AE17.MED.6.17

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 6 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.6.17
Research and show how media arts productions and ideas relate to personal life and social, community and cultural situations.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Media artworks and ideas are better understood and produced by relating them to their purposes, values, and various contexts.
EQ: How does media arts relate to its various contexts, purposes, and values? How does investigating these relationships inform and deepen the media artist's understanding and work?

Skills Examples

Develop a rubric from personal taste and professional criteria to evaluate a media arts production.
Share with the class a vintage media arts production (i.e., PSA from the Cold War, etc.), and include the original meaning and message of the event along with its meaning in a modern context.
Write a paragraph analyzing how media arts productions experienced everyday are part of the school community and affect family life.
Develop a bibliography of appropriate media arts tools for 5^th grade students to use in creating their own products.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

COS Examples

Example: Watch videos of Kennedy’s and Obama’s inaugural addresses to compare elements of the media arts production.

Aligned Learning Resources

Creating a Persuasive Podcast