Art 2 · Week 15 · Art, Culture, and Context
Borrowing With Respect
Students analyze cases of cultural appropriation in art and fashion and write guidelines for honoring sources in their own work.
- Students will
- Students analyze cases of cultural appropriation and appreciation in art and fashion and write three guidelines for honoring sources in their own work.
- SEL skill
- Weigh fairness, credit, and harm before deciding to borrow an idea
- What it looks like
- Students practice responsible decision-making by weighing fairness, harm, and credit before they borrow from another culture.
- Content focus
- Borrowing With Respect
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means choosing caring, fair actions by thinking about ethics, safety, and the consequences for others. More responsible decision-making 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:Cr2.2.HSII: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Accomplished
More responsible decision-making activities for Art 2
- Choosing a Medium Responsible decision-makingStudents weigh traditional and contemporary materials for a planned work and notice how excitement and fear influence their choices.
- Images That Persuade Responsible decision-makingStudents evaluate how ads and social media images target specific audiences and notice how those images make them feel.
- Ethics of Making and Sharing Responsible decision-makingStudents examine copyright, fair use, and image borrowing and decide how to credit sources honestly in their own work.
- Whose Criteria Responsible decision-makingStudents examine how critics, judges, and communities evaluate art and decide which criteria feel fair and relevant.
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