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 Curriculum Connection: Multiplication, things that come in groups
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Artists:
Andy Warhol (1, 2)
Donald Judd (4)
Georgia O?Keeffe (3)
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Routines:
 See/Think/Wonder
Creative Questions
Think/Puzzle/Explore
Possible Activities:
Consider starting the unit on multiplication with a Think Puzzle Explore routine about the general topic of multiplication. Write the students? ideas on chart paper and leave them on the walls of the classroom so students can add to the list as they study and learn more about multiplication. Refer to the ideas on the lists when you explore art and make connections to the topic of multiplication.
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Try the See Think Wonder routine with the two Andy Warhol images, 210 Coca-Cola bottles and Marilyn Monroe to provoke questions, surface puzzles, and open the topic to possible areas of inquiry. The artist, Andy Warhol, and many of the pop artists of his time, often focused on using multiple images and producing multiple prints. Collect the list of observations and wonders and take some time to discuss them. Some follow up questions may include:
- Why do you think he wanted to show so many of the same image?
- What kind of patterns do you see in this image and arrangement?
- What way did Andy Warhol decide to show this number of bottles (210 coke bottles)?
- You may want to ask students to think of the many different ways that they could come up with the number 210.
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Try the Creative Questions routine with the Untitled Donald Judd sculpture (Image 3).. The routine used with this great image can expand discussion of the topic of multiplication and open it up to new explorations. The ten metal boxes aligned on the wall in this sculpture are multiples in a way similar to the Andy Warhol images. Consider asking: How are they the same, or different? Other follow up questions may include:
- What kind of patterns can you make?
- What are the different ways that the artist could have displayed these ten units and how would that change the way you see the sculpture?
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Finally, try the Think Puzzle Explore routine with the Georgia O?Keefe image, Shell No. 1. They are many examples of multiplication in nature and artists are often inspired to portray them in their work. Georgia O?keefe often painted scenes and objects from natural world. Encourage students to look at her work and focus their thinking on the nautilus shell itself. What do they think they know about this nautilus shell? What do they wonder about this shell?
Consider asking how multiplication might connect to this image of the shell. You may want to remind students that strict multiplication formulas often show up in nature, and the spacing of the spirals on this shell follows a universal proportion.
For the Explore part of the routine, follow up by looking for other examples of multiplication in nature, such as bee hives or cell division (mitosis).
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