Compare and Connect: What qualities determine who has power? (Ready to Go Resource)

Ready-to-go resources are short, flexible learning activities that center art as texts. In “Compare and Connect” students use a guiding question to compare works of art within the context of a shared theme and produce brief writing examples. The activities are presented in google slide decks with teaching notes to make classroom implementation easy.

Guiding Question: What qualities determine who has power?

Featuring an ancient Peruvian Panel and Alessandro Allori’s Lucrezia de’ Medici .

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

Total Activity Pacing: 30 minutes across 2 days 

Grade(s): 9-12

Activity Overview:

• • In this Compare and Connect activity, students will compare 2 artworks that feature symbols of power for their respective cultures.
  • In Day One: Discuss, students will discuss two artworks that feature symbols of power. Students will discuss what qualities determine and define power and how those qualities change from culture to culture.
  • In Day Two: Write, students will write a short narrative from the point of view of one of the cultures and consider how power may affect an individual’s perspective. 

  Teaching Notes:

  • Say, “In this Compare and Connect activity, we will look at two different artworks to explore the question: What qualities determine who has power?”