I have been teaching about Henri Rousseau and his jungle scenes. Foreground, middle ground, and background are the other focus of this lesson. After I have shown a Powerpoint or Rousseau’s life and work I have students do an imagination exercise:” You have just been dropped off in the middle of the jungle, you look in the distance what do you see behind everything else, is it daylight or nighttime… are there mountains or volcanos… What is in the Background? Now look at what is closer to you, are there fruit trees, vines, or flowers… do you see birds, monkeys? Now look at the things closest to you, are there lions, crocodiles, gorillas… what do you see in the foreground?. After my students open their eyes I tell them to draw what you saw. The results were very different for each student’s sketch looked different even though they heard the same descriptions. I love that we were made to be creative beings 🙂 and its apparent through simple guided imagery
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January 13, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Brian Nicholson
Great job Chelsie. It is good to see you enjoying what you create as a teacher. I believe that those students will remember that lesson well into their later lives.
January 13, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Brian Nicholson
Also Chelsie. Could you go back in and edit the post to put in Tag’s. The group leaders will have an easier time locating things that have the same topic. If you do not know how please let me now and I will skype with you.
March 2, 2012 at 4:01 pm
chelsief
done Brian…check
April 9, 2012 at 3:41 pm
misscapuzzi
I love the visual guiding you did. I would like to try this out with my classes. It’s always great to see how many different things you can get from one idea!