Description

Influenced by Keith Haring's book, BIG, this lesson explores clothing and the adjectives we use to describe and differentiate them.

Objective

To teach students about Keith Haring and his book "BIG"

To excercise students reading and writing skills by applying them to something fun and creative.

To expose students to the process of making a collage.

Resources

Keith Haring's BIG book

0390 | Keith Haring Big Children's Book | Hardcover | $6.95
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Materials

Pencils
Colored construction paper
Glue & glue brushes -or- glue sticks
Scissors

Procedure

This lesson was aimed for 2nd Graders around Keith Haring's book "BIG". We talked about how adjectives describe things. We also talked about how clothing can be art. The Enormous Red Top Hat was our inpiration [selected from a specific page in BIG]. Each student created a colloage of a large hat using colored construction paper... the class must have named 20 different kinds of hats from baseball caps to princess crowns. To show this was a big hat, the students shrunk the feet and legs. This emphasized proportion and scale. They added detail to the hat, and Voila!! Big Hat People!

Extensions

Expand this project as part of an entire unit in apparel, investigating uniforms, or articles of clothing.

Use this project as part of a larger study in scale.