The Art of Connection: Collaborative Collage for Global Partnership

17. Partnerships for the Goals
Art
Grades 5-8
30-60 Minutes

Materials Needed

  • • Paper; various sizes and colors, including newspaper, magazine pages, construction paper
  • • Scissors
  • • Glue
  • • Drawing supplies: markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.
  • • Large shared surfaces: poster board, large sheet(s) of paper, or cardboard
  • • Found objects: small, safe, and interesting items (e.g., bottle caps, fabric scraps, buttons, snippets of text) (Optional)

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

You can find an introduction to Goal 17, as well as the Targets & Indicators, Objectives, and Action Planning Resources on the Goal overview page.

See Goal 17 Overview
Goal 17 icon

Introduce Dadaism art style and context. Show examples from Kurt Schwitters and Hannah Höch. Connect to UN Global Goal 17 about partnerships as collection of different parts creating meaningful whole.

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Brainstorm Partnership Ingredients

Brainstorm ingredients of good partnership using treehouse metaphor. Generate keywords (trust, teamwork, different skills, sharing, plan, common goal).
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Discuss Visual Representation

Discuss visual representation of ideas.
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Create Collaborative Collage

Small groups (3-4) create large collaborative collage telling partnership story. Work together choosing materials, taking turns adding elements, embracing randomness and unexpected combinations.
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Share Collages

Groups share collages with class.
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Discuss Collaboration

Discuss how different ideas came together, challenges of collaboration, surprising/fun parts, and connection to Global Goal 17.
Reflect on how art project helped understand Global Goal 17.
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How did the art project help you understand Global Goal 17?
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What did you learn about working with others?
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Why is everyone's contribution important?
Collages
by Kurt Schwitters
Photomontages
by Hannah Höch
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