Art 2 · Week 16 · Art, Culture, and Context
Art and Social History
Students connect a work from the Chicano art movement to its social and political moment and explain how it still speaks to communities today.
- Students will
- Students connect a work from the Chicano art movement to its social and political moment and justify one way it still speaks to communities today.
- SEL skill
- Explain how a community's history shaped an artist's choices
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by explaining how a community's history shaped what its artists chose to say.
- Content focus
- Art and Social History
- Format
- Think write pair share
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding the views and experiences of other people and communities, including those with different histories. 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:Pr6.1.HSII: Visual Arts, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 6 (Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- 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.
- Art Across Cultures Social awarenessStudents compare how art is used in different societies and connect those uses to art in their own community today.
- 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.
- 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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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.