Remember the Best

Which memories do you remember the best? Use Crayola® Markers to create artwork that tells a story in the tradition of Rivera, Ringgold, and Picasso.

1. Visit a local museum, peruse artwork online, or look through art books to view images that tell a story. Explore the artwork of Diego Rivera. Interpret the stories depicted in Faith Ringgold's Neighborhood Quilts. And interpret the hidden images in Pablo Picasso's Guernica.

2. What is your favorite memory of where you live or used to live? It might include friends, family, neighbors, buildings, festivals, or weather.

3. Using Crayola Washable Markers and Multicultural Markers, draw your memory on colored construction paper. Make the edges of your drawing irregular (not straight).

4. Write a description of your memory around the edges of your drawing, using Crayola Washable Fine Tip Markers.

5. Trim the irregular edges of your drawing with Crayola Scissors.

6. Glue several drawings on a posterboard with Crayola Washable Glue Sticks to produce a classroom mural.

7. Describe your work for the group. How is it similar to other artists' work? How is it different?

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

• On the first day of school, children draw themselves doing their favorite things.
• Illustrate ideas about any curriculum topics, such as food groups or endangered species.
• Display the mural at an open house. Students and their families get to know each other better, and polish their public speaking skills, too.
• Younger children and special needs students may need assistance with writing descriptions of memories. Provide partners or adult assistance as needed.
• Teachers may wish to preview artwork to select the most appropriate treatment of subjects for students.

My Motto

Giving Thanks Placemats

Patchwork Quilt

Lesson Plans

crayola supplies

• Fine Line Markers
• Markers
• Multicultural Markers
• Glue Sticks
• Blunt-Tip Scissors
• Construction Paper™ Crayon Classpack®
• Construction Paper

household supplies

• posterboard

grades

• Pre-K and Kindergarten
• Grades 1 to 3
• Grades 4 to 6
• Special Needs

subjects

• Language Arts
• Social Studies
• Visual Arts

time

• 30 to 60 minutes
• Multiple Sessions

benefits

• Children learn about mural art by studying the artwork of Diego Rivera, the Neighborhood Quilts of Faith Ringgold, and Pablo Picasso's Guernica. Students notice many images in this artwork, each with its own story.


• Students draw and write stories about neighborhoods familiar to them.


• Children compare and contrast their mural pieces and those of other fine artists.

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