Batik: Learn Anywhere #googlearts

This lesson plan takes students on a journey to:

• discover the mysteries and importance of batik. What is it? Who creates it?
• hunt for facts and make discoveries about this ancient living art form.
• discover practical skills and techniques.
• create your own designs.
• solve puzzles and answer quizzes to learn more about batik.

Batik is a form of art using waxes and dyes on cotton and silk, practiced for more than 2,000 years by proud artisans, especially in Indonesia.

Discover for yourself how the dots and lines are used to create patterns, how waxes are used to hold back - a process known as “resist” - vegetable and chemical dyes.

Investigate the history and importance of batik, and what it tells us about our lives today and the lives of ancient people.

This lesson plan is suitable for any age, but we recomment it for ages 11 - 14 years.
There are two chapters:
1 - Batik (duration approximately 60 minutes)
2 - Extra Discovery (45 minutes)

This lesson plan was created in association with Lexicon Learning