The Social Struggles of Contemporary Black Art

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.03.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Content Objective
  2. Rationale
  3. We Shall Overcome? Someday? How long do we Plan on Waiting?
  4. How a Photo Communicates a Thousand Stories
  5. Titus Kaphar: A Rebranding of Political Portraits
  6. The Economic Underlying Messages in “A Raisin in the Sun”
  7. The Screen Communicates the Possibilities and Potential of The Fresh Prince
  8. The Cosby Show
  9. Black-ish
  10. Activities
  11. Teaching Strategies
  12. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  13. Art and Economic Activities
  14. Notes

The Resiliency of the African American Financial Narrative Presented through Multiple Media of Art

Sean Means

Published September 2022

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Appendix on Implementing District Standards

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.5

Analyze how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3

Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.6

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.8

Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.9

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.1.B

Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant data and evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both claim(s) and counterclaims in a discipline-appropriate form anticipates the audience's knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

CC.SS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.10

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

PA Standard - 9.2.12.D

Analyze a work of art from its historical and cultural perspective.

PA Standard - 9.2.12.E

Analyze how historical events and culture impact forms, techniques and purposes of works in the arts (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas)

PA Standard - 9.2.12.K

Identify, explain and analyze traditions as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., storytelling – plays, oral histories- poetry, work songs- blue grass).

PA Standard - 9.3.12.D

Analyze and interpret works in the arts and humanities from different societies using culturally specific vocabulary of critical response.

PA Standard - 9.3.12.E

Examine and evaluate various types of critical analysis of works in the arts and humanities.

  • Contextual criticism
  • Formal criticism
  • Intuitive criticism

PA Standard - 9.4.12.C

Compare and contrast the attributes of various audiences’ environment

PA Standard - 9.4.12.D

Analyze and interpret a philosophical position identified in works in the arts and humanities

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