“We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.”
― Thucydides
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How can Art change the world?
1. JR
JR started as French graffiti artist at the age of 15. He wanted to make his name known so he wrote it all over Metro stations. On one of his excursions with his friends, he found a camera and began documenting their adventures. This soon turned into a love for photography and a need to make other people's stories known instead of just his own.
Click HERE to view JR's projects. Choose ONE to explore. The guiding questions for your exploration are listed below.
1. Name of project.
2. Who/what are the subjects of the project.
3. Choose ONE of the photos and describe a thoroughly as possible.
4. Locations of the project. (be specific and thorough).
5. What message is JR (and the subject) trying to convey?
6. What is the overall purpose of the project?
7. In your opinion, is this a valuable project? Explain.
*****There is a final prompt on Google Classroom that asks you to synthesize some of the info you gathered during your research*****
JR started as French graffiti artist at the age of 15. He wanted to make his name known so he wrote it all over Metro stations. On one of his excursions with his friends, he found a camera and began documenting their adventures. This soon turned into a love for photography and a need to make other people's stories known instead of just his own.
Click HERE to view JR's projects. Choose ONE to explore. The guiding questions for your exploration are listed below.
1. Name of project.
2. Who/what are the subjects of the project.
3. Choose ONE of the photos and describe a thoroughly as possible.
4. Locations of the project. (be specific and thorough).
5. What message is JR (and the subject) trying to convey?
6. What is the overall purpose of the project?
7. In your opinion, is this a valuable project? Explain.
*****There is a final prompt on Google Classroom that asks you to synthesize some of the info you gathered during your research*****
2. SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS
SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS
The program called Shakespeare Behind Bars is one that seeks to EMPOWER its participants. You saw this program in action in the documentary film, Shakespeare Behind Bars. Click HERE to look further into its specific goals and how they work to meet them.
The program called Shakespeare Behind Bars is one that seeks to EMPOWER its participants. You saw this program in action in the documentary film, Shakespeare Behind Bars. Click HERE to look further into its specific goals and how they work to meet them.
3. Capital Punishment
| capital_punishment.pdf |
Carefully read the article above, Capital Punishment: Our Duty or Our Doom, looking for both PROS and CONS to the death penalty.
Click HERE to look at the full collection of Julie Green's Last Supper plates, representing final meal requests from all 50 states.
3. 'ISSUE' MUSIC
| music_lyrics.pdf |
Historically speaking, one of the most popular ways to comment on social issues (particularly in America) is through song. Below is a small selection of these songs. We will analyze one together, focusing on what social issue the artist is addresing, their attitude toward it, and how the elements of music add to the meaning .
Glory by Common and John Legend. Click HERE for more information.
Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson. Click HERE for more information.
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell. Click HERE for more information.
Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Click HERE for more information.
Russians by Sting. Click HERE for more information.
Paradise by John Prine. Click HERE for more information.
Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen. Click and HERE for more information.
Imagine by John Lennon. Click HERE for more information.
4. GUERNICA Pablo Picasso, 1937
| guernica.pdf |
Picasso's Guernica is one of the greatest paintings in the history of art. . .and a protest piece.
1. As an exercise in close observation, please sketch (to the best of your ability) this masterpiece.
2. Now let's dig in to the historical context of the painting, retelling the events of April 27, 1937 through Picasso's imagery "Guernica - Testimony of War".
1. As an exercise in close observation, please sketch (to the best of your ability) this masterpiece.
2. Now let's dig in to the historical context of the painting, retelling the events of April 27, 1937 through Picasso's imagery "Guernica - Testimony of War".
5. MARRIAGE A LA MODE William Hogarth, c. 1743
6. YOUR GAZE HITS THE SIDE OF MY FACE Barbara Kruger,
7. Jacob Reis
In 1870, when Jacob August Riis immigrated to America from Denmark on the steamship Iowa, he rode in steerage with nothing but the clothes on his back, 40 borrowed dollars in his pocket, and a locket containing a single hair from the girl he loved. It must have been hard for the 21-year-old Riis to imagine that in just a few short years, he would be pallin’ around with a future president, become a pioneer in photojournalism, and help reform housing policy in New York City.
In 1870, when Jacob August Riis immigrated to America from Denmark on the steamship Iowa, he rode in steerage with nothing but the clothes on his back, 40 borrowed dollars in his pocket, and a locket containing a single hair from the girl he loved. It must have been hard for the 21-year-old Riis to imagine that in just a few short years, he would be pallin’ around with a future president, become a pioneer in photojournalism, and help reform housing policy in New York City.
8. Banksy
9. Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People) Quick-to-See Smith, 1992
10. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and documentary photography by WPA photographers
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY is photography that records or reports. Dorothea Lange is one of the most successful documentary photographers. Her photo, _____________, came to symbolize the twin disasters of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
| dorothea_lange.pdf |
John Steibeck's The Grapes of Wrath is the story of ordinary men and women devastated by the twin disasters of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
1. In your small group, CAREFULLY READ your assigned chapter.
2. Briefly SUMMARIZE what the chapter is about.
3. HIGHLIGHT those sentences, phrases, sections that produce strong visual imagery for you
(be discerning in this - you don't want to highlight 3/4 of the chapter!!!).
4. From your highlights, choose the 8-12 that are most crucial to conveying the theme(s) and action of the chapter.
5. Use the bank of photographs below and CHOOSE one for each of your 8-12 Steinbeck quotes
(the photograph should convey the essence of the quote you are linking it to)
6. Use the presentation tool of your choice to CREATE a digital retelling of your chapter
Use the photographs from step #5 and the Steinbeck quotes from step #4)
1. In your small group, CAREFULLY READ your assigned chapter.
2. Briefly SUMMARIZE what the chapter is about.
3. HIGHLIGHT those sentences, phrases, sections that produce strong visual imagery for you
(be discerning in this - you don't want to highlight 3/4 of the chapter!!!).
4. From your highlights, choose the 8-12 that are most crucial to conveying the theme(s) and action of the chapter.
5. Use the bank of photographs below and CHOOSE one for each of your 8-12 Steinbeck quotes
(the photograph should convey the essence of the quote you are linking it to)
6. Use the presentation tool of your choice to CREATE a digital retelling of your chapter
Use the photographs from step #5 and the Steinbeck quotes from step #4)
| steinbeck_ch._12.pdf |
| steinbeck_ch_14.pdf |
| steinbech_ch._21.pdf |
| steinbeck_ch_25.pdf |
| steinbeck_ch_27.pdf |
