2. Coats of Arms

August 13, 2009

Lesson Plan 2: Coats of Arms

Whom: Lauren Henriksen

Location: Tuerk House

Materials Needed: Watercolors, pencils, pastels, paper, etc.

Time Line:

11:00- Introduction of myself and review the idea of the mural project for new students

11:10- Present history and discussion of the lesson planned and how it relates to the students and the mural

11:20- Begin the Coats of Arms project.

11:50- Wrap up the project and lay all the coats of arms out, then critique the designs based on which are most successful at relating an idea or a message, and which might be good to put in a Tuerk House mural.

11:58- Hand out homework assignment

12:00- Clean and dismiss

Project Outline: The adults and I will be creating coats of arms, a traditional symbolic frame of images that identifies a person or idea. A history of the coats of arms will be briefly presented, along with color images of examples, as well as the one I have prepared of my own.  The inspiration for this idea arose from the results of the project last week. The adults created many images instead of patterns, each with some kind of symbol for ex. Anti-drug statements or happiness. I noticed that perhaps symbols and images are stronger to the adults than patterns and abstract ideas. This project, although simple, will hopefully be a great catalyst of conveying the personal images that are most important to the adults and the Tuerk House. The Coats of Arms they create will be hung in the Tuerk House on display, and the images that are created will be noted and hopefully added into the murals in the near future. A similar homework assignment will be handed out requesting that the adults create a small list of 5 wordless symbols that they feel represent the mission of the Tuerk House.