Ancient Europe and Stained Glass Window Art

Today we had our final teacher candidate lesson on creating our own stained glass window art. First, we went over a PowerPoint that discussed the history of stained glass as well as provided several examples of the stained glass windows. During the PowerPoint we were asked to write down 3 facts on a notecard that would eventually be a part of our project. Our teacher candidate's discussed the color schemes we would need to incorporate into our stained glass. An example of a color scheme are complementary colors such as green and red. After we discussed the color scheme, we were taught how to stencil our holiday design using an exacto knife. Once we cut out the different pieces of our stencil, we glued tissue paper to the back to create our different color schemes for the stained glass. To complete the project, we cut the outside of the stencil to keep the shape of the holiday picture.


As an extension activity to go along with the holiday theme, the students will create their own stained glass snowflakes. Students will create a cut out of the snowflake shape and then focus on creating geometric shapes. Once the designs are all cut out, students will glue tissue paper on the back of the snowflake much like we did in our stained glass window art lesson. The students will create designs within the snowflake to achieve balance and symmetry. This activity would be part of a math lesson focusing on symmetry and geometric shapes.


Here is an example of my stained glass window art. I used a warm color scheme (yellow, gold, orange) as well as complementary colors (red and green) to meet the rubric expectations.