When I was a middle school art teacher, the most popular class was Color Theory, mixing paint for the artist’s palette. I always integrated it with the math unit on percentages. 50% blue + 50% yellow = green. The ratio of 75% blue to 25% yellow yields a different member of the green color family.
Once, I had a student who was color blind, certifiably, Tritanopia. Couldn't distinguish between blue and green, violet and red, yellow and pink. His IEP said he could be dismissed from that lesson because he didn’t see color. I advocated that he could do the math. And he stayed.
He was determined, he wasn’t going to let anything stop him, and he liked art class (or maybe just the little girl that sat next to him). He asked for help, he paid close attention when she said “this is blue” and he put the blue container near his right hand. He was attentive, he was careful, he was respectful. When the math got harder, the kids cheered each other on. They would say “Come on Matt can do it, so can you!”
Come on people, now! Learn to see, be attentive, be careful, be respectful.
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