Art 2 · Week 13 · Art, Culture, and Context
Art Across Cultures
Students compare how art is used in different societies and connect those uses to art in their own community today.
- Students will
- Students compare how art is used in two societies, connect those uses to art in their own community today, and sketch a piece that serves a purpose.
- SEL skill
- Describe an artwork from the point of view of the community it serves
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by taking the perspective of an artist from another time or place and describing what the art does for that community.
- Content focus
- Art Across Cultures
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and showing empathy for people from different backgrounds and cultures. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Cn11.1.HSII: Visual Arts, Connecting, Anchor Standard 11 (Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Accomplished
More social awareness activities for Art 2
- Empathy in Response Social awarenessStudents record personal and empathetic responses to a natural or built place in the valley and compare responses with a partner.
- Día de los Muertos in Context Social awarenessStudents research the history and meaning of Día de los Muertos imagery and practice asking respectful questions about traditions that are not their own.
- Art and Social History Social awarenessStudents connect a work from the Chicano art movement to its social and political moment and explain how it still speaks to communities today.
- Peer Mentoring Social awarenessStudents teach a skill they have mastered to a partner and notice when the learner needs encouragement or space.
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