Flower Pot MemorialsBy: Kendra Volpe

ARTE 329 Lesson Plan Presentation

5th Grade Lesson • Standard 5-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, social, economic, and environmental

challenges faced by the United States during the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Indicator: • 5-6.3 Explain the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, including the wars in Iraq and

Afghanistan and the home-front response to terrorism are new for 5th grade students.

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/september11th/

http://timeline.911memorial.org/#FrontPage

My Hero's

Maya Lin

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial • Maya Ying Lin is an American

architectural designer and artist.

• She attended Yale University.

Michael Ard• 9/11 Memorial • Worked as New York Housing Authority architect before

winning the competition to design the Memorial.• He earned a master’ degree in architecture from the Georgia

Institute of Technology in 1999. • He is a native of Israel

Vocabulary• Hero: remarkably brave person

• Memorial: something that is intended to remind people of a object or event.

• Twin Towers: twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

• Terrorism: somebody using violence to intimidate others, often for political or religious purposes.

• Al Qaeda: Islamic fundamentalist based un Afghanistan that has led several terrorist incidents.

• Osama bin Laden: established and led the terrorist group known as Al Qaeda.

• Taliban: a strict Islamic group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001

• Homeland Security: a federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security; was put into place by George W. Bush .

•Primary colors: red, yellow and blue

•Secondary colors: made from mixing two primary colors. The secondary colors are orange, purple/violet, and green.

•Intermediate (or tertiary) colors: made from mixing a primary color with a secondary color. The intermediate colors are yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, yellow-green, green-blue.

•Complimentary colors: appear opposite from one another on the color wheel. The complimentary colors are red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple.

•Analogous colors: colors that are next to each other on the color wheel (example: red, red-orange, orange)

•Warm colors: yellow, orange, red; give the feeling of warmth

•Cool colors: green, blue, purple; give the feeling of coolness

•Tint: combination of white and a color to make the color lighter

•Shade: adding black to a color to make it darker

•Positive space: the space occupied by the object being looked at

•Negative space: the space between an object, around an object, but not part of the actual object itself

•Composition: the way an artist organizes and places the art elements

Let’s make our memorials…

Flower Pot Memorial