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Visual Arts Electives
Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
Objective 5.03. Compare relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and cultural/ethnic groups.
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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.
General resources
- Find additional resources for teaching Visual Arts Education — Grades 9–12.
Aligned lesson plans
Resources on the web
- Images at war
- Students examine American attitudes toward war as revealed in Civil War photographs and World War II homefront posters. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Five artists of the Mexican Revolution
- 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... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Second Languages, and Social Studies)
- Provided by: ArtsEdge
- Behind the masks: Exploring culture and self through art and poetry
- This ReadWriteThink unit engages high school students in a study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Students research mask making from various cultures, draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
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