Artist Trading Cards WebQuest

Introduction

Trading cards are enjoyed by all ages. Perhaps you remember trading Pokemon cars or Garbage Pail Kids cards with your friends, or perhaps you swapped a David Ortiz Red Sox card for a Yankees card of Derek Jeter. Maybe you still enjoy trading special trading cards with your pals, and maybe you have never traded cards before in your life. Now is the time to learn about special Artist Trading Cards or ATC’s. They are fun to make and you can have a trading session with them afterwards. Wouldn't it be fun to do some trading with your friends/rivals at another middle school in our county? You will be working in teams of 3 on a Series of cards. A series means your cards will be about one theme; in this case your group will choose one major art movement, like Pop Art, Impressionism, or Surrealism . Your group will research the rules of ATC trading, and choose one art movement for your series. When you have enough info you can jump into creating some really cool ATC's.

Task

Your group will visit 2 sites to learn about ATCs. You will fill out a brief handout about some of the rules that apply to making ATCs and trading them. Your group will then choose an important art movement and visit several websites to learn more about your art movement and the major artists that contributed to it. Each member of your group will choose a different artist to gather information about. You will need to find certain items on a second handout I will give you by visiting several websites. You will create a power point presentation as you go along which will show some pictures and interesting facts about your artist and art movement.

Process

  • Use Google as your search engine and find the following websites: Art in Your Pocket:ATCs and @rt Junction to help you answer questions about ATCs. Write down your answers on your handout.


  • In your group each member will look up one of the following websites to complete item 1 on second handout. Decide which website each member will go to. , Glossary of Art Movements, and ArtistPortfolio.Net.


  • Go to this website ArtLex Dictionary and type in your art movement in the Google search box located just above the picture of the orange peel helix, and click search. Click on the first site listed on the next page that comes up. You will see there are several artists to choose from. Each member of your group will find one artist to focus on. It is up to your group to decide who will pick which artist.


  • Once you have picked an artist you will be able to complete the rest of the items on the second handout for your power point presentation.

    Evaluation

    Objectives Below Average Average Above Average
    Worked cooperatively with group to complete first handout on ATCs Contributed little to group research contributed an average amount to group research Contributed much effort to group research
    Worked individually to complete second hanout on art movement and artist Did very little or no work Did an average amount of work Did everything requested
    Created and showed Power Point Presentation Power Point not completed or not completed accurately Power Point mostly completed or completed but lacking in presentation Power Point completed and presented extremely well

    Conclusion

    Super job on your Power Point Presentation! Not only did you improve your knowledge of the art world, but you improved everyone's knowledge. Now you can get creative in producing your own ATC card based on the art movement and artist you studied. After that, get ready for some trading!.

    Notes on images

    Under the title of this webquest, please note that the first, third, and fifth images are by famous artists: Vincent VanGogh, Georgia O'keefe and Pablo Picasso. The images to the right reflect what can be done to create atc cards based on these artists. All were done by me digitally, but can be done using other art media as well.

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