The Arts of India, 1556-1658

June 23 - July 1, 2008 ~ University of Maryland, College Park

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2008 Lesson Plans

Lesson Title: Princely Profile Portrait

Name: Gillian Breedlove

Discipline: Art, English

County: Caroline County, MD

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Eight class periods, 45 minutes each

   

Lesson Title: Master of the Mint

Name: Kim Carioto-Krugle

Discipline: Art

County: Frederick County, MD

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Time Period: Four class periods (40-minute sessions)

   

Lesson Title: Making a Personal Muraqqa’

Name: Elaine M. Collins

Discipline: Art

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Five or six 50-minute classes

   

Lesson Title: Muraqqas Reflecting Individual and Cultural Identities
 
Name: Gary Cousin

Discipline: Art/Economics

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Time Period: Four 40-minute class sessions

   

Lesson Title: The Inference of Power in the Mughal Portraits, India

Name: Judith Crawford

Discipline: Art/Social Studies

County: Prince George’s County, MD

Grade Level: 6th Grade

Time Period: Three class periods, 30 minutes each

   

Lesson Title: Structures of Power and Beauty

Name: Donna Ellerman

Discipline: Art

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Four to six class periods, 50 minutes each

   

Unit Title: Architecture is a Story Written in Stone

Name: Mary Flynn

Discipline: Art/Math

County: Baltimore County, MD

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Seven 50-minute periods

   

Lesson Title: Meaningful Fabrics of India / Patterned Cloth Project

Name: Jennifer Joy Fox

Discipline: Creative Crafts, Geometry

County: Cecil County, MD

Grade Level: 9th – 12th Grades

Time Period: Three weeks of block classes

   

Lesson Title: Drawing a Realistic Peacock

Name: Jennifer Grall

Discipline: Art, Science

County: Wicomico County, MD

Grade Level: 1st Grade

Time Period: Two 45-minute lessons

   

Unit Title: Mughal Muraqqa’s

Name: Jay Grebe

Discipline: Art 1

County: Frederick County, MD

Grade Level: 9th – 12th Grades

Time Period: Fourteen 90-minute periods

   

Lesson Title: Rama and the Bad King  

Name: Reina Guartico

Discipline: Special Education Reading/Language Arts

County: Prince George’s County, MD

Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

Time Period: Three 90-minute sessions and two 60-minute sessions

   

Lesson Title: Examining the Story of Majnun Layla

Name: Amy Hairston

Discipline: Madrigals (Advanced Choir), Language Arts, Visual Art

County: Howard County, MD

Grade Level: Grades 9-12

Time Period: Three class periods, 150 minutes

   

Lesson Title: Descriptive Writing

Name: Laurie Hortie

Discipline: English for Speakers of Other Languages, Intermediate Level

County: Prince George’s County, MD

Grade Level: Grades 9-11

Time Period: Seven 90-minute class periods

   

Lesson Title: Elephant Little Book

Name: Teresa Ismach

Discipline: Art, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies

County: Frederick County, MD

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Time Period: Four 45-minute classes

   

Lesson Title: Muraqqa’/Calligraphed Poem (or creative writing) Group Album

Name: Elaine Jones

Discipline: Art, Reading/Language Arts

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 5th grade

Time Period: Five 50-minute sessions

   

Lesson Title: “Me”: Calligraphy and the Art of Writing, Mughal Manuscripts  

Name: Carol Lightfoot

Discipline: Visual Art

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: Pre-K and Kindergarten

Time Period: Two class periods

   

Unit Title: Kithabkhana: “The Artists’ Workshop”
 
Name: Mary Mark Munday

Discipline: Art, Social Studies

County: Carroll County, MD

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Time Period: Eight 60-minute classes

   

Lesson Title: Legendary Love Stories in Mughal India
  
Name: Kathleen Murphy

Discipline: ESOL 4

County: Prince George’s County, MD

Grade Level: 9th – 12th Grades

Time Period: Five classes

   

Lesson Title: Understanding the Mughal Dynasty through its Art
  
Name: Amy Pollin

Discipline: Modern World History

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 11th Grade

Time Period: Two 45-minute class periods

   

Lesson Title: Bird Borders and Poetic Prose: Exploring the Art and Text of Mughal India
  
Name: Adrienne Torrey

Discipline: Art

County: Montgomery County, MD

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Time Period: 5 Days

   

Lesson Title: Elephant Folio
  

Name: Linda Waller

Discipline: Special Education, Art, Mathematics

County: Baltimore City, MD

Grade Level: Fourth Grade

Time Period: Two 45-minute classes

   

Lesson Title: My First Muraqqa’ Book of Art and Poetry
  
Name: Larry Watson

Discipline: Art, Language Arts, Social Studies

County: Washington, DC

Grade Level: Kindergarten

   

Lesson Title: From Romeo and Juliet to Layla and Majnun: A Historical Exploration of Forbidden Love
  
Name: Alexandra Wilding

Discipline: English

County: Baltimore City, MD

Grade Level: Tenth Grade

Time Period: Three to five 90-minute periods

   

Lesson Title: The Use of Symmetry in the Mughal Empire
  
Name: Claudia Wiseman

Discipline: Math, Art

County: Baltimore City, MD

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Time Period: Two 45-minute class periods