Project Overview
This Grade 6 interdisciplinary project uses Art and Music to help students honor a chosen school stakeholder who has made a meaningful impact on their grade school journey. Through a graduation exhibit, students will create a traditional mixed media artwork and an original song as a tribute to their selected “school hero.”
Learning Experience and Tools
In Art, students will create a mixed media artwork that communicates the values, contributions, and impact of their chosen hero. Through visual storytelling and thoughtful composition, they will use art elements and principles to express meaning, share a personal story, and show gratitude through traditional art-making.
To support the creative process, students will use Keynote to accomplish an Art Hero Hunt Journal. This journal will help them organize their research, interview notes, reflections, symbol studies, sketches, and artwork planning. Through Keynote, students will practice visual documentation, creative decision-making, and digital presentation of their process.
In Music, students will use GarageBand to compose an original song connected to their artwork and chosen hero. They will explore rhythm, melody, lyrics, mood, and sound layering to express gratitude, admiration, or the qualities that make their stakeholder a hero.
Final Output
During the graduation exhibit, each artwork will include a QR code that visitors can scan to view the lyrics and listen to the student-created song.
Scan the QR code to see the sample!
Attach up to 5 files which will be available for other members to download.