Radial Design

This Radial Design Art Lesson will Integrate social studies, Islamic art, radial symmetry, and a variety of elements and principles of design! This project covers Common Core Standards for Math and History for grades 5-8 which can be found at the end of the lesson.

Grade Level

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th – The examples shown are with a 7th grade class

Objective

In this Radial Design Art Lesson, students will repeat a design on a square using a single word and the three main aspects of Islamic art.

As an alternative for this project, students use their own name as the “word” at the opening of the school year.

Time

4 – 60 min lessons

Materials

• Pencils
• 5’’ Cardboard Squares for students to trace
• One 4.5’’ tracing paper square for each student
• One 9’’ white copy paper square for each student.
• Markers and colored pencils.

Inspiration/Artist

Islamic Art

This Radial Design Art Lesson Plan can be purchased through TeachersPayTeachers:  Click here

I loved teaching this lesson!  I purchased it through Teachers Pay Teachers.  It is very well thought out and easy to follow.  What I love the most about it is how it is a great Arts Integrated Lesson. It strongly connects not only with elements of art, it also connects with important math and history standards!

This lesson:

• Has 3 elements of Islamic Design: calligraphy, geometric, plantlike (there are great examples of these in the lesson)
• Uses Color Theory
• Allows for a word with 3-5 letters…in my example you can see the word “Dream”. I also did this lesson where students used the letters from their names! I show both types at the end of the lesson.

Instruction with Questions

Day 1

Students watch videos about Islamic art and view PowerPoint from purchased lesson.

The complex geometry of Islamic design: Click Here 

Islamic Art: Click Here

More Islamic Art: Click Here

Day 2-4

Use the purchased lesson plan for step by step instructions.  I loved this lesson!

Here are some finished Radial Design Art pieces!

Here are the same projects using first names

Common Core Standards

5th Grade – Math – Geometry

Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems. (1-2)

6th Grade – Math – Geometry

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume. (1-4)

7th Grade – History

7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.

6. Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa. Understand the contributions scholars made to civilizations; areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

7th Grade – Math – Geometry

Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them. (1-2)

Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume. (5)

8th Grade – Math – Geometry

Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. (1-4)