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Sixth-Grade Art and History Project For the sixth grade’s end-of-unit project on Ancient China, we wrote biographies of terra cotta warriors. These biographies were not of real warriors, but of how warriors in Emperor Qin’s army could have actually lived. We took notes on what daily life was like for a farmer, how a soldier spent his days, and how posing for the life size warriors worked. In art class, the sixth grade followed up on the research and writing that we had done. We made small replicas of the terra cotta warriors, and added all of the details that were on the real figures, such as armor, tunics, and traditional hairstyles. Included in this exhibit are sketches of the warriors, which we made before starting the process of building our figures so we would to get all of the body parts in proportion. Learning about the terra-cotta warriors proved to be a very informative and hands-on experience. To make our figures, we needed many materials. Mostly, we needed clay and tools. Some of the less obvious materials included paper towel or toilet paper rolls, plastic wrap, scissors, and masking tape. These were used to make the armature. After the armature we made the torso and armor. We wrapped the armature in clay, then took a piece of clay and placed it on top of the clay-covered armature. Then we made the arms by rolling clay into snake-like things. We stuck them to either side of the torso. Next came the legs and the feet. For the legs, we had two choices of ways to make them. We could either make two make two fat round lumps of clay and put them together, or we could just indent and mold a slab of clay to make it look like two legs. After we make the legs, we had to put a skirt on them. For head, we made a ball of clay, then made it a little more oval. Next we stuck our thumbs into the bottom of the oval to make it hollow. We then molded out the eye sockets and built up the nose. Then came the mouth and for that we either stuck a mouth on or cut a slit in the oval.
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