8th graders studied a famous artist (randomly chosen), researching that artist and writing a short biography in conjunction with their computer class. Students then chose one work of art from their artist to focus on and recreate in pop-up form. Using old DVD cases, students designed the outside cover with their artist biography and image of the original work. I created a comprehensive art history timeline, where students placed their artworks accordingly throughout the process.
To end the lesson students presented their artist, working our way up the timeline from 1400-2012. The class learned about each artist and we conducted a critique of the work, concluding with each student reflecting on this specific art-making process of translating a masterwork into pop-up form.
