Understanding History and Society through Images, 1776-1914

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.01.12

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Topic Research
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix I: The Common Core State Standards
  7. Appendix II: Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions
  8. Appendix III: Reading/Resource List
  9. Works Cited
  10. Notes

Reading Art in Language Arts: Characterizing Human Atrocities from the Slave Trade to the Second World War

Alveda Zahn

Published September 2014

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Appendix I: The Common Core State Standards

The Four main Common Core State Standards (CCSS) learned from this unit throughout the lessons:

1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus). [In this case, it is different scenes from a single artistic medium]

3. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

4. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A

Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. 16

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