Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide
Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide
Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide
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Student Resources:<br />
• Slides – Paintings and Photographs of Haiti – in Supplementary Materials section of <strong>Haitian</strong><br />
<strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Grades K-5<br />
• Paints, brushes/fingerpaints<br />
• Colored pencils<br />
• Drawing paper<br />
• Poster board<br />
• Journal<br />
Teacher Resources:<br />
• Information on <strong>Haitian</strong> art in Background section of <strong>Haitian</strong> <strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Grades<br />
K-5<br />
• Books on <strong>Haitian</strong> art from your media center or local library or web sites on <strong>Haitian</strong> art<br />
• Slides – Paintings and Photographs of Haiti – in Supplementary Materials section of <strong>Haitian</strong><br />
<strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Grades K-5<br />
• Sample artistic and written interpretation of a selected <strong>Haitian</strong> artist’s work<br />
• Blank transparencies<br />
Procedures/Activities:<br />
1. Display works of art or pictures of works of art from various cultures in your classroom. You<br />
will want to include works from the Caribbean and possibly Florida.<br />
2. Ask students to choose their favorite work of art among those displayed in the classroom.<br />
Then, ask volunteers to point out their favorite work of art and to explain why that particular<br />
work is their favorite.<br />
3. Discuss the importance and use of color in a work of art. You may want to focus on the<br />
Caribbean works of art displayed.<br />
4. Tell students that today you will focus upon some works of art with vibrant color, those of<br />
<strong>Haitian</strong> painters. Justify your choice by pointing out that the <strong>Haitian</strong> people are an integral<br />
part of our community. (Note: This lesson may be one in a series on art from diverse<br />
cultures, such as Hispanic, African American, Asian, etc.)<br />
5. Discuss the importance of color in <strong>Haitian</strong> culture. You might use the information on <strong>Haitian</strong><br />
art in the Background section of the <strong>Haitian</strong> <strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Grades K-5, books<br />
from your media center or local library, and web sites on <strong>Haitian</strong> art as resources.<br />
6. Show the nine slides of <strong>Haitian</strong> paintings to students. Ask students what they notice about<br />
each painting. Display student answers on overhead transparency.<br />
7. You may want to revisit slides of particular paintings. Discuss student interpretations of the<br />
paintings; compare and contrast paintings; and allow students to respond to the art through<br />
journal writing. Some key questions to guide your discussion are as follows:<br />
• What color(s) do you think is most important in this artwork? Why?<br />
• Do you think this artist is successful in communicating feelings and/or ideas? Why or<br />
why not?<br />
• What do you think is the artist’s main idea in this work?<br />
• What do you think is happening in this artwork?<br />
8. Allow students to choose one painting from the slides shown. Students create their own<br />
artistic interpretations of their chosen painting. Students write a four-sentence paragraph<br />
explaining their artistic creation.<br />
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