Connecting

Communities with

Chopsticks

Celebrating Chinese Culture through the Arts

with Teachers and Students

2013 National Art Education Association

National Convention

Fort Worth, TX ~ March 7, 2013

pvitulli@southalabama.edu

•Assistant Professor in the Department

of Leadership and Teacher Education

•Arts in Education Grant Assistant

Director

•Teach arts education courses in the

USA College of Education

Paige Vitulli, Ph.D.

University of South

Alabama

College of Education

Connecting Communities with

Chopsticks

Infuse your teaching with increased cultural awareness and subsequent appreciation for Asian fine and performing arts through hands-on projects for students

Blog SitePaige and Peggy's Excellent Chinese Adventurehttp://paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com/

Blog Stats for our “Excellent

Chinese Adventure” as of 03/07/13

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Blog Post Themes Emerged

While Traveling•Universities

•Gardens

•Tourist Sites

•Transportation

•Food

•People

•Children

•Shoes

Upon Return•Art Production Workshops

•Local Asian Events

•Asian News

•Cooking

•Recipes

Chinese Culture for Kids

Peggy Delmas and Paige VitulliAssistant Professors in Leadership and Teacher

Education at the University of South Alabama

http://paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com/search?q=chinese+culture+for+kids

Chinese Culture

Professional Development for

Teachers

Paige Vitulli, Arts Education Assistant ProfessorKim Mitchell, Carnegie Museum Education CuratorJeannette Fresne, Music Associate Professor and

Arts in Education Program Director

http://paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com/search?q=reunion

Calligraphy

•http://paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com/2012/05/xi-beilin-museum-saturday-05-19-12.html

Harmony, Peace, Destiny

Discovery School: The Chinese Art of Calligraphy Lesson Planhttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/teacherCenter/lessonPlans/pdfs/3-5_ArtAndMusic_TheChineseArtOfCalligraphy.pdf

Mini Canvases and Easels

Calligraphy on Mini Canvases

Chinese Lanterns

on the Grand Canal

Venice of China

Paper Lantern Production

Chinese Paper Lantern Resources

How to Make a Chinese Paper Lantern, Martha Stewart Video

•http://www.marthastewart.com/920925/how-make-chinese-paper

-lanternPaper Lanterns Lesson Plans:

•http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/asia/lantern/Default.html

•http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/chinese-lanterns-lesson-plan/

•http://incredibleart.org/lessons/high/anderson.html

Terra Cotta Warriors

•http://paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com/2012/05/terra-cotta-warriors.html

Terra Cotta Warrior Production

with Crayola Model Magic

Thank You NAEA!

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•Ideas

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Art at the Heart of Social Studies

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