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Project Description:
Grade Level: Sixth Grade
Subject Area: Social Studies
Expected Implementation Period: November 15-16, 2004.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze/interpret
poster art from Vietnam;
- Identify
social and political issues illustrated through social realism;
- Research
and collect information on a single country’s current political, social
and economic issues;
- Illustrate
idea within the framework of social realism to affect change on the
issue researched.
Proposed Project:
Curriculum Framing Questions:
Essential Question: How is
change affected?
Unit Questions:
- What
social and political issues today present opportunities for change in S. E.
Asia?
- How has social realism been used
to affect change?
Content Questions:
- What
is social realism?
- What can we learn about issues and changes in Vietnam today by studying currnet social realism posters?
Materials:
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Computers
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Video camera
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10 Photographs of poster art in Vietnam
Procedure:
Day 1
1.
Identify and define the term “social realism”
within a historical context referencing its use from the Vietnam War era to
modern day.
2.
Review photographs of current posters in Vietnam
as examples of social realism today.
3.
Assign small groups completion of the analysis
worksheet for each of three or ffour photographs to infer the message conveyed.
4.
Ask each group to share their analysis of the same
poster following up with the literal translations provided from the text.
5.
Write the significant words from the poster on the
board (see underlined).
6.
Lead a class discussion about the words with the
following questions:
1. What
reaction do you have to those words?
2. How
would you react if the words came from the government? Why?
3. Would
these words be interpreted differently from citizens in a Communist
Government?
Day 2
1.
Repeat the same process in Day 1 for the remaining
set of three or four photographs.
2.
Engage the group in a continual discussion focused
on the effectiveness of using this art form to communicate societal change in
Vietnam.
Extensions:
- Independent
research and study of other countries in Southeast Asia to identify
important issues supporting the potential for change.
- Design
a poster using elements of Social Realism to affect change in one of
these areas.
- Compare
and contrast posters focusing on one country to identify an accurate
representation of the government perspective from that country.
- Compare
and contrast posters of similar issues to identify the interrelatedness
of issues faced by the countries in Southeast Asia.
Targeted State Frameworks/Content Standards/Benchmarks:
- Understand how to use the skills of hsitorical analysis to apply to current social, political, geographic and economic issues;
- Analyze
the geographic, economic, social and political factors that impact the
countries of Southeast Asia;
- Use
critical thinking skills to understand and communicate perspectives of
individuals, groups and societies through the context of social realism;
- Describe
the relationships and connections between countries in Southeast Asia
facing common issues.
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