FunArts Year 1 Common Threads Global Themes Masks

Fun-Arts Year 1: “Common Threads” (Global Themes: Masks, Shaking Instruments, Dragons, Friendship & Families, Humor, Space) Lesson 3: Dragons, Textures & Strings Track 1: “Kajango”

Dragons & Strings: Lesson Plan n n n What have we learned so far? Global Themes What are Dragons? Textures String Instruments Music from Asia Let’s Create!

What have we learned so far? n n n n Masks: all around the world! Primary and Secondary Colors Drums: call & response Rain Forests Rain Sticks Patterns Flutes

What are Dragons? n Did you think of: n n n n Flying Lizards Wings Fire-breathing Sharp Teeth Big Claws! Spiked Tails Scales on Belly Fun Stories Dragon. Moche Culture 100 A. D. Larco Museum Lima, Peru Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Dragons & Dinosaurs n All around the world, everyone has stories of dragons. n Maybe this started because people found dinosaur bones and wanted to explain them. Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Dragons n Most dragon legends around the world characterize the dragon as a ferocious, fire-breathing beast that is feared by all. Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Dragons in Chinese Stories n In Chinese stories and culture: the dragon is seen as a kind and friendly symbol of good luck and wealth. n Where is China? Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Symbol of Power n n In China the dragon is the most important symbol of power. Dragons are found on ancient and contemporary textiles, ceramics and paintings. Interlocked dragons, (403 BC – 221 BC) Warring states, by Mountain at Shanghai Museum Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Chinese New Year Dragons n Chinese New Year parades always include a dragon. Large, colorful cloth dragons are carried by many people who wind and dance their way through the streets. Good luck comes to all who see the dragon. Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Dragon Textures Click to view 5 pictures of textures you might associate with dragons. Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Textures in Nature Can you guess what these textures are? Click to reveal answers Komodo Dragon Skin Soft Coral (Fiji) Tree Bark Stones (New Zealand) Lava (Samoa) Leaf Skeleton Line Shape Texture Color Light Space

Instruments (so far) n Percussion n Woodwind n n Drums and banging things Shaking instruments Flute, bassoon Clarinet, oboe Saxophone Strings n n n Violin Cello Viola Guitar Erhu Gayageum Tempo Rhythm Dynamics Pitch Melody Harmony

Music from Asia FROM CHINA: n Chinese parades have exciting music! n Track 9: “Frantic Dances of Golden Serpent” (1: 35) Erhu is a kind of violin (fiddle) with two strings, played with bow. Tempo? (fast or slow) Dynamics? (loud or soft) Instruments? (cymbals and erhu) Its origin is dated up to the Tang dynasty (618 -907). n Track 12: Erhu demonstration (0: 18) n Track 10: “Melody of Black Bamboo” (3: 09) It is usually hexagonal shaped and made of ebony or sandalwood and snake skins. n n n FROM KOREA: n Track 11: “Dragon Heart” (1: 34) n Different string instrument n n n Gayageum has 12 strings Instrument lies across lap Front opening is covered with skin of python (snake) and the back is left open. Plucking technique Tempo Rhythm Dynamics Pitch Melody Harmony

Let’s Create! 3) NEWSPAPER on desk, FOIL in middle, WHITE PAPER on top. 2) DRAW on white paper. (tape white paper to foil it Use lots of details. so it doesn’t move) 1) NAME on red paper & white paper. Materials: Red construction paper 9 x 11 Heavy duty tin foil, folded once 8 ½ x 11 white copy paper Pencil (not too sharp!) Recycled newspaper White glue or tape Optional: sharpie pens 4) TRACE over drawing, pushing firmly. 5) unfold tin foil to view symmetrical embossings/debossings. 6) Glue or tape foil to red paper. Optional: color with sharpies

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Credits n n n n Fun-Arts lessons are written by Monica Merrill Vinberg copyright 2013. Craft plans are written by Christine Krause. Fun-Arts is a non-profit group hoping to share the world’s fine arts treasures with the rightful heirs: all children. Thank you docents: you bring the lessons to life. Thank you for permission to use work: www. ryanphotographic. com (textures), Patrick Keough (painter), Spencer Art Museum, Lars Åke Vinberg (photos), Sherri Carter (painter), Ivetta Harte (painter), Elizabeth Robinette Tyndall (painter), Vicky Richardson (photos), Jim Patterson Photography, Eileen Downes (collage). Fun-Arts art supplies are provided in part by the PTA’s at the schools who use the program. Contact us at Fun-Arts@chrome. se “Dragons in China” paraphrased from Art Projects from Around the World by Linda Evans, Karen Backus and Mary Thompson

Fiji, Samoa & New Zealand are over here! Where in the World? (click HERE to return to last viewed screen)

Info: China n n n n Hundreds of ethnic groups Great Wall can be seen from outer space. Paper lanterns Dragon boat racing Chinese Zodiac (Year of the…) Capital: Beijing Origin of: paper, gun powder, compass, printing, toilet paper Possible origin of chess Some of the thousands of life-size Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty, ca. 210 BC.