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At the end of this unit each student will be able to identify and make personal interpretations of works of art by three American artists:
Students will define the term 'culture’ and identify elements from daily life that distinguish one culture from another
Students will recognize and write about the connection between art and other disciplines
- Students will demonstrate skill with clay by designing and creating a clay relief sculpture.
Standards:
Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks
Excerpted from: Michigan Curriculum Framework: Content Standards and Benchmarks: Arts Education
Visual Arts
Standard 2 Creating
All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.
Middle School Benchmark 4
Use subjects, themes, and symbols that communicate intended meaning in artworks. (Item 18)
Standard 5 Connecting to other Arts, other Disciplines, and Life
All students will recognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Middle School Benchmark 1
Analyze personal, family, and community connections that involve work by visual artists.
Middle School Benchmark 4
Describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts.
For more information about The Michigan Curriculum Framework, and the K-12 Curriculum and Standards, visit the Michigan Department of Education Web site at http://Michigan.gov/mde
The direct link to the curriculum standards is http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-5235_5682---,00.html.
Social Studies History Theme 6: (Patterns of Social and Political Interaction)
The voices and experiences of the ordinary people help us understand the social and political interaction and the changing patterns of class, ethnic, racial and gender structures in America.
The History Themes Project is an effort to create for Michigan teachers and students a reasonable and valid selection of important events, people and ideas for United States History.
For more information see: http://michiganepic.org/historythemes/index.html.
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