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Student WorkshopsOur student workshops will give your students the opportunity to learn and explore a wide variety of art disciplines. They make purposeful connections for students and teachers to core curriculum. See below for NEW grade 4 and 5 workshop descriptions! Schedule for 2007-2008
Descriptions
Shadow Puppet Production Curriculum Connections: Visual Art: Appreciation, Craftsmanship, Media & Technique Drama: Playwriting, Dramatic movement, acting, puppetry Science:rudimentary Waste in Our World and Light and Shadow Language Arts:creative writing This workshop provides students with an opportunity to make shadow puppets, script write and produce a play . While working as a team students will explore some of the intriguing principles of light and shadow. Making the puppets encourages design skills and technical ‘know-how’. Combining the question “Where in the world does our waste go?” and with inspiration from the story of “Ed the Duck’s dramatic rescue” this grade four workshop promises lots of fun and learning Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours Grade 5 NEW!!! Future Imagining with Masks Curriculum Connections: Visual Art: Appreciation, Craftsmanship, Media & Technique Drama: Dramatic movement, Mime Science:generally - problem solving, exploration and investigation, reflection and interpretation. Language Arts: a small amount of creative writing, documentary style This workshop challenges students to think like Leonardo da Vinci by blending scientific reason with creative expression. Four hundred years beyond our time, what creatures will exist? How will technology advance? What obstacles will human beings overcome? Exploration, investigation and questioning are keys to designing a creature of the future. Students will compose a brief encyclopedia entry before building a 3-D paper sculpture mask. They will learn the basics of wearing a mask in drama and bring their creatures to life with a movement performance onstage in the Creative Kids Museum. Workshop Duration: 2 hours ECS My Many Coloured Days Curriculum Connections: click here for specific learner expectations Music: Expression Drama: Structure Dramatic Play, Dramatic Movement Health: Relationship Choices - Feelings This workshop examines how feelings are expressed and some of the challenges in recognizing their expression. Students will explore ways to metaphorically represent feelings through music, imagery, movement, colour and literature. Our inspirational take off is Dr. Seuss’s book “My Many Coloured Days”. After exploring, they will create a painting full of feeling! Workshop Duration: 1 hour
Grade 1 Celebrating RED! Curriculum Connections: click here for specific learner expectations
Students will be invited to observe the colour red in their lives. They will explore the colour red and learn how to create shades and tints with black and white paint. Then they will take up the challenge of creating a piece of work that tells a story using only the colour red; painting with a variety of painting tools as well as using collage techniques. Workshop Duration: 1 hour
Grade 2 Faces in Canada Curriculum Connections: click here for specific learner expectations Math: Fractions Social Studies: Canada’s Dynamic Communities Students will begin by looking at the many ways artists have represented ‘the human face’. They will then analyze a human face, take measurements and discover some basic rules for positioning of features. We’ll compare these to accepted drawing rules. Students will then create a transparent mask of a face using found objects. They’ll finish up by saying hello in one of the many languages of Canada. Workshop Duration: 1 hour Grade 3 India - Haven for Puppets Curriculum Connections: click here for specific learner expectations Drama: Puppetry - Communication and Manipulation Social Studies: Comunities in the World (India) Music: Recognize music from other cultures Students will go on a virtual whirl wind tour of India and learn that because of India’s many cultures there are many types of puppets. They will explore links between puppetry and four different regions of India. They will then create a Rajastani puppet* and learn about the traditions associated with it. Time permiting, they will learn a popular story from the Ramayana that they could tell with their puppets. Finally they can dance their puppet to some lively Indian music. Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours
Grade 6 Greek Theatre on Stage Curriculum Connections: click here for specific learner expectations Drama: Choral Speech, Group Drama Language Arts: Responds to Texts (myths) Students will have fun with costumes and props, bringing the highlights of Greek legends - Persephone, Icarus and Midas and as requested Plato's Cave, to life in this theatre based program. Throughout the program, Greek culture, government and influence on Western civilization is discussed. The students develop confidence in acting and practice teamwork as they stage their scenes in CKM's fully equipped theatre. In addition to acting and chorus, there is mention of the technical elements in theatre such as lighting, sound effects, costumers and the role of the director. Workshop Duration: 2 hours
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