Hieroglyphs are part of a system of picture writing called hieroglyphics. When picture writing first began, the pictures represented the actual object they depicted. These were called pictograms. For example, a picture of a sun within a family scene signified that the sun was part of that scene. Later, pictures came to represent ideas, so that if you saw a sun in a scene, it might symbolize not only the sun, but also daytime, warmth, or light. These were known as ideograms.
Finally, the pictures began to represent not only the appearance of an object and related ideas, but also the sound of a spoken word used to it describe it. Sun, then, might also mean son, or be part of the word Sunday. So each picture took on a unique sound that could be used to form thoughts and ideas.
Objective: To make printing tools
To practice printmaking process
To reinforce cross-curriculum learning about the importance of tool making and the development of written language on ancient cultures
materials:
foam sheets acrylic paint foam or paint brushes tacky glue
brown craft paper thin cardboard or tag board strips rulers pencils
process:
-introduce lesson with discussion on hieroglyphics
- see included background material. Explain that they will be creating hieroglyphs which are pictograms or ideograms with tools that they will create themselves.
- students will wrinkle and tear edges of craft paper to make them appear aged.Can use sponged on light brown paint on edges to further distress.
- Students will make vertical lines on paper with pencil and ruler to form columns for hieroglyphs.
-students will create hieroglyph stamps by cutting shapes out of foam and affixing them with glue to folded strips of cardboard as shown below:
-students will create at least 4 hieroglyphs
-students will print these on their craft paper in vertical columns by painting stamp with acrylic paint and pressing down on paper. Will alternate symbols to give appearance of being hieroglyphic message
-wrap up and clean up
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