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Objectives:
As a result of this activity students will be able to:
students plan their posters in Art Studio
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- use a Polaroid camera.
- enlarge/Transfer an image using a photocopier and an opaque projector.
- think critically about the meaning of "community".
- observe and record their community with a new purpose: to see what particular aspects of their school community reflect the core values of the school philosophy and what are the unique elements that mark this community as different from any other.
Standards:
Michigan Curriculum Framework: Content Standards and Benchmarks: Visual Arts
Content Standard No. 3 Analyzing in Context: All students will analyze, describe and evaluate works of art- observe and compare works of art that were created for different purposes.
- describe how personal experiences influence the developments of specific artworks.
- form and defend judgments about characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art.
Content Standard No. 4 Arts in Context: All students will understand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts- know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures.
Content Standard No. 5 Connecting to the other Arts, other Disciplines and Life:- analyze personal, family, and community connections that involve work by visual artists.
- describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts.
Excerpted from: Arts Education Content Standards and Benchmarks: Visual Arts (Michigan Department of Education, 1996).
For more information see The Michigan Curriculum Framework.
See also The National Visual Arts Standards published by the National Art Education Association, (703) 860-8000.
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