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Eveleen Eaton

Teacher
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
Primary (5 to 8 years old), Elementary (9 to 12 years old)
Teacher/Educator, Curriculum Developer, Parent, Student/Learner, Researcher, Topic Enthusiast, EdTech Professional
Language Arts And English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Arts

An Educator and Museologist, always looking for ways to grow and learn. Interested in hearing and seeing how others understand, and how art can be a catalyst for broadening viewpoints and perspectives. 

Eveleen Eaton's collections

 

Community

<p>What makes a community? This set can be used to explore the many intricate parts that make up a community! Included are thinking routines that can help students dig deeper into the topic and each artwork.</p>
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Environmental Stewardship through Art

<p>This collection was designed for elementary classes to infuse global competencies into an established study of open space and environmental stewardship.  Birds are often a topic of study in primary classrooms, and this framework can help students start thinking about environmental stewardship through an initial study of birds. Guided by thinking routines, students examine birds and think about how other cultures have shown their interest in nature. They will also start thinking about why studying the needs of local birds is important to taking care of their local environment. Finally, students begin to explore why taking care of the birds and environment also might be important to the world.</p> <p>This collection is meant to be used as a unit over several days. Please feel free to copy and adapt it for your own use. </p> <p>The art used in this collection comes from the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery collections. Many pieces were featured in an exhibition called "Dream Worlds: Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection", which was on view November 2004-January 2005.</p> <p><strong><u>Tags:</u></strong> birds, environmental stewardship, open space, thinking routines, global competency, essential questions, human impact, Japan, Japanese art, Ohara Koson, woodblock printing, seasons, cherry blossoms, teacher, student, nature, crow, heron, magpie, pheasant, artful thinking</p><p><em>#visiblethinking</em></p>
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Open Space

What is open space? How do people use it?
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Jacob Lawrence

<p>Look closely at this collection of artwork. What do you notice about Jacob Lawrence's style? How does he represent people and objects? </p>
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Textiles in Math

<p>Use this collection of textiles as part of a geometry unit. After reviewing shapes, lines, and angles, students can focus on how the patterns repeat, flip, slide, and turn. Once students have had the chance to investigate some textiles, they can use Tinkercad to create their own design that will be come a stamp when 3D printed. The final step is for students to reflect on their design and printing by doing the following:</p> <ul><li>One stamped design on the page</li><li>Draw lines of symmetry on it</li><li>Label the shapes used in the design</li><li>Tell what kind of pattern used on felt rectangle - Dot, Stripe, Block</li><li>Tell is there is rotation (turn), reflection (flip), translation (slide)</li></ul> <p>Thank you to Learning Lab contributor, <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/3d-printing-printmaking-with-latin-american-designs/NEqbYe2ggEG5rMs1">Christopher Sweeney</a>, for inspiring me while designing this unit!</p> <p>To read more about how this unit unfolded, read <a href="https://exploringmusinglearning.blogspot.com/2020/02/geometry-thinking-through-textiles.html" target="_blank">this post on Exploring, Musing, Learning blog</a>.</p> <p><br></p>
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Building Global Competency Through Art: Thinking Routines to Uncover Perspectives

<p>This collection was used as part of a professional development session.</p>
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Birds

<p>This collection of resources that contain birds can be used in a variety of ways to introduce or explore how birds are represented in art and are important to different cultures.</p>
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Equality

<p>This collection was created thinking about the Quaker Testimony of Equality. Teachers can use these resources to begin exploring the many facets within the topic of equality. Some thinking routines are included as well as possible ways to interact with the resources. </p>
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Who am I as a professional?

<p>This collection is a set of images used during WISSIT 23 for Learning Group J.  Participants were asked to think about the following questions:</p> <p dir="ltr">What are you like as an educator?</p> <p dir="ltr">How are you feeling about your practice/position?</p> <p dir="ltr">Where are you on your own journey of learning?</p> <p>Then they chose one of the images in this collection that represented their thinking. Finally, participants used the Headlines routine to capture the essence of their reflection on the questions above.</p>
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