Lesson Plan - Pop Art

Pop Art using Food Containers 

Art 141 Art for Elementary Teachers 

Instructor Kelly Parker 

10 pts 

Grade – 3rd and up 

Subject – art, math 

Time – approximately 60 minutes 

Description – Students will create a pop art “collage” using food labels, rulers, markers, and paper. 

Goals/objectives – Students will 

· have a look at the world around them as they begin to take a close look at print advertising and product packaging 

· demonstrate understanding of colors and shapes 

· demonstrate knowledge of Andy Warhol and his work 

· develop an appreciation for their art work and other student art work 

· develop use with a ruler 

· develop expressive skills through the use of rulers and markers 

· develop skills using the whole picture plane 

Visuals – 

· art work from previous students 

· teacher examples 

· posters of pop artists work 

Materials – 

· pencils 

· paper 

· rulers 

· markers 

· labels 

Vocabulary – 

· Andy Warhol – pop artist famous for using celebrity faces in his art work 

- Pop art – form of art that depicts objects from everyday life 

 Advertising – art based on the advertising of everyday objects 

Art History – · Brief bio – Pop art and Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud 

· Pop art was a visual artistic movement that emerged in the early 1950s in England and in parallel in the late 1950's in the United States. Pop art is one of the major art movements of the Twentieth Century. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising and comic books, pop art is widely interpreted as either a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism or an expansion upon them. Pop art, like pop music, aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture. Pop art at times targeted a broad audience and often claimed to do so. However, much of pop art is considered very academic, as the unconventional organizational practices used often make it difficult for some to comprehend. Pop art and Minimalism are considered to be the last Modern art movements and thus the precursors to Contemporary art or Postmodern art. 

Art Production - 

· students will measure 1” squares on the food label 

· multiply that measurement by 5 and draw those squares on the page 

· place several squares on the page in a random arrangement with overlapping 

· draw image in the enlarged square and color in the image to match the food label 

 Extensions – 

· Have students look at magazines and pick out several ads for their favorite products. What is the message in those ads? How is the message delivered? Have a discussion about advertising while looking through the magazines. What kinds of ads are most effective? Which ads do you like the most and why? What colors appear most often in ads? How are different products shown in ads? What kinds of colors and shapes appear most often on food packaging? Why? 

Assessment Criteria – · Did students measure correctly? · Did students clean up in a timely manner? · Did the lesson take longer than required?