This document provides instructions for making a 3D paper dragon sculpture. It begins with background information on dragons in European and Asian cultures. It then outlines the 15 step process for constructing the dragon out of folded and cut paper, including creating the body by cutting vertical slits in a folded strip, making the tail, and attaching a pre-cut head. Decorations like eyes, teeth and wings are added last to complete the dragon sculpture.
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The purpose of this lesson plan was to integrate art, language arts and science into a second grade classroom. Students were to complete three goals: (1) observe a leaf and then identify size,shape, line and color; (2) observe a leaf by creating a botanical illustration; (3) critically respond to their botanical illustration by listing and details of their leaf. After all was done, I organized all student work into a classroom book for students to look back on their work.
The purpose of this lesson plan was to integrate art and language arts. Students were to narrate the story The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, by displaying a use of symbols on a collage.
Art vocabulary jeopardy game
-If you create a new board, make sure you make it the LAST slide in the Powerpoint. The 'Back to the Board" button on each slide links back to the LAST slide only.
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east asian music are one of the lesson in grade 8 music. it tells us and help us to understand the importance of chinese, korean and japan music. It includes elemts of music .East Asia can be viewed as one of the big four among the generally urban, literate cultural areas of the world. The other three are South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Around each of these major regional cultures one can find many satellite musical systems known as national forms. In most cases, the fundamental musical concepts of such national forms reflect the basic ideals of the cultural core. For example, the musics of Iran and Egypt are of one family, as are those of France and Sweden or of China and Japan. A possible fifth addition to the “big four” concept is the Southeast Asian musical culture characterized by the use of knobbed gongs. Its documents on music theory from the 18th to the 20th century combine South and East Asian concepts with indigenous insights. Its most distinctive aspects are its instrument types and resulting ensembles and forms.
Using instrument type alone as a measure, it is sometimes possible to note cultural influences and mixtures of the major traditions in smaller units. For example, the physical structure and playing positions of various bowed instruments in mainland Southeast Asia can often mark clearly Chinese influence, as in Vietnam, or Muslim and Chinese forms in confluence, as in the various bowed lutes of courtly ensembles in Cambodia and Thailand. By the same token, the appearance of flat gongs in mainland Southeast Asia shows Chinese connections, while the knobbed gongs clearly stem from Southeast Asian culture proper.If one turns to distinctions in musical style, one of the first questions to arise is “What is music?” Two basic definitions will suffice for the present discussion. The first definition is cultural: a sonic event can be called music if the people who use it call it music, regardless of one’s own reaction to it. Similarly, certain events that sound musical to foreign ears are not music culturally if they are not accepted as such by native culture carriers. A good example of such a situation is found in the Middle East, where singing is never allowed in the mosque, though one may hear performances and even buy records of “readings” from the Qurʾān. Such cultural and functional problems of definition seldom arise in East Asian music, and a more neutral definition is appropriate. A sound event may be considered and studied as music if it combines the elements of pitch, rhythm, and loudness in such a way that they communicate emotionally, aesthetically, or functionally on the levels that either transcend or are unrelated to speech communication. Those who have been moved by a love song or a lament can well appreciate some of the implications of such a view of music. When listening to “exotic” music—i.e., that of a tradition outside one’s own background—it is important to remember such transcendental values are a
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2. A Little History about Dragons…
Dragons are legendary creatures, typically with serpentine
or reptilian traits.
There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons:
European dragon related to Greek and Middle Eastern
mythology and the Chinese dragon with counterparts in
Japan, Korea, and other East Asian countries.
3. European Dragons Vs Asian Dragons
Asian Dragons resemble
European Dragons have large snakes and are
Bat-like wings growing wingless serpentine
from its back. creatures with clawed feet.
European Dragons are Asian dragons usually have
a pearl that gives them
often seen in Medieval power and allows them to
wall murals. ascend into the heavens.
Dragons are often held to have major spiritual significance: primal
force of nature, religion and universe. Associated with wisdom and
longevity.
4. Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is one of the only times we see
full size three dimensional dragons. The dragon is a
symbol of strength and sometimes used to scare off evil.
5. Body parts of a Dragon…
European Dragons have wings, breathe fire,
scales, claws, horns, can have two or more
heads, more than one tail, two/four/or more
legs
Asian dragons have serpentine bodies, four
legs, and usually without wings. Antlers of a
deer, talons of an eagle, soles of a tiger, scales
of a carp, eyes of a demon, four toes
6. What is a sculpture?
A sculpture is a three dimensional artwork
which can be realistic or abstract.
Some sculptures you can walk around. These
are called “in the round”.
Some only have one three dimensional
surface. These are called “relief”.
A sculpture can be made out of
ANYTHING…
Our dragons will be made from paper.
8. Patterns in Nature
Patterns in nature are regularities of form
found in nature. These patterns can be
spirals, trees, arrays, cracks.
9. A dragon is a mythical creature but it has
many features of a natural reptile.
One of these features is scales.
A dragons scales are a pattern.
11. Step 1: Choose one color
of 12 x 18 piece of paper
and fold in half like a
“hotdog”.
Step 2: Open folded paper
and fold both sides into
the middle fold.
Step 3: Unfold paper and
refold into original
hotdog fold.
12. Step 4:
When paper is refolded,
you will notice a line
created down the
middle. Cut even
vertical lines which
pass this line but not
all the way. This will
ensure that your
dragon moves.
Step 5: Once you have
cut all the way down
your paper, fold into a
triangular shape and
glue together. Body is
all done!!!
13. Step 6: You will
need a new piece
of 11 x 18 paper for
the tail. Fold like a
“hot dog”.
Step 7: Draw a
diagonal line from
one corner to the
next and cut on
that line.
Step 8: Fold corners
into middle. This
shape resembles an
airplane.
14. Step 9: Unfold
“airplane” shape
and refold like a
“hot dog”. Cut past
the line in the
middle just like
you did with the
body.
Step 10: Create a
triangle shape and
glue together. Tail
is complete!
15. Step 11: Connect tail
and body together
Step 12: Trace top and
bottom of head
template on a 8x
11 sheet of paper.
Step 13: Glue bottom
head shape into
the open side of
the body.
16. Step 14: Add eyes, teeth
and other decorations
to top shape for the
head. Make sure you
color your pieces
before attaching them
to your dragon body.
Attach top shape to
the top of open side of
body.
Step 15: You can add wings,
teeth spikes to your
dragon once it is all
assembled.