Duende Infusion
• After studying Spain, Franco, Lorca, Art
(emphasis on Picasso and Goya) and Watching
Pan’s Labyrinth students were asked to look at
they symbols in the various media.
• At this point Amanda Dingle and Anne Baldwin
come in and teach about Picasso and Monotypes
• Students were asked to make a visual
representation of what Duende means, and in
other situations they were supposed to use 5
symbols from Lorca and the movie to represent
their Duende is creating Monotypes.
GAUDI’s Mosaic in the Park Guell
• The Spanish teacher introduced Gaudi at first to her students about his
unique and creative architecture and related sculptures, interiors and
furniture in Barcelona, Spain. They learned about his eccentric artistic life
through lectures and power point presentations.
• At that point, Francine Gintoff introduced the project that related to
Gaudi’s work. It was to be a large 10 foot lizard which is actually part of
the Parc Guell in Barcelona.
• Materials: Brown paper, which was to represent the grout or cement in
between the tiles. Tiles were represented by colored paper stock and
printed scrap booking papers that had intricate patterns. These were cut
very small and all of the students participated by gluing these papers onto
the large lizard. The two teachers worked as well which created some
inspiration and became an example of how this process worked. We all
worked around the desks that were pushed together and it almost
seemed like a quilting circle. It was a very pleasant and productive
environment. Students seemed to derive pleasure and satisfaction having
completed the task. .
Social Studies
• Infusion between
Social Studies and
the Roman Empire
and Mosaics with
Francine Gintoff.
• Other infusions:
• After reading blood wedding having students
work with a drama teacher about the
arquetypes in theater. Students wrote new
endings.
• Working with digital storytelling students
recorded memorized poems and then the
digital storytelling class interviewed the
students and created videos for the poems.