Family Stories - Low-Tech Ideas

My Little Family Book		An Adventure with Romare Bearden A Family Collage
Grades: 3 to adult		Grades: 1st grade to adult
Time: One-Two class periods		Time: Two-Three class periods
Materials: 8.5 x 20" heavy paper or card stock pencils, markers, crayons family pictures stories white glue or glue stick		Materials: large piece of heavy paper or card stock pencils, markers, crayons collage materials family pictures white glue or glue stick scissors
Procedure: • Fold 8.5x20 paper using an accordion fold to create 4 pointed mountains and 4 valleys. • Students create images and stories about their family on the pages of their book		Procedure: • Talk about art. Look at images created by Romare Bearden. Talk about the artist and his collage techniques - What materials did he use? What stories did he tell? (simplify if necessary for the younger grades) • Gather materials • Draw a rough sketch • Create
Variations: • Fill book pages with one color linocut prints based on a family theme • Older children can experiment with pop-up pages