Donna Marie Bonavia
Published September 2017
In my art classroom, I use many forms of assessment, but one thing that I always do is pre-assess my students’ knowledge about a topic. The benefit of doing this is two-fold. First, I will gain a sense of my students’ background knowledge, and secondly, I will be able to measure growth at the end of the unit. In this case, I will give my students a written test on all the vocabulary words listed in this group and a few concepts.
Relating Teaching Strategies
Illuminated lettering traditions make an ordinary page of information beautiful and reflect customs of their time. Similarly, tattoos change the surface of the human body and serve to identify the period and culture of the individual. What better way to engage students in learning than to connect historic information with students' interests and lifestyles. Nationwide, tattoos seem to be the new \\"in\\" thing for some teens. Adolescents want to establish their identities--whether as tough, hardened, anti-establishment rebels; sentimental and/or artistic souls; dedicated practitioners of particular beliefs, lovers of life or nature, etc.
Comments: