Introduction

What Is Your Crown Lesson Unit

 

This lesson contains a lesson plan file and 5 BLMs.

 

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to…

 

• Students will learn the importance of the dastaar,  turban, pag, patka, joora and to the Sikh Canadian culture.
• Students will learn the importance of other head dresses, hats and hair styles that have significance in Canadian society and around the world.
• Students will learn that these hats can have a safety, protective, religious, ceremonial or fashionable purpose.
• Students will learn how to create a 3-dimensional piece of art.
• Students will be introduced to the fundamental parts of drawing a human face by creating a self-portrait using pencil and pencil crayon.
• Students will create their very own cut out crown or hat
• Students will learn how to present their art work, and written work to others.
• Student will learn how to listen attentively to others

 

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Below is a video of teacher Antonio Mongillo and his class creating their crowns and a group photo of their finished products. This video outlines the main parts of the lesson from the reading of the book, “A Lion’s Mane” by Navjot Kaur, a story about a little boy who

finds himself in different parts of world seeing similarities and between his culture and others. The students then use photos and objects from home as well as other decorative elements to create their own crowns.