a Disguise by Designing and Structural EmbellishmentLesson 3: Making a Gargoyle DesignLesson 4: Making a Clay GargoyleChapter 5: Castles and Churches: Buildings for CenturiesLesson 1: The Soldier who Saved the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartes, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: A Pictorial Collage Painting with Gothic and Romanesque Buildings and a Touch of Red GroomsLesson 3: Bring in the Light, an Activity on Stain-Glass WindowsLesson 4: Reimagining a Knight in Armour, Making a Textured DrawingLesson 5: Coat of Arms in WatercolorChapter 6: Decorative Arts: Tapestries, Beauty and BeastsLesson 1: Fabricating a Special Story, A Day with Lucy, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Tapestry Art, Making a Tapestry NarrativeLesson 3: Designing an Illuminated Name UNIT 3: The Renaissance: Glory, Faith, and ArtChapter 7: Renaissance Painting: Painting, Perseverance and PraiseLesson 1: Perseverance 68 Feet High, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Discovering Chiaroscuro and Creating Charcoal ShapesLesson 3: Making A Drawing and Oil Pastel Painting Using A GridLesson 4: The Guild System, Role Playing ActivityLesson 6: Getting the Right Perspective (One-Point Perspective)Chapter 8: Printmaking Pathways: Image EvolutionLesson 1: What’s All the Chatter About the Rhinoceros?, Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Carving Out Your Personal Style, Creating a PrintsLesson 3: From Gothic to Gutenberg, Making BooksChapter 9: Altering, Inventing and Modifying Art: Eye for IngenuityLesson 1: Influential Inventions, Man Vs. Machine and Storytelling, The Pages from the Lost NotebookLesson 2: Collographic Buildings, Man Vs. Physical Environment Lesson 3: Modified Forms, Man Vs. Nature Appendix A: Handouts for Chapter 1-9 Appendix B: Foundations Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets Concepts in Arts and Principles of DesignExploring Color and Creating a Color WheelDesigning with TextureBuilding Blocks of ShapesThe Value of ValuesBasics for Graphite Pencil DrawingBasics for Colored Pencil DrawingBasics for Charcoal DrawingBasics on Pastels (Hard and Soft Pastels)Basics on Oil PastelsBasics on Colored MakersWatercolor Painting (transparent painting medium)Basics on Oil, Acrylic, Tempera and Fresco PaintingBasics on Mixed Media and CollageBasics on Clay Hand BuildingBasics on Mosaic MakingAppendix C: Handouts for Foundation LessonsAppendix D: Figures for Chapters 1-9About the Authors
I am a homeschool mom of 5. We like to use curriculum that can be student driven and this book can definitely do that. I handed the book to my 3 middle school aged kids and right off the bat they enjoyed the stories that accompany each lesson. The kids all agreed that focusing on the art of different time periods was a much more interesting way to learn history. They enjoyed connecting with peoples of the past by learning about some of their forms of expression. CreatingArt for All Ages is a good resource that merges several subjects into something that my art-oriented children really enjoyed.
— Cara Rector, Vice President, Board of Directors, Latter-Day Saints Home Educators
Within minutes of opening Creating Art for All Ages, my mind began racing with the amount of enriching, applicable lessons I could use to involve students in their own learning. There is so much core curriculum that is expected to be taught, and with this resource, lessons can easily be integrated with art. History will come alive, math will make sense, and reading will become a priority as students make real life applications from the lessons. The depth of their learning will increase as they imagine, create, and share their own works of art as they relate to the core curriculum.
— Petrina Steele, 6th grade teacher, Bastian Elementary (Herriman, UT)
The book Creating Art for All Ages is a wonderful resource for teachers to integrate art education in a natural way into their classroom. I appreciate the integration of art to the Social Studies, English, and Math standards. It is written in a way that makes it manageable for elementary teachers to use. The lessons are designed to allow students to enter at their level and then provides scaffolds to excel their learning to higher levels and higher thinking. I appreciate the focus on 21st century learning and innovation. Our students need to learn how to investigate, connect, create, collaborate, present and reflect. These are ESSENTIAL skills for our students in school and in life!
— Cheryl Fullmer, Principal, Trails West Elementary (Centennial, CO)