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We don’t often see them in the natural, outside world. Geometric shapes are shapes such as triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, trapezoids.After allowing students to describe geometric and biomorphic on their own, provide them with the definitions of each:.Ask students: How might we describe biomorphic shapes? What do you notice about the lines?.Point out the cotton and the boll weevil (a type of beetle that eats cotton buds and flowers) as examples of biomorphic shapes.

Ask students: Based on this panel, how might we describe geometric shapes? What do you notice about the lines?.

This panel is made up of only geometric shapes.

IDENTIFY geometric and biomorphic shapes:.

When we looked at the panels, what kinds of shapes did you notice?.

Lawrence used lots of shapes and lines to show the everyday things he saw - people, buildings, doors, windows, hats, and luggage.

In this lesson, they will learn about how he used shapes and lines.

Explain to students that Jacob Lawrence had a unique process for creating his art.

In what circumstances do you notice Lawrence using curved lines?.

In what circumstances do you notice Lawrence using straight lines?.

What kinds of shapes do you notice in Lawrence’s panels?.

Click through the panels and stay on each panel for about 10 seconds before moving on to the next. Ask students to write down what they notice about the shapes and the lines. Watch this short video on Jacob Lawrence’s process for creating The Migration Series.