Create and demonstrate a lesson using the arts (e.g., painting, poetry, music) that could be used in a secondary Social Studies classroom that aligns with a big idea and essential question for your unit. This presentation will include background information on the particular work (eg. sourcing: where was art created? Who created the art? Any vital/relevant information about the artist & art piece), how it represents the time period (eg. contextualization: What is the relevance of this art? How does it facilitate understanding of the time period/topic being studied? What is the significance of this art to the time period?), and discuss the ways in which art does/not reflect/refract important historical phenomena (eg. corroboration: To what extent does this art reliably or accurately depict said historical events? Can the artist be trusted? What is the artist “bias”? Is the art more a reflection of what happened or the artist?).
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