AE17.VA.8.15

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 8 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.8.15
Differentiate the ways art is used to reflect, represent, and establish group identity.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
EQ: How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life?

Skills Examples

Work collaboratively to plan and create a work of art to express or represent individual or group identity.
Create a group portrait that shows students personal interests.
Compare the styles and/or themes of artworks from various artists, cultures, and times.
Create group artwork about a current world event.
Research and explain how companies or sports teams utilize icons and logos, then create a logo of one's own.
Create tributes to family members, school and/or community heritage.
Work collaboratively to plan and create visual works of art in a variety of media to communicate a specific message or for a specific purpose.
Analyze and compare the aesthetic, stylistic, thematic, and or technical content of works of art.
Identify the original contexts and purposes of works of art, and explain how each work of art reflects and is influenced by a particular culture or community.

Vocabulary

Creative Processes
Organize and develop ideas
Traditional Media
Contemporary Media
Fair Use
Open Source
Creative Commons
Develop artistic ideas
Plagiarizing
Graffiti
Defacing
Criteria
Refine and complete artistic work
Archival
Criteria
Cultural Context
Body of Artwork
Collaborate
Medium/ Media
Genre

Anchor Standards

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Artifact Analysis: Observe, Reflect, Question