Lesson Plan K-12 Summer Course Grand Canyon

Let us Meet On The Land At The Waters Edge

For creating the codices I will have the children create a book that also reflects what I will be creating during my time at the Grand Canyon Conservancy as artist in resident. It will be great to have this collaboration with the students to express the many facets of the most sacred, water. I would like for our collaboration to be more engaging on a creative side rather than another assignment.

Maya Style Codice

Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The folding books are the products of professional scribes working under the patronage of deities such as the Tonsured Maize God and the Howler Monkey Gods. Most of the codices were destroyed by conquistadors and Catholic priests in the 16th century. The codices have been named for the cities where they eventually settled. The Dresden codex is generally considered the most important of the few that survive.

The Maya made paper from the inner bark of a certain wild fig tree, Ficus cotinifolia.[1][2] This sort of paper was generally known by the word huun in Mayan languages (the Aztec people far to the north used the word āmatl [ˈaːmatɬ͡] for paper). The Maya developed their huun-paper around the 5th century.[3] Maya paper was more durable and a better writing surface than papyrus.[4]

The Dresden Codex also known as the Codex Dresdensis (74 pages, 3.56 metres [11.7 feet]);[11] dating to the 11th or 12th century.[12]

• The Madrid Codex, also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex (112 pages, 6.82 metres [22.4 feet]) dating to the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (circa 900–1521 AD).[13];
• The Paris Codex, also known as the Peresianus Codex (22 pages, 1.45 metres [4.8 feet]) tentatively dated to around 1450, in the Late Postclassic period (AD 1200–1525)[14]
  A fourth codex, lacking hieroglyphs, is Maya-Toltec rather than Maya. It remained controversialuntil 2015, when extensive research finally authenticated it:
• The Grolier Codex, also known as the Sáenz Codex (10 pages) or Códice Maya de México[15].[16][17]

10:00 – 10:50am, K-2 grade 11:00 – 11:50am, 6-8 grade 12:10 – 1:00pm, 3-5 grade
1:15 -1:50pm, 3-5 and 9-12 grade

June

Phase 1 painting the codices
June12,2023 arrive early to set up between 9am-9:30 am. Help clean up after the last time block.
Full day/with each class session per allotted time slot per class.
Each segment will be divided as follows
5-minute introduction approximately,
10-minute discussion about sacred water, conservation, their relationship to water etc. 5-minutes for questions
25-minutes creating and painting.
5-minute clean up
This will be repeated for each block of students for the day.

Phase 2
June19,2023 Arrive early to set up/ clean up
10-minute discussion about their codices and what information they gathered.
30-35 minutes add drawing etc to the codices, Adding another layer of design and creativity. 5-minutes to clean up

Phase 3 (3rd-12th) ?Let me know what you think about Phase 3 for all students or just 3-12 June26,2023
5-minute questions.
20-minute finish up final details with dry supplies.

20-minute display and talk nicely about each others work.

I feel for K-2 grades Phase 1 and Phase 2 only, depending what the teachers think will be best for the younger grades. If they will want to engage for Phase 3.

Supply list

Here is a Amazon link that has a few supplies. Mainly the roll of paper, 1 Roll. https://www.amazon.com/ hz/wishlist/dl/invite/cVMaq2w?ref_=wl_share

Lets use what you have and only order what you think we will need.

Phase 1

• Tempera paint, water color or acrylic what ever the school has on hand. Link on amazon if you wish to purchase
• Assortment of paint brushes. Link on amazon if you wish to purchase
• Trays for holding paint ( these could be paper plates)
• Containers for water (these could be recycled plastic yogurt tubs etc.)
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Rulers

Phase 2

• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Markers
• Oil Pastels (if you have on hand) Link on amazon if you wish to purchase
• Dry Pastels (if you have on hand) Link on amazon if you wish to purchase
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Rulers
• Aqua Net hair spray if we use dry pastel. Link on amazon if you wish to purchase
  This helps as a fixative so the dry pastel, pencil etc doesn’t smudge when the codex is folded. The most cost effective and less toxic than an artist fixative spray.K-2nd only add-ons• Glue sticks
  • Scissors
  • Colored paper
  • Collage material
  • Bits and bobs for decoration ie; googly eyes, puff balls, etc.
  Anything that you already have to make it more fun for the younger ones.Water Conservation Activities for Kids
  1. Calculate Your Water Footprint. Your kids probably have no idea how many gallons of water are required for them to take a bath or a shower, wash their clothes, or brush their teeth. ...
  2. Cut That Shower Time. Do your kids take showers? ...
  3. Plant a Water-Wise Garden Patch.
  https://fairvieworegon.gov/495...This website is from Florida it has a daily water calculator. https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us...Daily water usage Log

Brush Teeth. Toilet.
Shower or Bath. Drink .

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Wash dishes.
Water garden.
Water for animals. ___________ Misc. __________