I had posted previously that the last unit in 6th grade was going to be an Indigenous Cultures unit. We just BARELY finished! One class completely finished their projects and the other class has one more art class this week to finish their sand paintings! (Check out some samples of this project that I did with Studio Art when I did my student teaching.)Students designed their sand paintings using one Australian animal and at least 3 Aboriginal symbols on 6"x 6" Masonite board. We primed the board with gesso and then when dry, transferred the design on the board. I had the students do one color of sand at a time. They squeezed the glue onto the designs (and used a paintbrush to spread it if need be), sprinkled the sand on, dumped the extras onto a folded piece of tag board, and then dumped it back into the sand bottle. They did the background last, and then glued on beans, split peas, etc. if wanted.
