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Lesson Plan: Stained Glass Designs

Teacher: Mr. Essex Garner, Saint Joseph Catholic School, Jefferson City, Missouri
Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Suzy Weber
Unit: Making Art and Design – Use of Color and Materials Techniques – Religious Art Integration.
Grade Level: Elementary and Middle School (4th through 9^th Grades) - Adaptable to higher.

Missouri Standards for Teacher Education Programs (MoSTEP)

1.2.2.2 Strengthens prior knowledge with new ideas.
1.2.1.4 Engages students in the methods of inquiry used in the subject(s).
1.2.2.3 Encourages student responsibility.
1.2.5.2 Engages students in active learning that promotes the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities.

Objective Students will be working on three goals: 1) Using only primary or secondary colors to make images of stained glass 2) Use glue to construct an outline of stained glass to be colored in and create with their own hands a project that they can associate with stained glass and us as decorations for future festive events. Saint Joseph Cathedral 4th Grade Art Student Project (Right)

 

Introduction: Introduce students to different types of stained glass to include churches, religious artifacts, homes, magazines, etc. Talk about the different styles and review some of the history of stained glass before beginning with this exercise. Most of these projects are holiday related.

Procedure: Using white glue for lead and chalk pastel for glass or colored pencils, you can create wonderful stained glass designs.

What You Need:

• Black or white construction paper.
• White glue
• Chalk pastels or colored pencils (or just plain blackboard chalk in different colors)
• Examples of stained glass (pictures or the real thing)

What You Do:

1. Create a stained glass design and "draw" it onto the construction paper using white glue. Experiment with different shapes and images. Refer to books, pictures etc. of stained glass.
2. Let the glue dry (for about a day).
3. When the glue is dry, color in between the glue lines using chalk pastel.
4. You can "fix" the stained glass with hairspray or an artist's fixative to prevent the chalk from smudging off the paper.