Art 2 · Week 14 · Art, Culture, and Context
Día de los Muertos in Context
Students research the history and meaning of Día de los Muertos imagery and practice asking respectful questions about traditions that are not their own.
- Students will
- Students identify the historical and cultural context that helps interpret Día de los Muertos imagery and write respectful questions about a tradition that is not their own.
- SEL skill
- Ask respectful, open questions about a tradition that is not your own
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by asking respectful, curious questions about traditions that are not their own and by listening to the answers.
- Content focus
- Día de los Muertos in Context
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding other people's views and showing empathy and respect for people and traditions that are different from your own. 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:Re8.1.HSII: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 8 (Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Responding
- 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.
- 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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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.