This year, as always, every grade level will be making something wonderful from some place in our world! There is a link for each grade level to learn about each process or artist below.
Kinder is discovering the man who made the first photo's of snow, Snowflake Bentley! We are using what have learned to create beautiful microscopic views of our own snowflakes. The beauty of snow is something that Wilson Bentley wanted to share with the world, and so do we!
1st is making Chinese new year dragons or lions. We learned about a mythical beast called Nian and...
2nd is learning about the artist Hokusai and will be making beautiful straw painting, tissue relief cherry blossom trees.
3rd will be designing collages inspired by the Molas of the Kuna People in Panama. Take a look at the...
4th graders are discovering the country of Ghana and investigating the process used to create Kente' and Adinkra two famous African textiles. Then, they will be designing creating their own printing making project inspired by what they have learned.
Kente' Adinkra and how it's made!
Finally 5th grade will be traveling to Egypt to discover the land of the Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies, and hieroglyphs. Every fifth grader at Christie will be making a fabulous Printmaking metal relief to go with our unit.
Keep your eye's peeled for more to come!
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