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Subject: Visual ArtLesson Title: Jewelry Design: Create Your Own SuperBowl RingGoals/Objectives:• Students will design and create a life-size Super Bowl ring from construction paperand other available materials. This lesson entails using a logo, choosing shape andother design elements, drawing and arrangement of selected components, anddrawing hand details.National Standards met: Visual Arts 3A, 3B, 5CVISUAL ARTMethods/Procedures:• Pass out the tracing of a football player’s hand. Ask students to compare the size ofthis hand with their own. Discuss how the size of hands and fingers would guide ajewelry designer’s product planning. For example, should a ring for a child or smallperson look the same as one designed for a large individual? Why or why not? Howdo you think a jewelry designer considers the size of the wearer when creating ringsand other jewelry pieces?• Students cut out the hand pattern and trace it on skin-toned construction paper. Usingtheir own hand as a model, ask students to add fingernails, lines and other handdetails to their tracing using crayons, colored pencils or markers.• Students cut out the ring band pattern and wrap it around the designated finger thatwill wear the Super Bowl ring. Trim to size and glue ring band into place.• Each NFL team has its own logo (a symbol that represents the team). Discuss logosof various products or organizations, such as shoes, beverages and football teams.• Using scraps of construction paper, foil, stickers and other objects, design a SuperBowl ring for your favorite NFL team. Make sure you use the team’s name or logo insome way. Incorporate numbers to show the year the ring was awarded. Use a varietyof colors, shapes and symbols. Glue the ring to the band.• Glue the hand to a colorful 9” x 12” construction paper background, preferablymatching one that matches the team’s colors.Materials:• Hand tracing handout• 9” x 12” skin-tone construction paper• Crayons, colored pencils or markers• Glue• 9” x 12” construction paper backgroundAssessment:• Display finished products in a visible area. Have students discuss the art work byasking questions such as: Which art work best show a team’s logo? Which workshave simple ring designs? Which ring designs are more complex? Why? Which ringdesigns are the largest? Which are the smallest? Which ones do you like the best andwhy? Ask students to use art terms such as line, color, design, pattern, balance andoverlapping in their responses.Pro Football Hall of Fame Educational Outreach Program 142 Detroit Lions Edition