Library Mobile Project
Lesson Variation for 2nd Grade
Big Idea: Communication or Stories Art Can Tell
Essential Questions:
How does artwork tell a story?
How do authors communicate a story?
What are parts of the story? (Beginning, Middle, End)
How do artists communicate a story?
Learning Goals:
- Students will explore the idea of communication as it relates to making a mobile.
- Students will develop a mobile that reflects a selected storyline with a beginning,
middle and end.
Artwork and Artists:
Star Thrower AND Fish Life Mobiles by Jim Jacobson (transparencies)
Artistic Perception: What are we looking at? How do you know?
- How are each of the mobiles different than a painting or drawing?
- How are line, color, shape, texture and space used in each artwork? (1.3)
Historical and Cultural Context:
Local artist, Jim Jacobson, creates mobiles to
communicate a specific theme. His mobiles can be viewed at specific locations within
the San Luis Obispo County (See attached biography)
- What did artist Jim Jacobson have to think about when he created these sculptures?
- What is the story that each artwork tells us? (3.1)
Creative Expression:
Students will tell their selected story (beginning, middle and end) through the process of
making a mobile. Using various collaged shapes (2.1), the students will create a
visually balanced mobile (2.5).
Aesthetic Valuing:
Students will be able to compare ideas expressed through their own mobile with ideas
expressed in the mobiles of classmates (4.1). They will use the vocabulary of art (line,
color, shape, texture, space, balance) to talk about what they wanted to do in their art
mobile and how they succeeded in telling their story (4.3).
Connections, Relationships and Applications:
Students will talk about artists in the community who create different kinds of artwork
(5.4) and the stories the artwork communicates.
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