Give each student: 1 laminate pouch, 1 black sharpie, 1 white Elmer's glue stick, 1 pencil Give each table : 1.Basket of scissors 2.Basket of tissue paper (various sizes lots of blues and greens) 3.Laminated Handout of Peace images **Make sure you have the laminator ready (ON) and turn OFF when finished** Docent Material & Setup List: Docent Clean up List: Make sure names are on artwork Place completed in your folder Wipe down tables, refill any items and return handouts and materials to bins as you found them, turn off projector and laminator – thanks for doing this and leading the lesson! Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Lesson 8 – 5th Grade Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Today’s LessonSkill Development: Today you are going to create your interpretation of Chagall’s ‘Peace Window’ using tissue paper and thermal laminated paper to re-create this art work. Using “peace” as a theme, students create transparent paintings with floating imagery and Chagall-like colors. Introduction to stained glass You will learn to : Use subjects, themes and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks. Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

What is stained glass? It is colored glass used to form decorative or pictorial designs, both by painting and especially by setting contrasting pieces in a lead framework like a mosaic. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches, mosques and other significant buildings. Stained glass window at Suleymaniye Mosque Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

One of the most influential art pieces of our featured artist - Marc Chagall: I and the Village (1911) Oil on canvas - Museum of Modern Art, New York Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Who is Marc Chagall? Born in Russia, Chagall moved to France in 1910 and became a prominent figure within the so- called Ecole de Paris. Later he spent time in the United States and the Middle East, travels which reaffirmed his self-image as an archetypal "wandering Jew.” Chagall became an early modernist, eventually creating works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries, and fine art prints. Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

’Peace’, Marc Chagall, , Stained Glass. Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

America Windows (1977) Stained Glass - Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Peace (1964) Stained glass window - United Nations Building, New York Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Some of Chagall’s images of Peace: Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

What are your images of Peace? Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed : Pencil Sharpie Colored Tissue Scissors Glue stick Laminating pouch Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Process: Draw five or six ‘Peace’ images on colored tissue. NOTE: Images should be a different color to background Cut around the images, turn them over and repeat the drawing so it is visible on both sides. Put to one side. Open the laminating pouch and roll the top under so it stays open. Process - Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Place torn colored tissue paper around symbols to cover area desired onto the laminating pouch. Overlap / bunch as desired. Glue pieces in place. Give pouch to docent to (using laminator). Process - Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

Outline a frame and the peace symbols using sharpie (both sides). Look for lines forming in the tissue paper inside and trace them to form "lead" lines (both sides). Sign your name on your glass window! Windows may be cut into shapes after heat-sealing. Process - Chagall Inspired Peace Windows

“Stained glass has to be serious and passionate,” said Marc Chagall. “It has to live through the perception of light… For me a stained-glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world.” Process - Chagall Inspired Peace Windows Ideas to inspire you:

LESSON PLAN ADAPTED FROM DICKBLICK.COM By Tara Button February 2016