Seeing Clearly: How does the transformation of a place over time also transform the people who live there? (Ready to Go Resource)

Ready-to-go resources are flexible learning activities that center art as texts. In “Seeing Clearly” students work in a small group to deepen their background knowledge on the context for an artwork. The series culminates with a Socratic Seminar where students apply their knowledge to consider the artist’s purpose as well as reflect on how developing historical context and empathy can impact their interpretation of a piece of artwork.

Un cuadro abstracto de tres paneles en tonos grises, marrones y dorados. El panel de la izquierda tiene varias rocas adheridas. El panel del medio tiene una pequeña escalera pegada, con una superficie pintada debajo. El panel de la derecha tiene un objeto plateado en forma de embudo.
Untitled by Anselm Kiefer

Guiding Question: How does the transformation of a place over time also transform the people who live there?

Featuring Anselm Kiefer’s Untitled

Make your own copy! Check the slide notes for the teacher’s guide.

 

Students look at an artwork through multiple lenses or perspectives to help them understand the artists’ intended meaning better. Over the next several classes students work to see this artwork more clearly by considering others’ perspectives, learning more about the historical contexts that have influenced this work, and developing historical empathy for the places and subjects of the artwork. Then, they participate in a Socratic seminar.

Nivel de grado
9º grado, 10º grado, 11º grado, 12º grado
Áreas temáticas
Artes del Lenguaje Inglés, Estudios Sociales, Artes Visuales
Conceptos
Identity, Place