Robots and Chicks

I just wanted to show you one more very cool picture.. it was another parody of American Gothic.  This student was absent and had to catch up on this project. 

Here are the baby chicks our school hatched, which are now growing into chickens!  They grow so fast!

I realized that I did not show you the pictures of the chicks when they were first hatched:

Parody of American Gothic-- 3rd/4th grade

For this lesson, we learned about the artist Grant Wood and his painting "American Gothic."  The kids read a magazine article about this painting (It was from the 90's and I think from the New Yorker).  The students discussed what a parody is and saw many examples of parodies of this iconic painting.  Then, the students drew their own version of the "American Gothic". 

I highly recommend this series of books!

American Gothic-- Third Grade

This is a tried-and-true art teacher lesson plan.  The students enjoyed learning the story behind Grant Wood's American Gothic painting.  We read an article about his famous painting.

They also enjoyed seeing various parodies of this artwork.  They envisioned their own parody of this famous masterpiece.

  

You can also read this book about his artwork: