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Exercise: Social Studies/Visual Art
Objectives and Overview
The objective for this exercise is for students to work in groups of four or five to construct a timeline of significant events in United States history, using the birth and death dates of artist James Earle Fraser as a framework. Each event should be marked on the timeline with its date and title, and then students should take turns creating drawings that depict or interpret each event.
Materials
Large sheets of white butcher paper
Pencils
Rulers
Colored pencils, markers or crayons
Project Procedure
- On the board write the artist's name, James Earle Fraser, along with his birth date, 1876, and his death date, 1953.
- Divide students into groups of four or five and have them locate and gather information about the significant events that took place in United States history between 1876 and 1953, using a variety of primary and secondary sources, including magazines, technology/Internet, encyclopedias, and atlases, among others.
- Students should then apply this information by constructing timelines using pencils and rulers. Each significant event should be marked on the timeline with its date and title.
- Next have students work individually or in pairs to illustrate each event using drawing media such as pencils, colored pencils, markers and/or crayons.
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