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Visual Arts Electives

Goal 7, Objective 7.03

Goal 7

The learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Objective 7.03

Compare characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues or themes in other disciplines.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Looking Back - An Art/English/History Interdisciplinary unit
This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation.

The lesson can be modified to take two weeks or longer. Some of the activites are designed for long-term assignments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)

Lesson plans on the web

Geography and history in songs
Students look at some historical paintings on the Internet and describe the things the paintings reveal about the places depicted in the paintings. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Geographic