6th Grade: Intro to Graffiti

6th graders always get so excited to start the graffiti unit.  We spent a large portion of class time talking about the difference between graffiti as art vs. vandalism.  We watched a few time-lapsed videos of graffiti artists in action and looked at the Venice beach graffiti walls.  We also talked about the history of graffiti and it's origins and ties to our popular culture.

Students were given a packet to look through and a website to explore and spent the remaining class-time practicing writing words in a graffiti style.  Next week, students will start work on their actual graffiti project.