Friday, October 26, 2012

Literacy 2




Literacy  Standard 2

DETERMINE A CENTRAL IDEA OF A TEXT AND ANALYZE ITS DEVELOPMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE TEXT, INCLUDING HOW IT EMERGES AND IS SHAPED AND REFINED BY SPECIFIC DETAILS; PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE SUMMARY OF THE TEXT.


Visual Arts Standard
4.3 Investigate how history and culture have and will influence the production of art.

Digital Arts and Design
STANDARD 7.0

Students will demonstrate skills, understanding, and knowledge of imagery in contextual relationships to effective messaging and its impact on cultural anthropology.

The student will:
7.1 Exhibit knowledge of the history of visual arts and design and its impact on society.
7.3 Analyze common and divergent characteristics of art and applied art evident across time and among cultural groups.
7.4 Compare the power of visual art to communicate universal concepts.
7.5 Compare a variety of historical and cultural contexts used in works of art.



Assignment:

Go to this link:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/pop.htm


Complete Week three
Assessment
On a separate piece of paper, respond to the following:

1. What is the central idea or theme of this article? (It is NOT that "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes)

2. In your own words, what is Pop Art?

3. List 5 specific events or topics that are used to support the central idea.

4. Of all the topics or events depicted, which one do you think is the most important and why?

5. Summarize the article in one to two sentences.


Week one
Sketch two "historical" images from the article
Due November 1 and 2

Week two
Sketch two images that represent Pop Art
Due November 8 and 9