During our first week in field back in January (4th Grade), the students were working on a Mythology unit. One neat idea that incorporated art into their unit, was the they were to create Greek mythology trading cards.
The directions stated:
"During our study of Greek Mythology, you have read several myths. For this assignment you will create six Greek mythology trading cards. You can choose your six favorite mythological characters. They can be a combination of gods, goddesses, heroes, and creatures. You will need six index cards to complete this activity.
Use the following information and scoring rubric when creating your trading cards. Front of card MUST contain the following:
- The name of your god, goddess, hero, or creature in color.
- An illustration of your god, goddess, hero, or creature in color.
- A colorful background or border (may contain symbols that represent your character)
Back of card MUST contain the following:
- Three facts about your mythological character (Some ideas could include: Where does your character come from? What are the characters extraordinary qualities, talents, or abilities?_
- Your first and last name needs to be written on the back of each card.
The scoring rubric for this project contained:
-All six trading cards were completed.
- Name of characters written neatly on each card and in color.
- Illustration for each character.
- Colorful background or border on each card.
- Each card contains three facts about the character.
- Work is neat and well-planned.
- First and last name is on the back of each card.
*Total points out of 40.
I took a couple of photos of one student who claimed he was finished with his trading cards. He did such a great job so I asked if I could borrow them, it didn't take very long until I realized this student had done Egyptian gods instead of Greek ones. I was going to use different cards to show or represent this project after realizing so, but then I realized I wanted to show how easy it might have been to interpret gods in a different sense and then when doing research on their gods it should have been more definite or clear to the students to make sure they were looking up the correct ones. It also shows the raw work that was done in the classroom. The student who did the cards has autism and has an IEP. His artwork and cards are very well done minus the fact he used the wrong type of characters. (Bottom photo is cropped to remove students identification.)
I think this was a great way to incorporate art into the lesson. The students really enjoyed it and since it was a project that spanned over several days they really put a lot of work into their cards and since many of them do trading cards at home (e.g. Pokémon) they could relate this to what they already know about trading cards. Some students even went as far as to add their own information onto the cards that may not have been included into the rubric.
The directions stated:
"During our study of Greek Mythology, you have read several myths. For this assignment you will create six Greek mythology trading cards. You can choose your six favorite mythological characters. They can be a combination of gods, goddesses, heroes, and creatures. You will need six index cards to complete this activity.
Use the following information and scoring rubric when creating your trading cards. Front of card MUST contain the following:
- The name of your god, goddess, hero, or creature in color.
- An illustration of your god, goddess, hero, or creature in color.
- A colorful background or border (may contain symbols that represent your character)
Back of card MUST contain the following:
- Three facts about your mythological character (Some ideas could include: Where does your character come from? What are the characters extraordinary qualities, talents, or abilities?_
- Your first and last name needs to be written on the back of each card.
The scoring rubric for this project contained:
-All six trading cards were completed.
- Name of characters written neatly on each card and in color.
- Illustration for each character.
- Colorful background or border on each card.
- Each card contains three facts about the character.
- Work is neat and well-planned.
- First and last name is on the back of each card.
*Total points out of 40.
I took a couple of photos of one student who claimed he was finished with his trading cards. He did such a great job so I asked if I could borrow them, it didn't take very long until I realized this student had done Egyptian gods instead of Greek ones. I was going to use different cards to show or represent this project after realizing so, but then I realized I wanted to show how easy it might have been to interpret gods in a different sense and then when doing research on their gods it should have been more definite or clear to the students to make sure they were looking up the correct ones. It also shows the raw work that was done in the classroom. The student who did the cards has autism and has an IEP. His artwork and cards are very well done minus the fact he used the wrong type of characters. (Bottom photo is cropped to remove students identification.)
I think this was a great way to incorporate art into the lesson. The students really enjoyed it and since it was a project that spanned over several days they really put a lot of work into their cards and since many of them do trading cards at home (e.g. Pokémon) they could relate this to what they already know about trading cards. Some students even went as far as to add their own information onto the cards that may not have been included into the rubric.