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PICTURING
ENDANGERED SPECIES!
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Today’s Timeline:
10 min – survey
20 min – introductory slides / discussion
15 min – grid system drawing / charcoal
15 min – mural assemblage
10 min – abstract art
40 min – group mural project instructions
10 min – final survey / reflection
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Lesson Timeline:
10 min – survey
30 min – slides / discussion
70 min – activity
10 min – final survey / reflection / presentation
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Picturing Endangered Species
In this unit, you will learn
about endangered and
threatened species
around the world as you
experiment with grid
system drawing,
sketching, charcoal
drawing, and mural
making.
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Goals of the Unit
 Develop skills in art techniques
 Improve comfort in expressing self
through art and various materials
 Learn about endangered species
around the world
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Guiding Cultural Connections Questions
 What are the leading causes that threaten species?
 Across the globe, are the leading causes the same?
 What are the issues of greatest concern?
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Guiding Art Questions
How would you describe a common feature of
abstract art?
Name 3 drawing techniques.
How might depth be created?
Name 3 spatial devices which can be used to create
the appearance of space
What is value?
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Picturing Endangered Species
4 Learning Activities
Lesson 3 – Abstract Styles
• Focus: Abstract Artist Styles
• Shattered Color Pencil Artwork
Lesson 4 – Field Trip
• Visit an aquarium, wildlife game
reserve, estuary, wildlife
conservation project, fish farm,
wildlife habitat nursery, etc.
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Picturing Endangered Species
4 Learning Activities
Lesson 1 – Introduction to
Grid Work
• Focus: reasons for extinction, ongoing
concerns
• Drawing techniques, grid work
• Species drawing
Lesson 2 – Charcoal Mural
• Focus: charcoal drawing and shading
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Picturing Endangered Species
4 Learning Activities
Lesson 3 – Shattered Species
• Focus: Abstract Artist Styles
• Shattered Color Pencil Artwork
Lesson 4 – Field Trip
• Visit an aquarium, wildlife game
reserve, estuary, wildlife
conservation project, fish farm,
wildlife habitat nursery, etc.
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What do you know about
Endangered Species?
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Background – Video Links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmTLLmhxFQ 4:52 min
Recent Extinct Animals of the 20th Century
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82URPJsE&feature=related
Photo slide: Volunteer reads slides aloud 1 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawy5L1exwg&feature=related
Fragile eco-systems and threatened
species with images and names. 4:15 min
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/0/PSl1ECJyESU
The Plight of the Laysan Albatross 1:30 min
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/26/7JBpsQTxsYs
Preventing trash from reaching the sea 55 min
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What is the Endangered Species Act?
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ESA was passed in 1973 to protect at-risk plant and animal species
There are two categories “Endangered” or “Threatened”
Endangered: danger of becoming extinct
Threatened: likely to become endangered in the future
• Another way to think about extinction!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1EixVFKZE
Blonds extinct in 200 years?
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/esa.html
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How does a Species get “Listed?”
• The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a bureau of the Department of the
Interior is responsible for listing, delisting, and reclassifying the species.
• When the FWS announces a proposal to the Federal Register, the public is
then allowed to comment on the proposal for a set period of time, letting
the FWS know whether or not they agree or disagree with the proposal.
• The process can take a year or longer.
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/esa.html
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How many Species are Protected by the ESA?
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As of May 31, 2000
1051 animal species protected
368 are listed as Endangered in the US, 518 in foreign countries
128 are listed as Threatened in the US, 37 in foreign countries
• There are 738 plant species protected
• 593 in the US, 1 foreign
• 142 Threatened in the US and 2 foreign
• A total of 1789 species are protected by the ESA
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/esa.html
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In What Other Ways are Endangered
Species Protected?
• Local laws enforced by state governments and state departments
• Groups of species are protected by specific acts such as the Marine
Mammal Protection Act
• Foreign countries have protection laws for their endangered species
• Endangered species are protected on international levels as well (ie. The
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES) is an agreement between 150 countries that have agreed not
to trade the species on the endangered lists
• Google US Fish and Wildlife Service for more info on the Endangered
species Program
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/esa.html
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Protection of Endangered Species:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddebPBrWaxI&feature=fvw
Endangered animals: watch with mute sound and pause button!
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenopolisTV?feature=pyv&ad=3556859606&kw=animals#p/u/26/7JBpsQTxsYs
Preventing trash from reaching the sea
Picturing Endangered Species
Connection to Australian Unit: Protection of Endangered Species:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsBMcOVj8I
the Dingo: A Threatened Species - 2min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fcp0ehIDPw
Australian preservation of corridors for climate-threatened
species - 3:35min
Picturing Endangered Species
Vocabulary (Use Exercise Sheet)
abstract
1. a style of art that refers to various types of 20th-century avant-garde art;
2. also refers to images that have been so altered from their realistic/natural
appearance; they have been simplified to their basic contours/forms;
3. art is often based upon a recognizable object, which is then simplified to
show some purer underlying form, sometimes removing any references to
recognizable objects
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Drawing techniques: different ways of drawing, such as hatching, stippling,
contour, blending, or shading
hatching—drawing repeating parallel lines to create a texture or value
cross hatching—drawing repeated crossing lines to create a texture or value
contour—drawing the outlines of a shape
blending—smudging to create a texture/value
shading—creating various gradations of value of a color
hatching
cross-hatching
stippling
smudging/blending
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space
an element of visual arts; the area above, below, around, and within a piece of
artwork. The illusion of depth or space on a flat surface is created through the use of
the following techniques: overlapping shapes and forms, use of size, detail, value,
color, and linear perspective
spatial devices
methods used to create the appearance of space in an artwork; foreground/middle
ground/background, overlap, placement, size, detail, color,
foreground—the area of an artwork that appears closest
middle ground—the area between the foreground and background
background—the area of an artwork that appears farthest away: a way of
showing space
color value—the lightness or darkness of a color
horizon line—based on the artist’s eye level, a line where sky meets earth
overlap—partly cover another part
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Value
an element of visual arts; the lightness and darkness of a line, shape, or form
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Value: an element of visual arts; the lightness and darkness of a line, shape, or form
Joe Contuzzi, grade 10, pencil, page 62, From Ordinary to Extraordinary by Ken Vieth, Davis Publications.
Try playing with colored pencils! Color a range of values within each section!
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