Visual Arts 75: Meet the Artist – Sam Stang, Glass Artist
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Grades: K - 12
Video Description: Type of Video: Profile*
View this Arts/Arts Integration video and meet Sam Stang, glass artist. In this video he shares examples of his work, demonstrates the process for creating his work, describes influences on that work, and the nature of his career doing his work.
This video is one of many in our “Meet the Artist” video series.
In addition to the lesson plans and activity ideas included with the Teacher and Student Tools below, here’s a few quick suggestions for use of this video:
- What are some of the chemical processes that happen when glass is molten, color is added, and the shape is formed?
- Write an opinion on what is considered art, and why. Ask students to provide clear examples and focus concepts such as color, form, concepts…rather than ‘I like it’ statements.
*Profile videos (1-10 minutes) highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study. For more information on different types of videos available in the Educate.Today collection, download “Educate Today Types of Videos.”
To view additional sample videos from the Educate.Today collection, click here.
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-75**
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
Student Tools
Student Tool 65: Journal Entry Worksheet
Students can use this activity on their own to share their learning and insights about any video they watch independently, and this Student Tool can also be used in conjunction with Teacher Tool 317: Sharing Your Insights Through A Journal Entry as part of a classroom or homeschool activity. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Student Tool 68: Vocabulary Interesting to Me Worksheet
Students can use this activity on their own to share their learning and insights about vocabulary in any video they watch independently, and this Student Tool can also be used in conjunction with Teacher Tool 320: Vocabulary Interesting to Me as part of a classroom or homeschool activity. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Student Tool 81: Meet the Artist Video Reflection Student Worksheet
This student reflection worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with any of our "Meet the Artist" videos. A copy is also included in Teacher Tool 593 that is provided on this web page as well. To find our "Meet the Artist" videos, just type "Meet the Artist" in your keyword search.
Teacher Tools
Teacher Tool 317: Cross Curricular Activity–Sharing Insights Through a Journal Entry
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to write a journal entry that shares learning and insights they gained by watching the video. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Teacher Tool 319: Cross Curricular Activity–Sharing Learning Verbally
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to share learning and insights they gained by watching the video through verbal sharing and conversation. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Teacher Tool 320: Vocabulary Interesting to Me
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, invites students to increase their vocabulary by selecting, and learning the definitions of, words in the video that are unknown and/or interesting to them. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Teacher Tool 321: Vocabulary Activity
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, asks students to listen for certain vocabulary words you have selected and define them in two ways: 1) contextually based on what they think the definition might be based on what they learn in the video; and 2) through a dictionary to either confirm or refine their contextual definition. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
Teacher Tool 593: Meet the Artist Video Reflection
This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with any of our "Meet the Artist" videos. In addition to learning objectives, standards, teacher instructions, and evaluation options, it also includes a copy of the student worksheet (Student Tool 81) that is also provided separately on this web page. To see any of our "Meet the Artist" videos, just type "Meet the Artist" as your keyword search.
Teacher Tool 767: Transcript of Meet the Artist–Sam Stang, Glass Artist
Download this file for a transcript of this video.
