Stained Glass Project

Stained Glass Activity

Morris / Donnelly World History

During the Middle Ages, few books existed.  Most people could not read or write.  For many, the Church was the center of teaching and religious education.  The stained glass windows served as textbooks for religion, history, and other stories of everyday life.  Imagine you are a stained glass window craftsman.  Tell a story of your life, your country, your school year, the seasons, or other activity that is important to you.  You are also free to tell a Biblical story, including any story from any scripture you use in your own life.  You have two options of shapes. For the template, look at the window as if it were a clock.  Start your story at the position that would be one o’clock and end the story at the position that would be eleven o’clock.  Use the center for other drawings that add to your story or that tell the overall theme of your story. You

may use another stained glass window shape, with permission.

RUBRIC: (20 points total)
- Telling a visual story - 5 points
- Creativity - 5 points
- Color and Ink (black "lead" lines) - 5 points
- Neatness - 5 points

Note: the printed copy of the rubric says the project is 40 points. That was changed in class and the assignment is worth 20 points.

DUE DATE: Weds. March 19.

You will receive some time in class to do this project, but you may need to work on it at home.
Some modern windows:

For a video on how to make stained glass, click here.

For a video on the history of stained glass, click here.

For my MME used in class if you were gone, click here.

If you need a template: 

This is similar, but more complicated than the one given out in class. You can google other templates or ask me for a copy.

Cathedrals: Bibles of Stone

Daily Objectives:

• Journal (click here for journal)
  
• Word Wall and Review
• Cathedral MME and notes (MME link posted after end of school day.)
• Video and drawing a diagram - round vs. pointed arch? 2 other differences between the two?

MAIN IDEA: In the Middle Ages, giant churches called Cathedrals were built to honor god.

Words worth knowing

•       Cathedral:  a large church, home to a bishop. Housed holy relics.

•       Relic:  a piece of a saint or other sacred object

•       Stained Glass:   picture stories from the Bible and church history

•       Romanesque Architecture:  early cathedral -short, squat, small windows and heavy walls.

•       Gothic Architecture:  tall, graceful churches with large windows and narrow supports, made possible by buttresses.

•       Flying Buttresses:  an external support that holds up a wall.

•       Gargoyle:  a stone statue on the outside of a cathedral.

Left side activity: Watch this video about the difference between Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals. For your "left side activity," draw and label the different types of arches used in these cathedrals. List at least two other differences.

Think you've got it down? 

Take the Romanesque vs. Gothic quiz to test your knowledge! These pictures are taken in High-Def by a photographer Trey Ratkin.

For the MME in class in case you were gone or need to review: Click here.