• Language Arts
• Art
• Music
• Dance

• Love is blind.
• Compare fantasy and reality.

Duration:

Three to four 45-minute lessons.

Enduring Understanding:

• Available tools, techniques and resources influence artistic expression.
• One gains insight into a culture by studying its art forms.

Essential Questions:

• How can I create a puppet of Puck?
• How can I use the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci to help Puck complete his task?

Performance Indicators:

Background information: As a continuing look at the Renaissance art though Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream students will discuss the character of Nick Bottom. At this performance, Nick Bottom is filling in for Charlie in a book by Tomie dePaola. Nick produces a cloak using the artisan method. An Artisan is a person who produces a product from start to finish.

Instructional Outcomes:
Maryland State Department of Education’s Essential Learner Outcomes for Visual Art

Aesthetic/Perceptual: Students will observe the inventions of Leonardo from books and online.

Historical/Cultural: Students will hear about the Renaissance from Leonardo & His Times by Dorling Kindersley, and Eyewitness Books

Productive/Creative: Students will create a puppet of Puck and give him a Leonardo like invention to help him find the flower.

Critical/Evaluative: Students evaluate their work in terms of symmetry, character created, and explanation of invention.

Vocabulary:

Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance,
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck

Materials and Visual Resources

• Leonardo & His Times, Dorling Kindersley, Eyewitness Books
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Kids by Lois Burdett
• Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
• Renaissance People, Sarah Howarth
• Renaissance Places, Sarah Howarth
• Shakespeare for Kids His Life and Times, Colleen Aagesen and Margie Blumberg
• Tales from Shakespeare, Seven Plays presented by Marcia Williams
• Paper bags, tissue paper, scraps of construction paper, scissors, glue

Procedures

Pre-assessment:

• Do students have prior knowledge of Shakespeare? Have students created paper sculpture?
• Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Kids by Lois Burdett.
• Play Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
• Students cut two shapes at one time to construct symmetrical faces and bodies.
• Students must only use cut paper to create their inventions and puppets.

Formative assessment:

Are students attaching paper successfully?

Summative Assessment:

• Did students create a Puck puppet from the play?
• Did students use symmetry?
• Did they explain their invention?
• Can students retell part of the story?