Ancient Europe and Stained Glass Window Art

Robert and Jonathan taught us how to create our own stained glass art.  First, the teachers showed us a PowerPoint that displayed the history of stained glass and showed many pictures of stained glass windows.  Next, they told us that in our project, we would have to use two different color schemes in our project.  Some examples of color schemes are cool colors and warm colors.  After we were taught about the color schemes, the teachers demonstrated how to create a stencil with one of the four Holiday pictures that we were given.  The students were then shown how to cut out the inside of their stencil, which is where they would glue tissue paper to resemble stained glass.  After that, students were told to glue pieces of tissue paper onto the back side of their stencil.  When they were done with that, they were told to cut out the outside of their stencil, which left them with their own piece of "stained glass".  As you can see, I created bells with holly for my stained glass.  On the left side, I used a warm color scheme while on the right side, I used a cool color scheme.

An extension activity to use with this project would be to create a historical timeline of stained glass.  Students would use their research skills along with tools from the teacher to create a timeline of the history of stained glass.