Students will learn how to make Islamic geometric patterns.
Resources:
Lesson
- First Assignment
- Watch The Complex Geometry of Islamic Design.
- Do the dot-to-dot: “Join the dots Islamic Geometric Star.”
- Using a ruler, watch and copy from How to Draw Simple Geometric Patterns: Dumbbell Tiling (on graph paper).
- Second Assignment
- Watch MC Escher Inspired by Islamic Art?
- Using a ruler, watch and copy from How to Draw Simple Geometric Patterns: Stars and Squares (on graph paper)
- Third Assignment
- Watch The Mosaic of Symmetry
- Using a ruler and the square A4 template, create a simple Islamic geometric pattern.
- Recreate the pattern using a compass and paint.
- Fourth Assignment
- Watch Islamic Geometry 1.
- Using a ruler and the template sixfold A3, creat Islamic geometric pattern based on the Great Mosque of Herat.
- Final Assignment
- Create any design you want from the different YouTube choices on this webpage.
- When done:
- Practiced your coding: Hour of Code: Little Dot Adventure