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Lesson Plan Template

Instructors name: Cermanski
Course/Grade: Creative Comprehensive
Week of:
Unit Name: Art Nouveau Posters for
February 23 to March 4, 2015
Student-written Stories
Common Core/ NM Content Standards: NMVA 1, 4, 5
Essential Question(s):
What is the art nouveau style and how was
it visible in visual arts as well as in
architecture, furniture design, etc.?
Who was Alphonse Mucha?
How can I create a piece of art in the Art
Nouveau style?
Other considerations (modifications,
accommodations, acceleration, etc.):

Students who are struggling will get

more one-on-one assistance
Students who are advanced will get the
opportunity to make an additional
poster or add more detail to his/her
story

Connections (prior learning/prior

knowledge):
Students are familiar with painting
from previous projects.

Resources/Materials
Teacher: Images of Japanese woodblock
prints, art nouveau posters, works by Mucha,
art nouveau furniture etc.
Students: Large heavy duty watercolor paper,
acrylic paint (including metallic), cardstock for
stenciling, brushes, water containers

Assessment (How will you monitor progress and know students have successfully met
outcomes?)
Daily: Sketch for poster
This Week: Poster
Unit: Final poster and story

Time allotted
MONDAY, FEB 23
Learning Target-TSW learn about
art nouveau style and will write a
synopsis of a story/character
description. TSW know this once
he/she finishes his/her
synopsis/description.

Lesson activities for instructor and students

I.
Describe Art Nouveau style
--started as a reaction to academic art
--Arthur Mackmurdo's book-cover for Wren's City
Churches (1883) is often considered the first realization of Art
Nouveau.
-About the same time, the flat perspective and strong colors
of Japanese wood block prints, especially those of Katsushika
Hokusai, had a strong effect on the formulation of Art
Nouveau
-1894 Alphonse Mucha went into a print shop who needed
poster for a play that was coming out in Paris starring the
famous Sara Bernhardt
--in 2 weeks Mucha did a design and it was chose. It was
placed all around the city.
--poster was very popular and as a result owner of print shop
gave him a six-year contract
-while he was happy to have become famous he was
frustrated that his designs were considered a fashionable
stylistic form
- he wanted recognition for his paintings because to him their
purpose was to communicate a spiritual message
-Lived in Paris for many years, but later in life moved back to
Czech Republic
-in the late 1930s his artworks were considered reactionary
nationalism
-in 1939 when Nazis came into Czechoslovakia he was the
first to be arrested by the Gestapo
-developed pneumonia while in custody.
-although he was released soon after he died, and some think
he got weak while in custody of Germans
-Czechs are very proud of him and have a museum dedicated
to him in Prague

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TUESDAY FEB 24
Learning Target-TSW create an
art nouveau-style sketch for a
poster for his/her story. TSW
know this once his/her sketch is
complete.

Show images and discuss

What seems to describe art nouveau style
(subject matter, colors, quality of line, etc.)
Describe project: Make a poster for a character in
a story you write. Your poster should feature
character(s) in your story, and the name of your
story written somewhere. Submit a short story
synopsis and character description (1 page) with
final project. Make sure to tile your story and
include it on the poster (or include characters
name).
Start writing story synopsis and character
description (1 page)

(1F)Embedded Formative Assessment: One on one check in on

story
(1B)Closing Activity: How would you describe Art Nouveau
style?
I.
Work on story synopsisshow to me before
II.
III.

working on poster
Work on poster sketch, focusing on covering the
entire page
After sketch is approved, work on final poster

(1F)Embedded Formative Assessment: One on one check in on