“Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:27:14 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:26:54 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Judy Ball Johnson, jbjart@sport.rr.com This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm Hand Held computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:24:42 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:24:08 PM “Looking At The State Were In” through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 8:27:54 PM “Looking At The State Were In”through Clementine’s Eyes - by Bobbi Yancey, bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org This unit of study was designed as a collaborative distance project between NBCT EMC visual art specialists Judy Ball Johnson, Highlands Magnet Elementary School, Shreveport, LA, Email Address- jbjart@sport.rr.com or jbjohnson@caddo.k12.la.us, and by Bobbi Yancey, College Oaks Elementary, Lake Charles, LA. byanci@cox-internet.com or bobbi.yancey@cpsb.org Students will be introduced to an artist, Clementine Hunter, who worked as a cook, sharecropper, domestic, and nanny her entire life in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, mainly at Melrose Plantation. Students will investigate her genre paintings to analyze daily life depicted and how it compares and differs with daily living of today. Additionally, students will compare and contrast “Folk Life” in North and South Louisiana. Students will explore cultural heritage, diversity, and use of found objects to develop a theme reflecting their personal heritage in the creation of their own original art work in a “Folk”, “Primitive”, or “Outsider” style. Students will submit work electronically using Palm HandHeld computers and in a traditional manner using a variety of media on an Artist Trading Card template. The project will culminate with students meeting each other on the grounds of Melrose Plantation. Students will tour “The African House” to view Hunter’s murals first hand, will see a theatrical portrayal of Clementine Hunter by Louisiana thespian, Carol Ann Gayle, will view an electronic student art exhibit, and will participate in an information handheld beam-a-thon, and a Artist Trading Card Exchange. Grade Level(s) 4, 5, 6,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Music Social Studies 8/27/2006 7:53:19 PM Alien Match - by Trista Badeaux, tbadeaux@leoseton.org The students will draw an alien in Sketchy using geometric shapes, write a descriptive paragraph in Words to Go descibing their alien, switch paragraphs with a partner, and try to draw their partner's alien according to their descriptive paragraph. **This lesson can be done in 2 days or a week depending on the skills you want to focus on and the amount of additional activities that can stem from the activity. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Math Science 5/10/2006 7:10:42 PM Art Start Drawing - by Shirlene Clark, shirlene.clark@cpsb.org Using notepad on the handhelds, students draw a hanging flag. The video instructs using paper and pencil, but this lesson is adapted to use the handheld. Students are encouraged to draw what is seen. Angles are drawn in relationship to vertical fold lines. Students are asked to forget that they are drawing a flag and to concentrate on drawing lines and angles just as they see them. Grade Level(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art 1/11/2006 5:16:43 PM Creative Stories - by Jeanne Comeaux, jfc6197@slp.k12.la.us The class will be divided into pairs. Each person will illustrate a picture in Sketchy and then beam the picture to their partner. The partners will then interpret the picture and create a story to go with the picture. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts 5/11/2005 9:00:41 PM Exploring Plant Growth - by Lori Bertrand, lori.bertrand@cpsb.org The students will participate in a science experiment where they observe, photograph, and document the growth of plants. The final products will be 2 videos showing the growth of a plant using elapsed time and also a generated chart showing plant growth. Grade Level(s) 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art Math Science 8/26/2006 11:20:20 AM Fractured Fairy Tales - by Karen  Williams, karen.williams@cpsb.org The students will use creative thinking skills to "fracture" a well known fairy tale. Grade Level(s) 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts 1/11/2006 11:50:31 AM LEAP into Journaling - by Deborah Tatman, det6003@slp.k12.la.us This lesson allows students to use journaling as a tool for LEAP review. Grade Level(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Foreign Language Math Science Social Studies 5/10/2005 8:15:45 PM Mysterious Mitosis - by Courtney Storer, courtney.storer@cpsb.org One of the most important areas of study in 7th grade Life Science centers around the study of the cell, with special emphasis placed on the process of cellular division known as "Mitosis." This concept is not an easy one, and to most students, it is an unfamiliar one. Using handheld computers to describe, illustrate (animate), and discuss the phases of mitosis should aide the students in gaining a much clearer understanding of this rather complicated, yet intriguing process of life. Grade Level(s) 7,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Science 8/4/2004 9:11:34 PM Plants and Their Parts - by Christiane Perkins, christiane.perkins@cpsb.org 1. TLW learn about the wonderful world of plants, functions and parts using literature, video, and PowerPoint on plants. 2. TLW create their own illustrations using technology (palms) to show understanding of objective. Grade Level(s) 1,  Content Area(s) Art Science 5/10/2005 8:13:53 AM PodCasting, Mummies & the Inside Story - by Rhonda Young, rhonda.young@cpsb.org Students will utilize their Palms to listen to a PodCast before and during their visit to the Museum exhibit “Mummies – The Inside Story and then create a sketchy slideshow about the process of mummification and their favorite artifact. Grade Level(s) 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Art Science Social Studies 1/11/2006 8:16:45 PM Presenting My Family! - by Stephanie O'Quinn, stephanie.o'quinn Since I will be introducing the Handheld Computers during Parent Night, I would like to start off the year expanding my All About Me lesson into an All About My Family lesson. I would like for my students to each get a chance to take home the Palm and do a Family Project. This will give the students and parents an opportunity to become more familiar with the Palms and it will allow me to get to know the families a little better:) Grade Level(s) 1, 2,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts 8/4/2004 3:55:31 PM Santa Is Missing! - by Angela Ardoin, angela.ardoin@cpsb.org Students will use the GPS and the Palm as tools to assist them in finding clues and creating a diary of their events, all in order to help save Santa. Grade Level(s) 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Math 12/9/2004 10:01:44 AM test - by test test, test test Grade Level(s) Pre-K,  Content Area(s) Art 4/10/2006 9:43:28 AM The Greedy Triangle - by Tammy Marcantel, kesteacher@msn.com Students use literature, manipulatives, hands-on activities, coorperative learning groups, and technology to create polygons and investigate their characteristics. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Math 8/2/2004 10:58:59 PM The Sequence of Nature - by Meloni Buller, meloni.buller This lesson is designed for elementary students to use the Palm for a lesson in ELA sequencing and Science in the steps of a plant. Grade Level(s) 2, 3, 4, 5,  Content Area(s) Art English/Language Arts Science 1/12/2006 8:47:40 AM