Viola Desmond Collaborative Poster | Great Canadian Black History Month Activity
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Viola Desmond Collaboration Portrait Poster – 2 options included plus bonus materials. These activities are intended to complement/supplement any lessons on Viola Desmond and are great for your Black History Month studies.
These posters are the perfect way to start a unit or cap one off. They are an engaging and entertaining way for students to work together to create a large poster of Viola Desmond.
They make a great classroom focal point and a lasting example of collaboration for your students. There are two options so you can choose what works best for you and your students!
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The final posters are great for bulletin boards, hallway displays, and visual inspiration to your students – and they even make great sub plans and morning work.
Recommended for any grade or discipline as there are 2 poster options available - colouring (for lower grades) and drawing (for older students/art students). Plus, there are a variety of bonus resources included in this product for early finishers or as extensions.
Resource Details:
Poster #1: Viola Desmond Collaboration Poster: Colouring
** GREAT FOR ANY AGE **
This lesson is very easy. Each student is given one section of a large mosaic poster to colour according to the instructions on each sheet. Once all sheets are coloured and cut out, they are then assembled to reveal a large mosaic/poster/mural of Viola Desmond. You will need crayons, coloured pencils or markers in red or shades of red.
Poster Details:
- There are 30 pieces.
- Each piece fits on a regular 8.5" x 11" piece of paper.
- The final poster is approx. 35" x 42" depending on your printer settings.
- You will need markers, crayons or coloured pencils in red or shades of red.
Poster #2: Viola Desmond Collaboration Poster: Drawing
** Ideal for middle school, high school students, and art students**
This lesson is not hard but is more challenging than the colouring version in poster #1. In this lesson, each student will draw their own grid piece using a small version of their assigned gridcell as a reference. Once the pieces are drawn and cut out, the classroom poster can be assembled. This lesson engenders a lot of cooperation among students to get all of the drawings within the individual gridcells to line up well and produce a nice looking final poster of Viola Desmond. This is all about working together!
BONUS Activities:
Group collaboration posters are a lot of fun and leave a lasting impression. However, students don’t get to walk away with anything tangible to show their families. I have created a variety of handouts that individual students can work on when they are finished with their poster piece. This is also very useful for early finishers.
The handouts are for a variety of levels, so you can find one that fits your grade level. Included are:
- Unscramble the portrait drawing.
- Unscramble the portrait cut and paste (with two grid variations).
- Viola Desmond colouring page.
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