Art 2 · Week 10 · Experimentation and Material Mastery
Ethics of Making and Sharing
Students examine copyright, fair use, and image borrowing and decide how to credit sources honestly in their own work.
- Students will
- Students examine copyright, fair use, and image borrowing and decide how to credit sources honestly in their own work.
- SEL skill
- Apply fairness and honesty to a borrowing decision and explain the reason
- What it looks like
- Students make responsible choices about using other people's images and explain their reasoning with fairness and honesty.
- Content focus
- Ethics of making and sharing
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means making caring, constructive choices by thinking about ethics, safety, and consequences. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
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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.
- Borrowing With Respect Responsible decision-makingStudents analyze cases of cultural appropriation in art and fashion and write guidelines for honoring sources 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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