Magnet Theme:
Lesson Title: Andy Warhol “Pop Art Yourself”
Content Area: Digital Imaging
Teacher: Mrs. Corstange
Grade Level: 6
Time Required: 4 Days
Standards:
ART.VA.I.6.3 Develop a successful visual vocabulary.
List the state or national standards
that you are using in this lesson.
ART.VA.III.6.1 Observe, describe, and analyze visual characteristics at a developing level.
ART.VA.IV.6.2 Develop an understanding of the historical, social, and cultural contexts of artwork
with aesthetic sophistication.
ART.VA.I.6.5 Produce and exhibit a final product that demonstrates quality craftsmanship and
technique at a developing level.
Objective: Students will create their first project in Adobe
Photoshop, mimicking the same style as Andy Warhol and
his pop art work.
Overview:
What is the purpose of this lesson?
Essential Question:
Students will use their new Photoshop skills to create a project based off of the artist Andy
Warhol. Students will learn about his style of pop art and apply those same ideas to their
work. Their projects will focus on the Principal of Repetition.
How Do Life Experiences Influence Art?
What will I differentiate?
Content
Materials needed:
-Adobe Photoshop, Computers, Andy Warhol Video Clip,
Andy Warhol article “Multiplying Marylyn’s” ,Artifacts
Work Sheet, Andy Warhol PowerPoint, and Andy Warhol
Friday Homework
Process
How will I differentiate?
Product
For readiness
Interest
Learning Environment
Learning Profile
Combination
Understand (big ideas, principles, generalizations, rules, the “point” of the discipline or topic within
the discipline)
That there are different art movements. They are also start to understand
some of the ways to use Photoshop as a whole.
As a result of this lesson, students will…
Know (facts, vocabulary, how to’s, information that is memorizable)
What the pop art movement is, Who Andy Warhol was and how repetition
plays a large role in a lot of his work.
Do (Skills) (thinking skills, skills of the discipline – skills you will assess)
Be able to move images around, change colors, copy and paste
photographs and use specific filters in Photoshop.
Instructional Groupings:
Students will be working individually.
(How will you have students work together? Whole
group, small group, partners, quads, homogeneous,
heterogeneous?)
Pre-Assessment: (How will you find out about where your students are at for this lesson? What will your pre-assessment look like?
The students will take the Post-Assessment as their quiz finding out how much information they know about the artist
Andy Warhol.
Steps in the Lesson:
Include ideas for whole-class instructions, differentiated activities, guided notes/practice, independent work, engagement strategies, etc…
Day 1: Students will take the Andy Warhol post test as a pre test. Students will then individually use the artifacts
handout to find out information on the Internet about Andy Warhol. Students will then come back together as a whole
group as we discuss Andy Warhol, their findings on the artifacts sheet and view a PowerPoint Presentation of his wok.
The teacher will take a head and shoulders photograph of each student to use for the project.
Day 2: Students will watch a video clip about Andy Warhol and answer a few questions individually. The teacher will
then passout the project guide and lock the computer screens to show the demonstration. Students will be walked
through step by step, and taking questions at any point during the deomo. Students will then work by themselves using
the handout as a guideline on how to complete the project.
Day 3: Teacher will lock the screen and give a demonstration on the project again. Students will need to complete the
project today. When a student is complete with the work they will read the article “Multiplying Marilyns” and answer
the questions.
Day 4: Students will come into class and take the Andy Warhol Post Test. The teacher will then lock the screens and give
a demo on creating another version of their project. Students will be shown how to merge images together so that they
are on one layer together.
Formative Assessment Strategies:
How will you inform yourself throughout the class period the status of the students’ understanding?
I will be able to see the status of my students’ understanding as I walk around the room and see the students work on
their project. I will very quickly know who needs more help and who does not.
Closure Activity:
This may be a chance to share, or explicit restatement of the goals of the lesson, a summarization opportunity, etc…
As a closing activity students will get a chance to print their image out and grade themselves. They will have the
opportunity to reflect on their first Photoshop project and talk about the difficult points and easy points for them.
Post-Assessment:
How will you collect and use data to inform your next lesson?
The will be able to tell from the student’s work they turn in, their grade sheet reflection and by walking around the room
which skills I will need to focus on again for the next project and which ones I can just quickly review again.
Additional Resources:
Any websites or materials that you used?