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    This lesson teaches students about diversity and immigration by having them create flowers to welcome newly arrived Syrian refugees; students will learn about the struggles of immigrants through discussion and a motivational book before using various materials like paper, glue, and pom-poms to make unique flowers evaluating their works and each other's based on artistic elements and thoughtful comments. The lesson aims to develop citizenship and community understanding around immigration topics.

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    This lesson teaches students about diversity and immigration by having them create flowers to welcome newly arrived Syrian refugees; students will learn about the struggles of immigrants through discussion and a motivational book before using various materials like paper, glue, and pom-poms to make unique flowers evaluating their works and each other's based on artistic elements and thoughtful comments. The lesson aims to develop citizenship and community understanding around immigration topics.

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    This lesson teaches students about diversity and immigration by having them create flowers to welcome newly arrived Syrian refugees; students will learn about the struggles of immigrants through discussion and a motivational book before using various materials like paper, glue, and pom-poms to make unique flowers evaluating their works and each other's based on artistic elements and thoughtful comments. The lesson aims to develop citizenship and community understanding around immigration topics.

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    Created By: Kimberly Cerullo, Penny Fengos, Veronica Roda

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    This lesson teaches students about diversity and immigration by having them create flowers to welcome newly arrived Syrian refugees; students will learn about the struggles of immigrants through discussion and a motivational book before using various materials like paper, glue, and pom-poms to make unique flowers evaluating their works and each other's based on artistic elements and thoughtful comments. The lesson aims to develop citizenship and community understanding around immigration topics.

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    Peer-teaching

    workshop presents:
    All aboard! A flower
    for all.
    Created by: Kimberly Cerullo, Penny
    Fengos, Veronica Roda
    Summary
    ▪ Preschool/Elementary level: Grade 5 (Cycle 3)
    ➢ *Can be adapted to any age group.
    In this lesson:
    ❖ Discuss and reflect on the topic of diversity, immigration and learn how to
    promote a sense of belonging and welcoming newly arrived families.
    ❖ Introduce motivational tools, exploring the struggles newly arrived
    immigrants/refugees face and learn about what they can do to make these
    families feel welcome.
    ❖ Children will be creating flowers given to the newly arrived Syrian Refugees.
    Progression of Learning
    ▪ Knowledge:

    A. Transforming gestures and tools:

    ❖ Drawing & Coloring

    ❖ Exploring with a variety of shapes

    ❖ Cutting/ Tearing & Gluing

    ❖ Use of materials: construction paper, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, popsicle


    sticks, pom-poms, magazines, aluminum, paint and decorative materials in the
    creation of their unique flowers.
    Progression of Learning
    ▪ B. Language of visual arts:

    ❖ Shapes: Rounded, triangular, square or hearts

    ❖ Creating lines to make the petals of a flower, tracing the shapes and cutting around the lines.
    (Vertical, horizontal, short, long)

    ❖ Patterns

    ❖ Combining colors

    ❖ Spatial representation and spatial organization

    ❖ Symmetry
    Competencies Targeted
    ❖ Competency 1: To produce individual works in the visual arts

    ❖ Competency 3: To appreciate works of art, traditional artistic objects, media


    images, personal productions & those of classmates

    ▪ Cross-curricular competencies:

    ❖ Competency 4: Uses creativity

    ❖ Competency 5: Adopts effective work methods

    ❖ Competency 7: Achieves his/her potential

    ❖ Competency 8: Cooperates with others


    Broad Areas of Learning: Citizenship and
    Community Life
    ❖ Children:

    ❖ Learn about aspects of their community (immigration)


    ❖ Learn to play active roles as citizens to promote a sense of belonging
    ❖ Reflect on aspects of diversity
    ❖ Develop understanding on individual differences
    ❖ Work together as a community to make flowers
    Evaluation Criteria
    ❖ Competency 1:
    ❖ Evaluated based on their relationship with the materials/tools provided and their creation
    ❖ Asked to comment on their work (what they enjoyed about the project)
    ❖ Assessed based on the terminology used in their descriptions.

    ❖ Competency 3:
    ❖ Opportunity to comment and give their thoughts on the flowers
    ❖ Offer suggestions to improve the artwork
    ❖ After the project: comment on their own work and the works of other students
    ❖ Assessed based on the comments and opinions they share about the way the artwork makes
    them feel
    Motivation: Book, ”My Two Blankets”
    Motivation
    ❖ “State of Exception”
    exhibition
    ❖ By: artist/photographer
    Richard Barnes, Amanda
    Krugliak in collaboration
    with Jason De Leon.
    ❖ Lanched at University of
    Michigan. Has since
    travelled to other states.
    Video clip of exhibition
    Celebration Video
    ❖ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lu41LulQos
    Bibliography
    ▪ Blackwood, F., Kobald, I. (2014). My Two blankets. HMH books for young
    readers.
    ▪ Celebration, Playing For Change, Song Around The World (2015). Retrieved
    from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lu41LulQos
    ▪ Image of wall of backpacks. (2013) Retrieved from:
    http://undocumentedmigrationproject.com/media/state-of-exception-
    opens-in-new-york-city-thursday-february-2nd-2017/
    ▪ State of Exception at ArtPrize video. (2013) Retrieved from:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4QnJ1d3J8&feature=youtu.be

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