This was quite an involved project. The first step was to create the background. Each kid got a sheet of white paper, pencil, and square stencil. Each drew 15 squares, cut them out, used crayon to make fun pictures and designs, then painted each with tempera cakes and set to dry.
To target the family and community aspect of Ringgold, we discussed the importance of sharing in a family and community, and the next week all the squares were mixed up. They all shared their squares; no one had their own. The kids glued down 10 squares on the perimeter of their white sheet of paper. Then the kids used a smaller white sheet of paper to draw a city scene and a pictur eof themselves flying above the buildings, just like Faith Ringgold in Tar Beach.
At the end of the project, I read Tar Beach to the class.
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