Five artists of the Mexican Revolution
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2253/
A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Second Languages, and Social Studies
In this ARTESEDGE lesson, students research the major events and personalities in the Mexican Revolution, and explore how these people and events influenced the art being created at that time in Mexico. Using the guided directives, students learn about the relationship between art and history. Students may complete this lesson in English or in Spanish, depending on the level of the student’s fluency. This resource contains links to teacher and student materials and to related websites.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Second Languages (2005)
Grade 9–12 — High School Level I
- Goal 4: CULTURES - The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own.
- Objective 4.05: Identify important individuals from the past and present and their contributions to the target cultures.
Grade 9–12 — High School Level II
- Goal 4: CULTURES - The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own.
- Objective 4.05: Identify important people, events, and achievements of the target countries and show their contribution to their own and other cultures.
Grade 9–12 — High School Level III
- Goal 4: CULTURES - The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own.
- Objective 4.04: Examine historical and contemporary literature and the arts in order to understand the cultural practices and perspectives of the target cultures.
- Objective 4.06: Discuss the influence of important people, events, and achievements of the target countries on their own and other cultures.
Grade 9–12 — High School Level IV
- Goal 4: CULTURES - The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own.
- Objective 4.04: Analyze and discuss historical and contemporary literature and the arts in order to understand the cultural practices and perspectives of the people of the target cultures.
- Objective 4.06: Evaluate the impact of influential people and events, and their contributions to the global community.
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 11–12 — Latino American Studies
- Goal 3: The learner will examine independence movements in selected countries of Latin America, and assess the political, economic, and cultural impact of post-independence in Latin America.
- Objective 3.01: Trace the causes for and results of independence movements in Latin America and describe the impact of independence on colonizers and newly independent countries.
- Objective 3.02: Examine selected political and revolutionary movements and leaders in Latin American and assess their continuing impact on society as well as the United States' role in these movements.
- Objective 3.05: Examine the culture including, but not limited to, music, dance, art, and literature of selected societies of Latin America.
Visual Arts Education (2001)
Grade 9–12 — Visual Arts Electives
- Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
- Objective 5.01: Know that the visual arts have a history, purpose and function in all cultures.
- Objective 5.02: Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places.
- Objective 5.03: Compare relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and cultural/ethnic groups.
- Objective 5.04: Recognize the existence of art movements, periods, and styles.
- Objective 5.06: Recognize that cultures have different aesthetics and each individual is a product of his or her culture.
- Goal 6: The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
- Objective 6.02: Describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks.


