Appendix
Virginia Visual Arts Standards of Learning
AII.2 The student will make critical and reflective choices to create works of art.
Students will consider how society perceives them and how they see themselves as inspiration for an original work of art.
AII.13 The student will examine and discuss social, political, economic, and cultural factors that influence works of art and design.
Students will examine social, political, and cultural themes explored by contemporary African American artists.
AII.17 The student will use art criticism skills when analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating personal and professional works of art and design.
Using Visual Thinking Strategies and Feldman’s Method of Criticism, students will build art criticism skills when looking at their own work and the work of exemplary artists.
AII.20 The student will define and practice ethical behaviors when responding to works of art and design. Students will gain experience looking at contentious imagery, in this case, racist caricatures, and will respond appropriately and ethically.
AII.24 The student will describe personal responses to aesthetic qualities found in works of art and design. Students will write ekphrastic poems based on their personal responses to racist objects.
Virginia U.S. History Standards of Learning
VUS.8 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by analyzing prejudice and discrimination during this time period, with emphasis on “Jim Crow”. Students will demonstrate understanding of how Jim Crow era etiquette and laws influenced and perpetuated anti-black stereotypes that remain in place today.
Virginia English Standards of Learning
9.4 The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of fictional texts, including narratives, literary nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
e) Analyze the cultural or social function of a literary text.
g) Explain the influence of historical context on the form, style, and point of view of a written work.
Students will read and analyze poems written by Black poets, focusing specifically on cultural/social function, style, and point of view.
10.6 The student will develop a variety of writing to persuade, interpret, analyze, and evaluate with an emphasis on exposition and analysis.
The student will elaborate ideas clearly through word choice and vivid description.
Students will write ekphrastic poems in response to their analysis, interpretation, and response to racist objects.
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g) Interpret how the sound and imagery of poetry support the subject, mood, and theme, and appeal to the reader’s senses.
Students will relate the imagery of poems to the reader. They will also relate visual imagery to the viewer. Students will compare and contrast the ways poets and visual artists do this.
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