CULTURAL STUDIES-11
SELECTIVE UNIT 3 (S03)
(Shaping A Civilization: A Regional Study of Visual Art)
(July 2015)
Unit Statement: The student will use this unit to divulge into the historical importance of
visual arts on one of the essential units (Early Humankind, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient
Egypt, or Ancient India) and the role it played in shaping civilizations and its effects on
regional culture of the time.
Five Themes of Geography Focus: Place (How does art give us a look at what a region or
society looked like?)
Essential Question/s:
How is a culture’s art influenced by other characteristics of that culture?
How does art help to define a region?
How can art be used as a historic record of events?
Essential Outcomes: (must be assessed for mastery)
1. The Student Will describe the various reasons each civilization created art.
2. TSW identify specific examples of how art has been used to document history in this
civilization and infer its meaning.
3. TSW investigate the architecture of the civilization and describe the basic
construction of a specific piece of architecture.
4. TSW identify examples of several motifs from the civilization.
5. TSW examine and summarize how the civilization’s art has influenced other cultures
and civilizations during the same time period and future time periods.
Practiced/Ongoing Outcomes: (ongoing development, but not assessed)
1. The Student Will define and apply key terms and concepts as listed below.
Key Terms and Concepts:
architecture
petroglyphs
pictographs
motifs
archeology
mosaics
frescoes
sculpture
icons
ruins
ceramics
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Suggested Activities and Strategies:
● Students can make a timeline of artworks, and architectural structures for a given
period of history.
Cross-curricular Suggestions:
Art:
● Students will choose an example of 3-D or 2-D art from the selected civilization to
recreate.
● The student will create a collage of images that show examples of the art from the
selected civilization.
Mathematics:
● Students will explain and show how mathematics played a role in the creation of art for
that civilization. (Examples: architecture; ziggurats, architecture; Egyptian pyramids,
Hindi motifs; lotus flower mandalas, Indian patterns; symmetry/ geometry)
Science:
● The student will research archaeologist that were responsible for unearthing or
discovering the physical pieces of art or architecture of the region and give a
presentation about a specific event.
● The students can create a visual journal of various artifacts that were found at specific
archaeological sites. Teachers may suggest to students to focus on using the various
essential units in this course.
Writing
● Students can choose a work of art or piece of architecture to critique.
Technology Links:
Destiny Webpath Express (see Librarian)
Use this search engine to find age-appropriate websites that align with your unit.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Artcylopedia - This is a website with many links to art works and artist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/topics/early-people/
BBC - This link explores world history through historical objects. This is geared towards
older elementary students.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/
British Museum - This website contains a variety of historical information related to
primary sources.
http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHLinks.html
Art History Resources-This is an index to various art history links.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - A very comprehensive website containing
information and visuals related to primary sources.
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https://www.khanacademy.org/
Khan Academy - The history and the arts and humanities portion of this website contain
various resources.
Suggested Assessment Tools:
1. Attached rubric or teacher-generated rubric that assesses ALL essential outcomes
(TSWs). An effective rubric is presented and discussed with the student at the
beginning of the unit, referred back to throughout the unit, and used to assess at
the end. Students will collaborate with peers and the teacher to assess mastery of
the unit with final judgement by the teacher.
2. Chapter tests and activities can be used to evaluate student mastery of TSWs from the
textbook.
3. Teachers may assess student’s archaeological sketchbooks.
4. Teachers may assess student critiques on architectural structures.
5. Assess a student created timeline of artworks, and architectural structures for a given
period of history.
RUBRIC FOUND ON FOLLOWING PAGE………………………
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Student Name:
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Date:
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CULTURAL STUDIES-11: S03 RUBRIC
(Shaping A Civilization: A Regional Study of Visual Art)
(July 2015)
To receive a ‘B’, the student must show ‘B’ level mastery on ALL Essential Outcomes (TSW’s).
To receive an ‘A’, the student must show ‘A’ level mastery on 2 of the 3 available TSW’s and ‘B’ level
mastery on all remaining TSW’s.
‘A’ Level
The Student Will
1. The Student Will
describe the various
reasons each civilization
created art.
‘B’ Level
I
can
give
specific I can describe the various
examples of art from the reasons each civilization
civilization and analyze the created art.
purpose for creating it and
the affect it had on the
civilization.
2. TSW identify specific
examples of how art has
been used to document
history in this civilization
and infer its meaning.
I can identify specific
examples of how art has been
used to document history in
this civilization and infer its
meaning.
3. TSW investigate the
architecture of the
civilization and describe
the basic construction of
a specific piece of
architecture.
I can compare and contrast I can investigate the
the architecture of at least architecture of the
two different civilizations. civilization and describe the
basic construction of a
specific piece of architecture.
4. TSW identify
examples of several
motifs from the
civilization.
I can create their own I can identify examples of
example of a motif using several motifs from the
the common characteristics civilization.
of motifs from that
civilization.
5. TSW examine and
summarize how the
civilization’s art has
influenced other cultures
and civilizations during
the same time period and
future time periods.
I can examine and
summarize how the
civilization’s art has
influenced other cultures and
civilizations during the same
time period and future time
periods.
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‘P’- in progress