Message from abergman

Having students create their own Chinese painting with calligraphy would be a good way to incorporate art into the lesson. I know often with 6th grade teachers have the students write their name in ancient Egyptian - this is the same concept but using chinese characters instead. They had a studio space at the Huntington Library with this idea in mind. Certain Chinese characters were posted for kids to choose from...landscape, mountain, animals, love, etc. and then pictures were given as well. The students can combine the two to create their own poetry/calligraphy scrolls.