Art Integration
Through art, students will develop empathy skills by examining multiple perspectives and the multitude of impacts that war has on different societies and cultures through art and literature. We will include a lesson in which students collaborate in small groups to create propaganda posters for WWII. We will have each group represent a different nation, and they will be tasked with also coming up with a slogan for their poster. Students are to represent the empathy each country would have based on their role in WWII. In order to be sure that students understand the vast portrayal of war, Students will be exposed to propaganda posters created by governments, but also various works created by those who partook in the war and those on the ground. Students will exercise perspective by providing art work/literature from opposing forces in conflict and various others not directly involved. Students will be able to display writing skills, oration, and artistic expression explaining their choices and the effects on each position represented by the artwork. Students will be required to think about perspectives that are not their own and develop a broader capacity for empathy. This will not only strengthen their understanding of the war and the nations involved in the covered material, but will stress the importance of understanding chain reactions and cause and effect and impacts on society, culture, and authors of that time period. Students will collaborate to create propaganda posters that also include slogans of various nations that will help them to gain different perspectives. Students will present their posters to the class, which will act as the assessment. This will occur towards the end of the unit and act as one of the formative assessments.
Additionally, in the anticipatory English lesson for Lord of the Flies, students are analyzing different book covers from different publications of the novel. This provides students with another opportunity to analyze different perspectives of the same novel using art. Students will also be given the opportunity to draw the island itself in Lord of the Flies, which will help English Learners and Special Needs students with their understanding of the plot by allowing them to form their own interpretation.
Additionally, in the anticipatory English lesson for Lord of the Flies, students are analyzing different book covers from different publications of the novel. This provides students with another opportunity to analyze different perspectives of the same novel using art. Students will also be given the opportunity to draw the island itself in Lord of the Flies, which will help English Learners and Special Needs students with their understanding of the plot by allowing them to form their own interpretation.