Many students, especially Native American students, enjoy drawing eagles. Here is an easy way to get them started. Suggestion: Practice this yourself, and save the best practice piece for a lesson display, before using the lesson.
1) The students will: 1) draw an eagle by using circles, triangles and rectangles; 2) draw and color pictures with at least one eagle in them.
1) Students--crayons, pencil w/eraser, practice paper (1/2 sheet), final draft paper 2) Teacher--a finished picture to display as an example, materials for a demonstration (a chalkboard and colored chalk will work), any pictures of eagles that would be helpful
Display and discuss any eagle picture(s) displayed. Can mention the bald eagle is the U.S. national bird. Today they will learn an easy way to draw eagles, and draw their own eagle picture.
Model how to use the shapes to draw an eagle (see below for a quick illustration). Have the students follow along on their practice papers. Remind them to draw lightly so they can erase the extra lines latter.
Some may need time to draw another eagle on the practice paper. Monitor while students draw their final eagle pictures on the full sized papers.
Ask: What shapes did we use to draw our eagles?
The students will be evaluated through questions and their finished projects.
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