Art

**Subject: Art**
> > ===Students will create a mural of Chinese culture and landmarks for multicultural week.===
 * ====Technology:====
 * ====Digital Elmo Projector====
 * ====Curriculum Standard: Ohio Academic Content Standards (Grade 4)====
 * ====Creative Expression and Communication - Identify and select art materials, tools and processes to achieve specific purposes in their artworks.====
 * ====Creative Expression and Communication - Compare the decorative and functional qualities of artwork from cultural/ethnic groups.====
 * ====Description:====
 * ====Fourth grade students will research different aspects of Chinese culture and choose one to draw a representation of on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 drawing paper. Students will project their images on a wall covered in roll paper and then trace their enlarged image on the paper using pencils. Students will then use tempera paints to complete their portion of the mural.====
 * ====Supporting Research:====
 * ====__Improve Curriculum Delivery With Document Cameras__: A document that details many ways that an art educator incorporated a document camera into her teaching and the results that she achieved.====
 * ====__The Document Camera In Your Classroom__: Explains that an added benefit of using a document camera is that 3D objects can be demonstrated to the rest of the class. The article also explains the benefit of using the document camera to take pictures of what is being presented to the footage can be used in conjunction with the SMART Board during future, follow-up lessons.====
 * ====__Document Cameras - Some Innovative Classroom Uses__: An article that lists innovative and interactive ways of using a document camera to transform learning and presentation sessions.====
 * ====__Integration Ideas Using A Document Camera__: Details the benefits that students will experience by using a document camera in a classroom. Also lists ideas for implementation in the classroom.====
 * ====Tried and True or New & Innovative:====
 * ====This activity is a little bit of both. This type of mural would normally be done free-hand with older students because of their advanced artistic abilities as well as their more-refined fine motor skills in general. In the past, younger students could do this type of project by projecting their images using an overhead projector. This, however, would limit the projected drawing to an enlarged blackline representation because of the need to use transparencies. The Elmo projector is basically a document camera that projects enlarged images on the wall. This allows for an exact representation of the artist's original work and allows for more details to be incorporated into the finished project.====

**References:**
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Andrlik, H. (2010, January 17). Improve Curriculum Delivery With Document Cameras. Retrieved February 19, 2011, from http://theteachingpalette.com====