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Collaborative Mural
Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Mixed media2024–2025
Overview
A single mural made by many hands. Students design panels together, agree on a shared palette, and install the finished work in a school corridor.
Inspiration
Faith Ringgold, Diego Rivera, and hallway conversations.
Curriculum connections
- ·Visual Arts — collaborative practice
- ·Life Orientation — group work and negotiation
Downloadable resources
Lesson plans and printable handouts will appear here in a future release.
Learning objectives
- 01Practice shared decision-making.
- 02Design at scale.
- 03Care for a work that outlasts you.
Materials
- Primed plywood panels
- Acrylic paint
- Oil pastel, cut paper, thread
Process
- Step 1Concept days: what should this corridor say?
- Step 2Palette vote and colour rules.
- Step 3Panel studios in small teams.
- Step 4Installation and unveiling with the whole school.
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