Represent family history visually by requiring your young artists to create family trees that express balance and symmetry. Pupils examine works of art, research their family histories, and put together large family tree posters.

Concepts

family history, families, family trees, heritage

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Additional Tags

joe fafard, sculpture, symmetry, family history, family tree, visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Make your own presentation out of the images provided in the resource so that your class can examine the details
• Post the family trees up on the wall to show your class's collective family history

Pros

• Comes with plenty of necessary and supplemental materials: a rubric, a glossary, images of artwork, materials lists, step-by-step instructions, and so on

Cons

• None