Latinx Histories, Cultures, and Communities

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 26.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Unit Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Annotated Bibliography
  7. Appendix On Implementing District Standards
  8. Notes

New Place, Old Story: Public Art, Migration, and History

Amanda McMahon

Published September 2026

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Appendix On Implementing District Standards

This curriculum meets the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning for the Visual Arts for Art 1 in multiple ways.

This curriculum meets standard A1.3 concerning student analyzation of how visual organization communicates ideas by requiring students to analyze both Great Wall panels and their own draft panels for the Richmond Great Wall in order to determine how Baca uses limited space to depict a complicated and long event, and how to emulate her choices.

This curriculum meets standard A1.2 concerning student exploration of a diverse range of artists and art movements and their cultural context by exploring Judy Baca and the Chicana art movement.

This curriculum meets standard A1.17 concerning student creation of artwork [109]in response to art history by having students create their own mural in the style of Judy Baca.

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