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    PBL Project Planner Grade 8 Mandala: Project Name Project Summary

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    Students will create personalized mandalas representing meaningful life experiences through symbols and designs. They will learn about mandala traditions and design principles like balance. Students will hand draw a mandala slice, scan it, and use Photoshop to digitally paint and repeat the design in a radial pattern. Completed mandalas will be exhibited along with artist statements explaining the symbols. Students will learn about mandala history and cultures, balance in design, and use technology like Photoshop in the artistic process.

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    Students will create personalized mandalas representing meaningful life experiences through symbols and designs. They will learn about mandala traditions and design principles like balance. Students will hand draw a mandala slice, scan it, and use Photoshop to digitally paint and repeat the design in a radial pattern. Completed mandalas will be exhibited along with artist statements explaining the symbols. Students will learn about mandala history and cultures, balance in design, and use technology like Photoshop in the artistic process.

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    Students will create personalized mandalas representing meaningful life experiences through symbols and designs. They will learn about mandala traditions and design principles like balance. Students will hand draw a mandala slice, scan it, and use Photoshop to digitally paint and repeat the design in a radial pattern. Completed mandalas will be exhibited along with artist statements explaining the symbols. Students will learn about mandala history and cultures, balance in design, and use technology like Photoshop in the artistic process.

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    PBL Project Planner Grade 8 Mandala: Project Name Project Summary

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    Students will create personalized mandalas representing meaningful life experiences through symbols and designs. They will learn about mandala traditions and design principles like balance. Students will hand draw a mandala slice, scan it, and use Photoshop to digitally paint and repeat the design in a radial pattern. Completed mandalas will be exhibited along with artist statements explaining the symbols. Students will learn about mandala history and cultures, balance in design, and use technology like Photoshop in the artistic process.

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    PBL Project Planner

    Grade 8 Mandala

    Project Name The Mandala
    Project Summary Students will design and create individual personalized mandalas in which their life
    experiences inform the symbols and designs integrated into the radial structure. Inspired by the
    ephemeral sand mandalas of Tibetan culture as well as the street performance mandalas of
    contemporary artist Joe Mangrum, students will learn how to simplify and abstract images to
    incorporate them more successfully into an integrated design. The mandalas will be hand drawn,
    scanned and then digitally painted and repeated to complete the radial design. The completed mandalas
    will be printed and exhibited, each accompanied by a personally written artist statement explaining the
    making and the symbolism of the work.
    Essential Questions
    Why is the circle a universal symbol/shape?
    What is the value of ephemeral art?
    How and why do we express ourselves through art?
    How does the understanding of balance enhance design?
    How can technology aid the artistic process?

    Product or Performance Exhibition of printed mandalas accompanied by artist statements. A video
    compilation of the mandalas will also be created.

    Learning Goals
    Students will learn:

    About the cultural background of Tibetan mandalas, and research other ancient cultures where
    the circular shape is used to symbolize meaning.
    About balance as a guiding principle of design, namely, radial balance.
    To create a personal mandala slice design using personal symbols derived from significant
    moments in their life. The making of the mandala slice will be a process involving research and
    multiple drafts.
    To digitally paint their mandala slice design using a personally chosen split complementary
    color scheme and repeat their painted design using the tools in Photoshop.
    To participate in a mid-project critique and a summative critique with their peers, to give and
    receive feedback on their work.
    To express the personal significance and meaning of the completed mandala in a written artist
    statement for the exhibition.


    In Art, all the L21 skills will be taught but a few will be assessed.










    Tech Infusion
    In Art, students will draw out a mandala slice by hand and then scan their drawing into a digital file.
    Students will use their personally selected split complementary color scheme to digitally paint their
    mandala slice using a tablet. They will then transform and rotate their completed mandala slice in
    Photoshop to create a completed radial design.

    Timeline/Milestones
    Classes meet 2 times during a 6 day cycle for 50 minutes-75 minutes.

    Week 1-introduction to mandalas, artist research
    Week 2-significant moments brainstorm, mandala illustrations
    Week 3-mandala abstractions
    Week 4-mandala slice designing
    Week 5-group critique of final mandala slice
    Week 6-color scheme and personal symbol plan
    Week 7-Photoshop/tablet practice
    Week 8-Mandala complete and artist statement due
    Week 9-Mandala exhibition and final critique

    Personalization
    Students will create designs inspired from stories of their own life. They will also use a split
    complementary color scheme based around a main color associated with a personally chosen power
    word.

    Exhibition
    What: Mandala Exhibition and video compilation (Dragons Gate).
    Where: ISB Middle School Hallway and on Dragons Gate to share with the Middle School community.

    Assessment

    Art:
    Inquiry, Critical Thinking, & Problem Solving:
    -The students sketchbook will display and record their research, brainstorming and mandala slice
    drawing process.
    -The artist statement will touch upon their inquiry, critical thinking and problem solving throughout
    the process.
    Communication: Visual communication and written communication
    Taught and
    Assessed

    Encouraged
    Leadership & Responsibility X
    Inquiry, Critical Thinking, & Problem Solving X
    Collaboration X
    Communication X
    Global Thinking X
    Innovation & Creativity X
    -Students will express important moments in their life through abstracted visual designs.
    -Students will explain in writing the significance of their personal mandala in their written reflection
    on Study wiz.
    Innovation & Creativity:
    -Students will come up with a unique and innovative mandala design taking radial balance into
    consideration.

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