Objectives

At the end of this activity, students should be better able to (select as many as apply):

use lateral thinking

have a sense of aesthetics

Activity

Whatever the content it is that the class has been studying, whether abstract or concrete, ask the class to consider how this content could be expressed as a piece of visual art. Encourage the students to be creative in how they approach this - it does not have to be literal. The whole point is to let the content they have learnt inspire creativity. The piece of visual art can be in any genre, eg, still life, a portrait, abstract, etc. Give the students 30 minutes to create this piece of visual art. Then get the students to present their ‘masterpieces’ to the class and explain how it is connected to the content learnt

Time Needed for Activity

40 MINUTES

Additional Resources

None

Rationale

Having to think of what they have learnt expressed in an alternative format gets students to think outside the box. How can I present this visually? This encourages lateral thinking.

Having to consider the visual formal of content presented in a way that is appealing to others makes students consider the importance of appearances in presentations. Does it look good? What colours would work? This helps develop their sense of aesthetics.