Art 1 · Week 17 · Culture, Memory, and Celebration
Collaborative Paper Quilt
Each student makes one square on a shared theme, and the class negotiates how to arrange the squares into one installation.
- Students will
- Students make one square on a shared theme and work with others to propose how the squares become one installation that changes how people experience a place.
- SEL skill
- Offer an idea, listen to others, and help the group reach a joint decision
- What it looks like
- Students practice cooperation by sharing ideas, listening, and reaching a joint decision about how to arrange the squares.
- Content focus
- Collaborative paper quilt
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the abilities to communicate clearly, listen well, cooperate, and work through disagreements. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Cr2.3.HSI: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Art 1
- Studio Norms We Build Together Relationship skillsStudents practice safe handling of studio materials and cowrite the norms that make the art room a shared, respected space.
- Kind, Specific, Helpful Relationship skillsStudents learn a three part critique protocol and practice giving warm and cool feedback on a classmate's sketch.
- Ofrendas With Respect Relationship skillsStudents learn the meaning of ofrenda elements in Día de los Muertos and design a personal remembrance panel that honors the tradition rather than treating it as decoration.
- Gallery Walk Critique Relationship skillsDuring a silent gallery walk students leave specific, kind notes and then revise a piece using the feedback they trust most.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.