Performance tasks
Students will study all of the New Deal programs for providing economic relief during the Great Depression. Our class will focus on the WPA Arts Project and the efforts to keep artistic creativity alive during this time. We will use the internet to show works by artists who benefited from WPA contracts. In addition, we will study commonly accepted symbols and create new symbols for specific groups within the school. Furthermore, we will study how art was used to create public opinion and influence decision-making. Using a sample rubric, students will create a rubric for judging the quality of their murals. Ultimately, the murals are being judged/displayed in the Media Center, or a part of the annual Cinco de Mayo festival.
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