
ERIC Number: EJ709234
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan-1
Pages: 1
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-6463
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Seeing through Feeling
Vincent, Carol
School Arts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, v104 n5 p26 Jan 2005
This schools fourth-grade language arts curriculum includes two stories that deal with blindness. The stories prompted Carol Vincent to invite one of her students' parents, who participates in a guide dog program by raising puppies, to bring one of her dogs to school and explain the training of guiding-eye dogs, and the ways in which they can be helpful to people without sight. Seeing students' enthusiasm for the guide dogs, she wanted to channel some of their excitement into a lesson in art. The assignment was to create a collage that could be appreciated by someone with or without sight. Students became sensitive to the Challenges that people without sight face. They also gained an appreciation of the senses of sight and touch, and how these senses enable them to experience various elements of art. The assignment is described in this article.
Descriptors: Art Activities, Language Arts, Grade 4, Blindness, Elementary Education, Tactual Perception, Art Education
Davis Publications, Inc., 50 Portland St., Worcester, MA 01608. Web site: http://www.davis-art.com.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 4
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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