Acknowledgments Book Overview

Unit 1: Prehistoric Times and Civilizations: And the Journey Begins…

Chapter 1: Cave Paintings: The First Marks of Man

Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, Four Boys, a Dog, a Cave and a Big AdventureLesson 2: Role Playing ActivitiesLesson 3: Creating a Cave PaintingLesson 4: Making the Artwork, Fusion of Prehistoric and Futuristic PaintingLesson 5: Comparative Artwork Experience Water">Lesson 6: Venus of Willendorf, the First Sculpture, It Started with a RockChapter 2: Sumerian Clay Statues: Dedicated to the One I Love

Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, Can I Make a Statue Too?

Lesson 2: Activity “20 Squares” Board Game

Lesson 3: The Standard of Ur, Exploring Contradictions and Conflicts in Society

Lesson 4: Making the Artwork, Clay Votive Statue

Lesson 5: The Epic of Gilgamesh Explored

Chapter 3: Flower Design: Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Lesson 1: Storytelling and IntroductionLesson 2: Preserve in PlasterLesson 3: Botanical Art: Making a Botanical Illustration, Art Meets ScienceLesson 4: Hanging Gardens Mixed Media CollageUnit 2: Egyptian Art and Civilization: Protection and PreservationChapter 4: What’s in a Name? Lucky Charms: Creating a Cartouche and Making an Amulet

Lesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, “Cracking the Code”Lesson 2: Group Game: Code, Code, Crack and CreateLesson 3: Making Your Own CartoucheLesson 4: Discovering AmuletsLesson 5: Getting Personal with Pyramids, Making a Paper Pyramid SculptureChapter 5: Pots for Prosperity: Making Canopic JarsLesson 1: Storytelling and Introduction, You Saw What at the Museum?Lesson 2: Creating the Clay Canopic JarLesson 3: Canopic Jars Made from Recyclable MaterialsChapter 6: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Creating a Narrative PaintingLesson 1: Observations, Storytelling, “I Dig Archaeology” and a Creative ActivityLesson 2: “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words,” Making a Narrative PaintingLesson 3: It’s All in Your Hat, Making a Hat CollageUnit 3: Greek Art and Civilization: Creating a LegacyChapter 7: Masters of Pottery: Making a Greek VaseLesson 1: Storytelling, A John Keats’s Inspired Tale of a Grecian Pot

Lesson 2: Making Pottery Inspired by the Ancient Greeks

Chapter 8: Pillars of Greek Architecture: Pillars of Greece and Piet MondrianLesson 1: Storytelling, The Contest of Athena and PoseidonLesson 2: Making a Greek Architectural Watercolor with a Trace of Piet MondrianChapter 9: Masks of Mythology and Theater: Masks, Myths and MagicLesson 1: Storytelling, “Pygmalion Again and Again”

Lesson 2: Olympic Games, Role Playing “Let’s Make a Game of It”

Lesson 3: Mask Making

Appendix A: Handouts for Chapters 1–9

Appendix B: Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets

Lesson 1: Concepts in Arts and Principles of Design

Lesson 2: Exploring Color and Creating a Color Wheel

Lesson 3: Designing with Texture

Lesson 4: Basics for Graphite Pencil Drawing

Lesson 5: Basics for Colored Pencil Drawing

Lesson 6: Basics for Charcoal Drawing

Lesson 7: Basics on Pastels (Hard and Soft Pastels)

Lesson 8: Basics on Oil Pastels

Lesson 9: Basics on Colored Makers

Lesson 10: Acrylic and Tempera Painting

Lesson 11: Basics on Watercolor Painting (Transparent Painting Medium)

Lesson 12: Building Blocks of Shapes

Lesson 13: Basics on Mixed Media and Collage

Lesson 14: Basics on Clay Hand Building

Appendix C: Handouts for Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets Appendix D: FiguresWorks CitedAbout the AuthorsAbout the Contributor