"The Journey" - Series of Creative Lessons for Art Education at Primary School

This final work consists of theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part concerns the phenomenon of pilgrimage and travelling in present days and also mentions main exploration journeys realized during our history. It introduces some art pieces that deal with the motive of journey. These are separated into three specific groups- sketches in traveller diaries that were made during journeys by travellers and pilgrims, historical maps and current art inspired by variety of journey´s symbolism. Last pages of the theoretical part mention the journey as a motive of Art Education at Primary school. The practical part contains the implementation of the series called The Journey that was divided into seven subsequent blocks. These lessons were realized with the pupils of the 5th grade of the Grünwaldova primary school in České Budějovice. Results of their work are documented at the end of this final work