Understanding Art in Context
Overall Expectations
Students demonstrate understanding of the roles, purposes, and meanings of the visual arts in the lives of individuals and in communities.
Specific Expectations
- Demonstrate understanding of the multiple roles and purposes of art and design in society (e.g., personal fulfillment, social commentary, religious expression, commercial persuasion, status)
- demonstrate understanding of the intended meanings and/or purposes of artworks encountered in own viewing and artmaking experiences
- demonstrate understanding of ways in which art reflects and influences the identity of individuals and groups
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising All Around Us
- Comic Book Characters
- Junk Food Jungle
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- You’ve Gotta Have a Gimmick
- Media Minute Lesson 2: Media are constructions
- Media Minute Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning
- Media Minute Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
- Media Minute Lesson 5: Media have social and political implications
- Avatars and Body Image
- Pay for Play
- Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity
- Put Your Best Face Forward