Friday, December 7, 2012

Aztec Gold and Food Mountain


Elijah Painting Carefully

Ms. Estin's Golden Amulets






 
Laura's Warrior

Ms. Estin's 2nd grade class just finished reading The Legend of Food Mountain.  In Art Class, we have looked at artwork of the Aztecs featured in this story.  We have been planning an Aztec Warrior project, and we compared symbols used by the Aztec, Inca, Maya and Zapotec peoples.  The students used clay to make a disk, and they carved Aztec symbols into the surface to make an amulet.  They used patterns to create borders.  When they dried, we painted them gold.  The students did a wonderful job on what was their first clay project of the year!  Afterwards, we tried a project that was designed for 6th graders!  Deep Space Sparkle, a popular art blog, featured a lesson plan that involved drawing some colorful Aztec warriors.  The 2nd graders tackled the upper-grade project, and did some stellar work!
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