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Lesson Title: Jataka Tales
Course: Foundations of Art
Grade Level: 9-12
Objectives: As a result
of instruction, students will be able to...
* Discuss how Jataka Tales are stories of the Buddha's
previous lives and how they reflect the morals of
Buddhist teachings.
* Create an illustration for a Jataka story that works well with the rest
of the illustrations.
* Skillfully use either scratchboard or linoleum as a medium.
* Create a hardcover book using Japanese bookbinding techniques.
* Share their illustrations and stories with the community.
Materials:
drawing paper
drawing pencils
scratchboard
scratching tools
transfer paper
chalk
linoleum
linoleum cutting tools
brayers
printmaking ink
plexiglass
printing press
bookbinding board utility knives
rulers
PVA glue (acid free)
glue brushes
bookcloth
decorative paper
embroidery floss
needles
bonefolders
Intructional Resources:
* Hands-on Culture of Southeast Asia- Buddhism: Jataka
Tales p. 23-26.
* Web sites for Jataka Tales:
Jataka Tales of the Buddha Part I
Jataka Tales of the Buddha Part II
Jataka Tales of the Buddha Part III
Jataka Tales
Buddhist Tales for Young and Old- Volume I
Buddhist Tales for Young and Old- King Fruitful
* Web sites on Japanese bookbinding:
Bind It Fast
5 Stitch Bookbinding
* Web site for bookbinding supplies
Harcourt
Bindery
Vocabulary:
Jataka Tale: A moral story of the Buddha's previous
lives, usually as an animal.
Motivation:
* Teacher will introduce the lesson by talking about how Jataka Tales are
stories of the Buddha's previous
lives that teach Buddhists moral lessons.
* Students will read a chosen Jataka Tale as a class.
* Students will discuss the moral of the story and how it reflects Buddhist
teachings.
* Students will break the story into parts so that each student has a part.
* Students will find photos to use as references for their drawings.
* Students will sketch their part in a square format.
* Students will put up sketches and critique them, identifying characteristics
that everyone will incorporate
so there is consistency throughout the book i.e. all the deer
should have spots.
* Students will do a second draft and color it with black sharpie to closer
resemble the final product.
* Students will critique the second draft.
* Students will draw a final draft.
Procedure:
* Students will transfer their final draft to their scratchboard
or linoleum. Drawings can be transfered to
scratchboard by covering the back of the sketch in white chalk.
Then place drawing on top of the
scratchboard and trace the drawing with a pencil. When
you remove the drawing there will be white
lines on the scratchboard. Transfer paper can be used
to transfer the drawing onto linoleum.
* Students will scratch away the white areas on the scratchboard or cut
away the white areas of the
linoleum.
* Students using linoleum will ink up their linoleum and create a print.
* Teacher will photocopy each finished artwork along with the text that
it accompanies.
* Each student will receive photocopies of the entire classes text and
illustration.
* Students will bind books in hardcover by cutting cardboard, pasting on
bookcloth and decorative papers,
and sewing it together. (See above web sites for further directions)
* Students will visit elementary school classes and read their books to
younger students.
* Students will discuss the moral of the story with the younger students
and tell them about how they
created the illustrations and books.
* Students will donate the books to the elementary classrooms.
Evaluation:
Did students...
* Discuss how Jataka Tales are stories of the Buddha's
previous lives and how they reflect the morals of
Buddhist teachings.
* Create an illustration for a Jataka story that works well with the rest
of the illustrations.
* Skillfully use either scratchboard or linoleum as a medium.
* Create a hardcover book using Japanese bookbinding techniques.
* Share their illustrations and stories with the community.
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