Art 2 · Week 27 · Art and Contemporary Issues
Water, Heat, and Design
Students redesign an everyday object or place in response to desert heat and water scarcity and weigh the tradeoffs.
- Students will
- Students redesign an everyday object or place to respond to desert heat and water scarcity and weigh the tradeoffs of their design.
- SEL skill
- Weigh benefits and costs before choosing a design
- What it looks like
- Students practice responsible decision-making by weighing costs, benefits, and who is affected by a design choice.
- Content focus
- Water, heat, and design
- Format
- Partner exchange
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means choosing caring, constructive actions by thinking about ethics, safety, and consequences. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Cr2.3.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.
- 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.
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