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“When You Look at It from an Angle”: Perceiving Leo Valledor’s Art
GRADE LEVEL: High School (9-12), College and Beyond
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Lesson
“Color Affects space”: Leo Valledor, Race, and Reception
Objectives: To understand how Valledor’s Filipino American identity shaped his art and his reception by the art community; to learn how to brainstorm substantive interview questions.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Lesson
A “Vibration I Can See”: Jazz in Leo Valledor’s Art
Objective: To understand how Leo Valledor drew inspiration from jazz music.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Activity
Putting Together the Puzzle: Leo Valledor’s Shaped Canvases
To understand the choices that go into creating Leo Valledor’s shaped canvas
paintings.
GRADE LEVEL: Early Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Video
A Brief History of Samurai Armor
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Lesson
The Japanese American Incarceration Experience: Loyalty and Civil Rights
Objective: Students will examine the experiences and perspectives of incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Activity
Tiger and Puppy Paper Plate Animals
The story “Tiger and Puppy” is about a village with five families, where a mischievous tiger would eat all the food. An unlikely hero, a small puppy, comes to the rescue and helps the villagers capture the tiger. Create your own paper plate animals to retell this Korean folktale.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Early Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5)
Activity
Experiment with Construction Paper Photograms
In this activity, you will simply use black construction paper, sunlight, and everyday objects from your house or yard.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Early Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Activity
Unit: Life in China: Tang and Song Dynasties
Included are interdisciplinary suggested activities and downloadable handouts for approaching this subject through skill sets applied across world history studies.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8)
Activity
Asian Art Museum Virtual Scavenger Hunt
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Early Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
