Name: Amber Sloan
Date: 4-24-2013
Lesson Name:  Getting Personal with Hieroglyphics

Materials used:

·         A list of hieroglyphics relating to the English alphabet (enough for every student to see)  

·       Construction paper or card stock, whatever your preference is

·         Erasable pencils, and sharpies (for final product) 

·         Ingredients to make a simple clay (play dough)

1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
food dye (any color, be creative!)
newspaper to cover the surface you're working on
***It only takes about 10 minutes to make

·         Plastic knife to carve into the clay

·         Newspaper to set the clay on (less of a mess)

Any resources that helped inspire this project:  Use lots of images of hieroglyphics to show your students, use pictures of Egypt’s scenery  and the pyramids and art that surrounds them to get them inspired to make their own Egyptian art, and to be proud of their name in hieroglyphics. 

 

 

List the subjects that your lesson ties in with: history, architecture, and ancient art and language

Step-by-step with text and photos

·         Hand out the list of hieroglyphics and English alphabet to all the students

·         Begin with construction paper, light enough colors to see sharpie

·         Take your piece of paper and fold in in half hot dog style so the student can see the room they have for their 1^st and last name 

·         Have them write their first and last name in hieroglyphics, in pencil first!

·         Have the students trace their names with sharpie (I included different colors so they could see what colors they would want to work with)

·         Erase all stray pencil marks 

 

·         Display around the room for all kids to see

Now for the messy part!!

·         Begin by laying down newspaper over the desks to prevent too much of a mess

·         You will need 1 cup of flower

·         ½ cup of salt 

·         ½ cup of water 

·         A mixing bowl 

·         Roll up your sleeves and start mixing everything together in the bowl

·         Have your students take out the clay and gently pat it out flat and thick so they can carve in it (I did this in my dorm room so I kept it inside the bowl)

·         After it is patted out, have them use a plastic knife to carve out the first letter of their names in hieroglyphics. 

·         Let dry about 12 – 24 hours turning over about half way through

·         Display in class for everyone to see or let students take home to display in their room! 

Extra tips for problem-solving: After doing this project I noticed 2 things that I needed to change, #1 use more than ½ cup of water, I needed to keep adding it little by little until the play dough got to the consistency I wanted. #2 the play dough cracks easily! So make sure to handle it little as possible until it is completely dry.  

Art Vocabulary:

     1. Texture (play dough / clay)

          2.   Line (drawing the hieroglyphics)

3. Balance (putting the hieroglyphics on the clay)