Teacher:
Roxane France-Woods, Northwestern
High School (contact Roxane)
Arts
Discipline: Visual Arts
Grade Level: High School
Team: E
Topic: Considering the Postmodern
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Warm-up:
Students
will read the poem "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Lawrence
Dunbar
Objectives:
The students
will analyze the emotions and conflicts in the poetry of Paul
Lawrence Dunbar and compare/contrast them with their (postmodern)
works of art.
Activities:
Students
will identify different types of conflicts in their daily lives
that contrast those in poem. Each will choose one emotional
conflict (e.g. anger, hurt, betrayal. challenge) to illustrate
in pencil. They will share their thought processes with the
class. In the second half of this assignment, the students will
independently begin to construct their three-dimensional mask
using a variety of media.
Assessments:
The students
will be able to demonstrate their understanding of postmodern
art by identifying its concepts in other works of art. Students
will critique their finished projects.
Close-out:
The students will
display the works of art and clean their workspace.
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