Art - Night Shift

"How We Organize Ourselves" 
Central Idea: The work people perform helps build community
Lines of Inquiry:

• The jobs people do in our community support its development (function)
• We take on roles each day and this helps us build a strong community (responsibility)

"When do people work?" the children were asked at the beginning of the art activity today.
"Morning time! and afternoon!" the children answered.
"Do you know there are people who work during night time?" I asked the children.
"Policemen," Bela said.
"Firefighters and bus drivers, " Cameron answered.
"Construction workers, " Brendan said.
Here, we introduced more community helpers through the book "Night Shift" by Jessie Hartland.
The children learned that there are street sweepers, security guards, newspaper printer and road workers on night shifts. 
Here were some questions the children asked along the stories:
"Why do they have to work at night?"
"What do these community helpers do in the morning?"

"Policemen work at night to protect people all day and all night!"

We decided to created a poster about community helpers on night shift.
On a paper doll, the children drew the special uniform or hats that night shift community helpers have.



Inspired by The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, we introduced "Pointillism" skill to the children. To create a night city scene, the children used sponge dabbers to make little dots on the poster.

"There are stars and street lights!"

  








Through the children book illustration, the children had a chance to explore people who do their job in night time. In order to build a strong community, people take different shift, even in night time!