Doodle 4 Google Art and Design lesson plans

Doodle 4 GoogleArt and Design lesson plans(Years 4 – 6)Lesson length: 2 x 1 hour (approx.)Note: This lesson plan is a guide only. Teachers planning to submit student work for theDoodle 4 Google competition can adjust these plans as they wish.Aim• To develop students’ ability to represent ideas through drawing based on a given theme.Lesson outcomes• All students will be able to express their ideas through drawing and design.• Most students will be able to create a complete design based on the theme of ‘My Australia’.• Some students will be able to produce work that is visually balanced and unified, and expresses originaland personal ideas.Materials and equipment recommended• Paper• Pencils, coloured pencils, pens, acrylic or water-based paints• Images of cities, people and landscapes from other parts of the world.• Images of ‘Australian things’, e.g. the Opera House, kangaroos and koalas, the beach etc.• Images of example logos and Google Doodles.• Outlines of Google lettering. Two copies for each student will be required (draft and final copy).

Lesson 1Introduction• Introduce the topic and show students Google logo examples.• Discuss collected examples of pictures of cities, people and landscapes from other parts of theworld (students might be asked in advance of the lesson to make a collection of such pictures cutfrom magazines or travel brochures to bring to the lesson with them).• Discuss what clues there are in the pictures as to where in the world it is.• Involve the whole class in a discussion about what makes life in Australia different from anywhereelse in the world and how they might use their ideas as part of the logo. What makes Australiarecognisable? Discuss the responses with the class.• Show the class the examples of past Google Doodles.Activity - draft doodle• Give students the outline Google letters and ask them how they might use their ideas aboutAustralia as part of the logo.• Explain that this is their first draft and that they will have the opportunity to complete a good copyfor submission.Conclusion - sharing their work• Bring the class back together. Encourage students to comment on their own and each other’s ideas,methods and approaches.• Students should explain how they might adapt and improve their work and describe how they mightdevelop it further.Time (mins)203010Suggested extension activity• Able students may wish to develop their ideas for the logo into a larger painting or other piece of work• Teachers may offer the opportunity for students to use different materials or forms of communication(i.e. mixed media, collage etc) to further explore the theme of ‘My Australia’.Lesson 2Introduction• Remind students of what they achieved in the previous lesson.• Ask students to recall some of the ideas they discussed about Australia.• Remind students that their final doodles will be completed today and that the best submissionswill be entered into a competition.Activity 1 - final draft of doodles• Give students the outline Google letters and ask them to complete their final copy showing theirview of Australia.Activity 2- supporting statement• Ask students to give their design a title (maximum of 5 words).• Ask students to write a short supporting statement (maximum of 100 words) describing theirdoodle and how it represents ideas about Australia.Conclusion- sharing their work• Bring the class back together. Encourage students to comment on their own and each other’sdesigns.• Comment on their own and each other’s ideas, methods and approaches and compare with thoseof other artists.5301510Suggested extension activity• Some students may wish to continue working on their design, or perhaps create another version of it.